What is a disease?
Abnormal condition with negative effects
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What does HIV stand for?
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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What does TB stand for?
Tuberculosis
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What are the 4 different blood types?
O, A, B, and AB
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Which blood type is considered a Universal Donor?
O negative
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How is Influenza spread?
Influenza is spread by nasal secretions
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What is shock?
Shock is hypoperfusion
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What is the difference between an Endemic Epidemic
Endemic Consistent, predictable Regional presence
Epidemic sudden, significant increase Regional presence
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What are leukocytes and what are their purpose?
White blood cells, fight infections
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What are erythrocytes and what are their purpose?
Red blood cells that carry O2 to tissues
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What disease hi-jacks liver cells?
Hepatitis
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What type of Hepatitis can live the longest outside the body?
Hepatitis C
Slide 23What does MRSA stand for?
Staphylococcus Aureus that’s Methicillin-Resistant
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Hemoglobin or RBC levels lower than normal
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What is Hemophilia?
Blood does not clot or clots insufficiently
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What is Brudzinski Sign and what does it indicate?
Reflex that indicates meningitis.
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What does MODS stand for?
Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
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What is Hemoptysis?
coughing up blood from the lungs
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What does DIC stand for?
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
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What is Leukemia?
Cancer that affects bone marrow
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What are the four indications of SIRS
Tachycardia: Heart rate >90
Tachypnea: Respiratory rate >20
Temperature: >38° C or <36° C
Total Leukocyte Count: >12,000
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What does C.diff stand for? Pronounce it correctly!
Clostridium difficile
Slide 37What does nosocomial refer to?
A hospital-acquired infection
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What is common name for renal calculi?
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what is cholecystitis?
Inflammation of the Gallbladder
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