Vital signs
Medical Terminology
Anatomy and Physiology
First aid
Infection conrtol
100
a measurment of the balance between heat lost and heat produced by the body
What is temperature
100
Prefix meaning instrument for recording
What is graph
100
Study of the form and structure of an organism
What is Anatomy
100
Method of prioritizing treatment
What is triage
100
Microorganisms that cause infection and disease
What is pathogens
200
Pulse taken with a stethoscope at the apex of the heart
What is apical pulse
200
An outbreak of a disease that spread throughout a town
What is epidemic
200
Controls cells activities
What is nucleus
200
length after clinical death that biological death occurs
What is 4 to 6 minutes
200
done for 10 to 15 seconds, or while singing the "Happy Birthday Song"
What is washing your hands
300
High blood pressure
What is Hypertension
300
Contains the major organs of digestion
What is abdominal cavity
300
Divides the body into right and left sides
What is midsagittal plane
300
the ratio of breaths to compressions on an infant during single person rescue CPR
What is 5:1
300
prevent or inhibit growth of pathogenic organisms but is not always effective against spores and viruses
What is antisepsis
400
Slow resprsatory rate usually below 10 respirations per minute
What is bradypnea
400
Inflamation of a gland
What is Adenitis
400
Permanant loss of hair on the scalp
What is alopecia
400
Type of wound that occurs when tissure is torn or separated form the victims body
What is avulsion
400
methods used to protect certain patients from organisms present in the enviornment
What is protective isolation or reverse isolation
500
The instrument on which blood pressure is read in mm of mercury
What is sphygmomnomometer
500
Root meaning eyes
What is Opthalm
500
A temporary endocrine gland produced during pregnancy
What is placenta
500
The presence of a clot in a cerebral artery that provides blood to the brain of hemorage from a blood vessel
What is Stroke
500
A piece of equipment that uses steam under pressure or gas to sterilize equipment and supplies
What is an autoclave
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