Preventing Injuries
Cardiovascular Vocabulary
Just Letters Or long answers
Cancer
Numbers
100

Age groups involved in the most falls

 What are the very young and very old

100

Carry blood to the heart and carry blood from the heart

What are veins carry blood to the heart and arteries carry blood away from the heart


100

CPR

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

100

Cancer that can include red scaly patches, molelike growths that change in color or size

What is skin cancer


100

50,000

What is the number of intentional injuries resulting in deaths each year

200
If it goes through a toilet paper tube

What is how you tell if an item can cause a child to choke

200

The smallest extensions of the vascular system

What are capillaries
200

AED

Automated External Defibrillators

200

Thought to be the most lethal and frequently diagnosed forms of cancer and can be preventable

What is lung cancer

200

16%

What is the percentage of people with lung cancer that survive 5 years beyond diagnosis

300

Gun violence, bullying, and cyber bullying

What is school violence

300

Narrowing of the coronary arteries caused by fatty build up

What is atherosclerosis
300

MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging - used for diagnosis and treatment of coronary diseases 

300

Cancer that is suggested to be screened for after the age of 50

Colorectal Cancer

300

1/6

What is the fraction of homicides that are because of family violence
400
You should wear this when boating

What is a personal floatation device

400

Elevated blood pressure with either systolic reading above 140 or diastolic reading above 90 (Answer is not high blood pressure)

What is hypertension

400

Four treatments for Coronary Heart Disease

What are:

Angioplasty - catheter to place a balloon

Stent - Mesh tube where balloon has enlarged

Bypass - detour around an obstruction

Transplant - replaces unhealthy heart

400

Second leading cause of death by cancer in women

Breast Cancer

400

93%

What is the percentage of violent crimes that occur off campus

500

Robberies, homicides, rapes, sexual assault, bias and hate crimes

What are examples of interpersonal violence

500

Heart abnormality you are born with

Congenital Heart Disease

500

Five types of Cancers not including Neuroblastoma, Adenocarcinoma, and Hepatoma

Carcinoma - 85% of all cancer

Sarcoma - 2% of cancer in connective tissue, bones, cartilage, or tendons

Melanoma - due to extensive sun exposure

Leukemia - found in blood and blood forming tissue

Lymphoma - lymphatic tissue and immune system tissue

500

Most effective prevention is sexual abstinence with early detection is done through pap test

Cervical Cancer


500

120

What is the temperature you should set your hot water heater

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