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health services
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Homeostasis | the maintnaince of certain internal conditions |
| Medical History | a persons past and present healthcare |
| Chief Complaint | why a person need medical attention |
| Physical Signs | a visible indication of a medical disease or condition |
| Symptoms | experiences that indicate a medical condition |
| Diagnosis | the identification of an illness |
| Differential Diagnosis | process to determine a MOST LIKELY cause |
| Empathy | an ability to understand your patients emotions |
| Demeanor | a your behavior toward your patient |
| Tact | ability to comunicate with t fam |
| Artery | major vessel that caries oxygenated blood from the heart to around the body |
| Vein | vessels that carry deoxygenated blood to the heart |
| Hyper- | high |
| Hypo- | low |
| -emia | refering to blood |
| -itis | inflimation of |
| Chemical Reaction | process that converts one or more compunds into another |
| HIPAA | The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a US law that protects patients' health information and establishes standards for health insurance coverage |
| Risk Factor | atributes that increase likleyhood for disease |
| Triage | prioitizing patients based on the urgency of their conditions |
| Immune System | your bodies main defense against medical diseases |
| Mucus | a clear, slippery, gel-like substance that lines and protects moist surfaces |
| Lymph | a clear, watery fluid that circulates through the lymphatic system |
| lymph nodes | s filter substances that travel through the lymphatic fluid, such as cancer cells and infections |
| Cancer | a group of diseases that occur when cells grow and divide abnormally |
| Carcinogen | substance that increases cancer risk |
| Inflammation | your bodies response to a illness or injury |
| Hyperthermia | higher than usual body tempature |
| Hypothermia | lower than usual body tempature |
| Thermometer | a device used to mesure the tempature of the body |
| Beats per minute | how many times your heart beats in sixty seconds on average |
| Pulse | throbbing of a artery that moves in sync with your heartbeat |
| Tachycardia | condition that makes the heart beat faster than usual |
| Bradycardia | condition where the heart beats to slow |
| Radial Artery | artery located in your forearm |
| Carotid Artery | two large blood vessels on the neck |
| Breaths per minute | how many times you inhale and exhale in sixty seconds |
| Inspiration | the process of taking air into your lungs |
| expiration | the process of releasing air from your lungs |
| Pulse Oximeter | a device that messures oxygen levels in your blood |
| Oxygen | a chemical compound required in the cellular respiration process |
| Carbon Dioxide | a chemical compound needed in photosynthesis |
| Hemoglobin | a protein found in red blood cells that carries oxygen around the body |
| Erythrocytes | red blood cells |
| Sphygmomanometer | a tool that measures blood pressure |
| Systole / Systolic | the upper number in a blood pressure reading, that refers to the pressure in your arterys when your heart contracta |
| Diastole / Diastolic | The pressure in your arteries when your heart relaxes between beats |
| mmHg | |
| Korotkoff Sounds | sounds heard when blood pressure is measured using a stethoscope |
| Brachial Artery | blood vessel in your upper arm supplying blood to ypur forearm |
| Hypertension | a condition that occurs when blood pressure in your arteries are consistently too high |
| Hypotension | a condition that occurs when blood pressure in your arteries are consistently too low |
| Stethoscope | a device used to measure blood pressure |
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