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Mod G wk 1 lect.
chap 1,2 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anesthesia | complete or partial loss of feeling |
| anthrax | a deadly infectious disease caused by Bacillus anthracis. Humans contract the disease fro infected animal hair, or waste |
| bacteria | Microorganism capable of causing disease |
| caduceus | symbol for healing made up of a staff with two snakes coiled around it which has becom the recognized symbol for medicine. |
| chemotherapy | use of chemicals including drugs to treat and control infections and diseases |
| cholera | acute infectio involving the small bowel which causes severe diarrhea |
| homeopathy | thratment and prevention of disease based on the premis that large doses of drugs which cause symptoms in healthy people will cure the same symptoms when given in small dose. |
| immunology | study of immunity resistance to or protectio from disease |
| microbes | one celled form of life such as bacteria |
| microorganism | minute living organisms such as bacteria virus, protozoa, fungus that are not visible to the human eye without a microscope |
| morbidity rate | number os sick persons or cases of a disease within a certain population |
| mortality rate | death rate: the ratio of the number of deaths in a given population |
| pasteurization | process of heating substances such as milk or cheese to a certain temperature in order to destroy bacteria |
| pathology | study of nature and cause of disease |
| puerperal sepsis | severe infection of the genital tract during the postpartum period or as a complication of an abortion, also called childbed fever |
| accreditation | process in which an institution voluntarily completes an extensive self study after which an accrediting association visits the school to verify the self study statements |
| clinical | relating to the medical treatment and care of patients |
| diagnostic | a type of test series of tests, or an evaluation to determine the extent of an illness or disease |
| diathermy | use of heat inducing wavelengths to provide muscle relaxation snd therapy |
| erythemia | redness of the skin |
| exudate | accumulation of fluid, pus, or serum in a cavity or tissue which may become hard and crusty |
| massage | to apply pressure with hands |
| physiatrist | a physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation |
| physiatry | medical specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation |
| prosthesis | an artificial body part |
| rehabilitation | process of assisting patient to regain a state of health and highest level of function possible |
| suppuration | process of pus formation due to infection |
| DOB | date of birth |
| LMP | last menstrual period |
| NKD | NO known drug allergies |
| y/o | years old |
| N&V | nausea and vomiting |
| NVD | nausea vomiting and diarrhea |
| SOB | shortness of breath |
| CC | chief complaint |
| N/C | no complaints |
| R/O | rule out |
| abd | abdomen |
| ac | before meals |
| bid | twice a day |
| qid | four times a day |
| pc | after meals |
| qh | every hour |
| s | without |
| NPO | nothing by mouth |
| PRN | as needed |
| ss | one half |
| x | times |
| BP - Basic Adult | 120/80 |
| BP - older adult | 138/86 |
| BP - 16-adult | 118/76 |
| BP - 10-15 years | 100/65 |
| BP - 6-9 years | 95/65 |
| Pulse - adult | 60-80 |
| pulse - older adults | 50-65 |
| pulse - 11-16 years | 70-90 |
| pulse - 6-10 years | 80-100 |
| pulse - 2-6 years | 80-120 |
| pulse - less than 1 year | 120-160 |
| Resp - adult | 15-20 |
| Resp - 15 years | 15-20 |
| Resp - 5 years | 15-25 |
| Resp - 1 year | 20-40 |
| Resp- newborn | 30-80 |
| dermatologist | physican who treats injuries and infections of skin ,hair, and nails |
| geriatric | medical care is focused on diseases & disorder of the elderly |
| group practice | a practice with at least thre physicians to share workload & expenses |
| radiology | speciality that uses x-rays in the study of tissue and organs |
| autopsy | an examination of organs and tissues in a deceased body |
| opthalmologist | specialist who treats diseases and disorders of the eye |
| onocology | study of cancer and related tumors |
| confidentiality | maintaining and keeping information about a patient private |
| administrative | relating to the business functions of the physicians office |
| neurologist | specialist in the treatment of the nervous system |
| orthopedist | specialist in the treatment of the musculoskeletal system |
| continuing education | credit awarded for additional course work in order to remain current (CEU) |
| certification | the issuance by an official body of a certificate that has met certain standards |
| solopractice | a physician practicing alone |
| american assn of medical assistance | professional assn of pnysicians which maintains directories of qualified docs |
| pasturization | process of heating substances to certain temperature to destroy bacteria |
| hematology | study of blood and blood forming tissue |
| nephrologist | specialist in the study of the kidney diseases and disorders |
| cardiologist | specialist in the study of the heart diseases and disorders |
| anesthesiologist | person trained in the administration of both local and general drugs to induce a complete or partial loss of feeling for surgical procedures |
| cadaver | a dead body _ a corpse |
| triage | critical and significant responsibility a medical assistant will perform |
| syphilus | infectious chronic, venereal disease with lesions that can affect many organs |
| PA | works directly under physician doing multiple tasks to include preliminary DX` |
| CEU | continuing education unit |
| WHO | ??? Why Hippocratic oath |
| RMA | registered medical assistant |
| CDC | center for diesease control |
| DEC | ? |
| CLIA | ? |
| MA | medical assistant |
| HT | height |
| LPN | licensed practical nurse |
| TPR | ?: |
| PT | patient |
| DO | doctor of osteopathy |
| MD | doctor of medicine |
| WT | weight |
| RN | registered nurse |
| HCFA | ? |
| AAMA | american association of medical assistants |
| OSHA | occupational safety hazzard administtation |
| Galileo (1564-1642) | first to use the telescope |
| Lillian Wald (1867-1940) | established public health nursing in NYC |
| Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) | Pasteurization of bacteria |
| Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) | first woman to receive a medical degree in the US |
| Paul Enrlich (1854-1915) | developed the :silver bullet" for syphilil |
| Pierre Curie (1859-1906) | discovered radium |
| Janssen | invented the microscope |
| Anton van Leeuwenhock (1632-1723) | founder of microbiology |
| Joseph Lister (1827-1912) | developed steril technique in surgery |
| Crawford Long - William Morton (1815-1878) - (1819-1868) | discovered anesthesia |
| Edward Jenner (1749-1823) | discovered small pox vaccine |
| John Hunter (1728-1793) | foundr of scientific surgery |
| Walter Reed (1851-1902) | helped conquer yellow fever |
| Rene Laennec (1781-1826) | invented the stethoscope |
| Galen (130-201 AD) | greek physician who stressed value of anatomy & physiology |
| Fallopious | indentified and named many anatomical parts, studen to Versalius |
| Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) | introduced homeopathy |
| Clara Barton (1821-1912) | founder of the american Red Cross |
| William Beaumont (1785-1853) | studied the digestive process |
| Wilhelm Roentgen (1845-1922) | discovered X-Ray in 1895 |
| Jonas Salk & Albert Sabin(1914-1996) -(1906-1993) | developed the polio vaccine and the oral polio vaccine in th 1950s |
| Richard Bright (1789-1858) | discovered Bright's Disease |
| Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) | founder of nursing |
| Robert Koch (1843-1910) | bacterilogist who discovered tubercle bacillus |
| Ignaz Semmelweiss (1818-1865) | prevented puerperal sepsis by advising medical students to disinfect hands |
| Hippocrates | father of medicine father of medical ethics as notedin Hippocratic oath |
| Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) | developed the bifocal |
| Andreas versalius (1514-1564) | father of modern anatomy |
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