First Aid & Emergencies
You should get a booster for this specific shot every 10 years, especially if you step on something like a rusty nail.
What is a Tetanus shot?
These colorful, tall pillars are scattered around campus to provide an instant voice link to emergency dispatchers.
What are Emergency Towers?
This four-letter acronym for a campus office is where you go for mental health support or to join a wellness workshop. (Counseling And Psychological Services)
What is CAPS?
This morning meal is the best way to prevent "brain fog" during your 2nd-period class.
What is Breakfast?
Where does Riya want to go to college?
What is CSU Northridge?
If you have a severe allergy, you must know how to react by having this medical device on you at all times.
What is an EpiPen?
If you’re feeling overwhelmed or just need someone to talk to, you should head here, where the first few sessions are usually free.
What is the Counseling Center?
If you sprain your ankle on the way to class, you should follow this four-letter protocol: Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation.
What is RICE?
If your body does one of these two things during a workout, you should stop immediately.
What is Stabbing or Popping?
If you suddenly feel itchy and see a red mark on your skin, you should identify it as this "R" word and try to figure out what caused it.
What is a Rash?
When bleeding, you should never lift the cloth to check the wound because you might break this, causing the bleeding to start again.
What is a clot?
Most students only go to the Health Center when they have a fever. They don't realize that the Health Promotion office is there to prevent the burnout that makes them sick in the first place. They are usually the ones giving out:
What is Sleep Kits?
What is Stress Balls?
What is Nutrition Advice?
For an upset stomach, doctors recommend this "bland" diet consisting of Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, and Toast.
What is BRAT?
Consuming this "white" additive in excess—found in soda and sugary cereals—can actually suppress your immune system for hours.
What is Added Sugar?
What is the highest paying healthcare career?
What is Neurosurgeon?
In the acronym S.T.O.P. for bleeding, the "S" stands for this action you should have the person do first.
What is Sit them down?
You should save this specific number in your phone immediately in case you are ever in trouble or feel unsafe on campus.
What is the Campus Safety number?
Before you can move into the dorms, you must show proof of this 3-letter vaccine that protects against Measles, Mumps, and Rubella.
What is the MMR?
This is the part of the body you are working when you perform squats, in addition to your legs.
What is the Core?
When you speak up, ask questions, and participate in your medical decisions instead of just following orders, you are practicing this 'A' word.
What is an Advocate (or being your own Advocate)?
This is the specific type of medicine you should keep on hand for a cough or a cold.
What is OTC / Over-the-Counter
To ensure campus health, many schools will 'freeze' your portal and block this specific academic process if your vaccine records are missing.
What is registration?
When spotting a potential stroke, this acronym reminds you to check the Face, Arms, Speech and Time to call emergency services.
What is FAST?
These two "floor" exercises are perfect for building strength in your chest, shoulders, and triceps.
What are Push-ups and Sit-ups?
What does Melanie want to do for a career?
What is Pediatrician?