Question | Answer |
1906 what Act was established? | Pure Food and Drug Act |
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was established in what year? | 1938 |
What does M.A.R. refer to? | Medication Administration Record |
What is the definition of a disease? | Abnormal Symptoms (dis-ease) |
What is the state of normalcy/ balance refer to? | Homeostasis |
Disorder | Abnormality of function |
Symptoms caused by a specific disease | Syndrome |
Pathology | Study of diseases |
Pathogens | Micro-organisms or agents that cause disease |
Pathologic | Caused by disease process |
Description of how particular disease progresses | Pathogenesis |
Etiology | The cause of the disease |
Idiopathic | Unknown Cause |
Iatrogenic | problem related to treatment |
Nosocomial | Acquired from hospital environment |
What are the predisposing factors | Age, Sex, Environment, Lifestyle, Heredity |
What are the skills used by a physician | -Auscultation- Listen
-Palpation- Touching
-Percussion- Tap |
Diagnosis | the identification or naming of a disease. |
Signs | they are observable and measurable unlike symptoms. |
Hereditary disease that are present at birth even if they are not apparent. | Congenital Disease |
What is Triage | Where Patients are assessed according to signs, symptoms and medical history. |
What is the ABC prioritizing method | A for Airway; B for Breathing; C for Cardiac Function. |