In the middle ages, what was commonly used for treatment?
prayer
What PPE do you wear for contact precautions?
gown and gloves
A promise to practice medicine honestly by doctors is called
Hippocratic oath
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Which society originally used bloodletting?
Egyptians
Before anesthetics, what commonly killed patients during surgery?
shock
What precaution would be used for influenza?
droplet
Doctors who carried medical equipment to care for the wounded soldiers were called
immunes
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What was practiced during the renaissance?
C-sections, maggot therapy and catheterization
The barber pole itself represented what?
Pole to dilate veins
What is the difference between the PPE for droplet and airborne?
N-95 vs surgical mask
The chinese would diagnose a disease based off of an irregular pulse where?
12 meridians
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What 2 elements did Marie and Pierre Curie discover?
Radium and polonium
What living organism originally transmitted the black death?
fleas
Type of transmission that spreads directly from one person to another
direct contact
Sweat lodges and smudging were ways of doing what?
Cleansing
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Maimonides inspired many generations of doctors by writing about what?
Asthma, hepatitis, diabetes and pneumonia
What is a DNA molecule made of?
Monomer nucleotides
Group of safety measures performed to prevent the transmission of pathogens found in the blood and body fluids
standard precautions
The Navajo used tobacco for what?
treating fevers, sore throats, coughs and stomach issues
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Which 3 body systems would the black death affect?
Lymphatic, respiratory, circulatory