Medical Equipment
A healthcare worker uses this to listen to your heart and lungs.
What is a stethoscope?
This suffix means inflammation.
What is -itis?
Your chart says BP 120/80. What does BP stand for?
What is blood pressure?
This healthcare professional usually completes about 4 years of college and earns a bachelor’s degree in nursing. They must also pass the NCLEX to become licensed.
What is a Registered Nurse (RN)?
This organ pumps blood throughout your body approximately 24/7—no weekends off.
What is the heart?
This device is placed on your finger to measure oxygen saturation.
What is the a pulse oximeter?
This term means a bruise caused by an injury to the body.
What is a contusion?
A healthcare worker measures a patient's HR.
What is heart rate?
This specialty focuses on female reproductive health and pregnancy.
What is OB/GYN?
These two organs filter the blood and produce urine.
What are the kidneys?
This flexible tube with a camera is used to look inside organs such as the stomach or intestines.
What is an endoscope?
This term applies to the surgical removal of an appendix.
What is an appendectomy?
A patient is told NPO before a procedure. What does this generally mean?
What is nothing by mouth?
This healthcare professional specializes in helping patients who have trouble breathing. They may provide breathing treatments, manage oxygen therapy, and work with ventilators. An associate or bachelor’s degree is commonly required, along with credentialing/licensure requiremetns.
What is a Respiratory Therapist?
This abdominal organ filters blood and removes old red blood cells.
What is the spleen?
This machine records the electrical activity of the heart using electrodes placed on the body.
What is an ECG/EKG machine?
This medical term means a broken bone.
What is a fracture?
The nurse checks a patient's SpO₂. What is being measured?
What is oxygen saturation?
This physician deals only with pt's from 28 weeks of gestation up to 28 days of life.
What is neonatology?
This organ produces insulin and also releases digestive enzymes.
What is the pancreas?
This machine provides mechanical breathing support for a patient who cannot breathe adequately on their own.
What is a ventilator?
This term is used for shortness of breath.
What is dyspnea?
A patient's chart says PRN next to a medication. What does PRN mean?
What is as needed?
This physician specializes in examining medical images such as X-rays, CT scans, MRIs, and ultrasounds to help diagnose diseases and injuries. Their training includes college, medical school, and specialized residency training.
What is a Radiologist?
This structure prevents food from entering your airway when you swallow.
What is the epiglottis?