Eisenhower History
Eisenhower Health is named in honor after this person.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Diagnostic procedure where a small tissue sample is extracted for laboratory examination.
What is a biopsy?
The longest, heaviest, and strongest bone in the human body.
What is the femur?
This color code indicates a patient is experiencing a cardiac or respiratory arrest.
What is Code Blue?
This core concept means a person must give their voluntary, informed, and uncoerced permission before being enrolled in an experiment.
What is informed Consent?
When is 1970s/1971?
This root meaning "liver" forms the basis of words describing inflammation of this organ or the main artery supplying it.
What is hepat- (or hepato-)?
This gland in the endocrine system is responsible for producing insulin, which regulates blood sugar levels.
What is the pancreas?
This color code indicates active infant or pediatric abduction occurring within the facility.
What is Code Pink?
This clinical research principle requires researchers to maximize potential benefits while minimizing any risks of harm.
What is beneficence?
Eisenhower Health serves as the Valley's only not for ______ hospital, operating under this specific, community-focused tax status.
What is a not for profit hospital?
Colloquially known as a "spinal tap," this diagnostic procedure extracts cerebrospinal fluid from the lower back
What is a lumbar puncture?
This system is made up of the skin, hair, and nails, acting as the body's primary barrier.
What is the integumentary system?
This is what Code Silver is used for.
What is an active shooter (or a weapon-threat situation)?
In a non-emergency situation, patients cannot be enrolled in a clinical study until this specific committee gives its official approval.
What is the IRB (or Institutional Review Board)?
Eisenhower Medical Center was recognized as high performing in these three nationally ranked adult specialties.
Geriatrics, Neurology & Neurosurgery, and Orthopedics
This prefix means "painful," "difficult," or "abnormal".
What is "dys-"?
This specific structure in the midbrain contains dopaminergic neurons that degenerate in Parkinson's disease, leading to classic motor symptoms.
What is the substantia nigra?
This routine blood panel measures red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
What is Complete Blood Count (CBC)?
This standard three-letter acronym stands for the international quality standard that clinical trials must follow to protect patient safety and data integrity.
What is GCP? (Good Clinical Practice)
Reaching a major technological milestone, the hospital performed its very first surgical procedure known as the complex, life-saving _________ in 1992.
This condition's name translates to "porous bones" and is marked by decreased bone density and high fracture risk.
What is osteoporosis?
This thick band of nerve fibers serves as the arched bridge connecting the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
What is the corpus callosum?
This is what Code Orange is used for.
What is a hazardous material spill?
This foundational ethical framework established the core principles of Respect for Persons, Beneficence, and Justice for human subject research.
What is the Belmont Report?