Healthcare Careers and More!

Anatomy

100

This organ produces acid and enzymes that help break down food.

What is the stomach

200

These vessels carry oxygen-rich blood away from your heart to all your body’s cells.

What are arteries

300

The brain is composed of this many structural divisions.

What is three

• Cerebrum- initiates and coordinates movement and regulates temperature
• Cerebellum- responsible for muscle control including balance and movement
• Brainstem- connects brain to spinal cord)

400

This organ is the largest in the human body.

What is skin

500

This is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen.

What is hemoglobin

Tools of the Trade

100

This tool is used to listen to heart, lung, and intestine noises, as well as blood flow in arteries and veins.

What is a stethoscope

200

This tool is used to measure blood pressure in the heart or arteries by inflating.

What is a blood pressure cuff or blood pressure monitor or sphygmomanometer

300

This tool uses radiation to create images of internal organs and might be used to see bone fractures.

What is an x-ray machine

400

This tool can often be found in an operating room and is used to create incisions.

What is a scalpel

500

This tool is used to measure lung function to diagnose lung diseases such as asthma and emphysema.

What is a spirometer

Healthcare Careers

100

This healthcare professional is an expert in nutrition and the human diet.

What is a Dietician

200

This healthcare professional specializes in using medication to keep you from feeling pain during surgery.

What is an Anesthesiologist

300

This healthcare professional’s duties may include dispensing prescription drugs, monitoring drug interactions, administering vaccines, and counseling patients on the effects of proper medication and dietary supplement usage.

What is a Pharmacist

400

This healthcare professional specializes in diagnosing and treating injuries and diseases using medical imaging procedures such as x-rays, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine , positron emission tomography (PET) and ultrasound.

What is a Radiologist

500

This healthcare professional helps evaluate and treat people with disabilities, injuries, or illnesses by improving a patient’s ability to perform activities of daily living.

What is an Occupational Therapist 

Common Illnesses/Disease

100

This chronic disease occurs when your blood glucose (blood sugar) levels are too high.

What is Diabetes

• Type 1- Onset is usually in childhood or adolescence, result of an autoimmune disorder resulting in a loss of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas
• Type 2- Onset is usually in adulthood, primarily occurs as a result of poor diet, obesity, and lack of physical exercise.
• Gestational – Occurs during pregnancy as a result of your body making more hormones and going through other changes such as weight gain

200

An infectious disease spread through droplets and affects the respiratory system. Commonly know as the 2020 Pandemic.

What is Covid

300

This is a highly contagious disease caused by varicella-zoster virus. Symptoms include an itchy, blister like rash that can appear throughout the body.

What are Chicken Pox

400

A common respiratory virus that is highly contagious, especially in children.

What is RSV

500

An infection that inflames the air sacs in the lungs and causes them to fill with fluid or pus.

What is Pneumonia

Average Years of Schooling

100

It takes at least 2 years of schooling to become this in the healthcare field.

What is a registered nurse

• An RN is a registered nurse who has completed all educational and examination requirements. RNs are licensed to practice nursing in their state. Registered nurse is also a job title or position.
• A BSN is an educational degree rather than a licensure or job title.
• Biggest difference is pay. BSN make more money than RNs since they have a higher education

200

You need to devote around 10 to 12 years to become this in the healthcare field.

What is a Doctor

• This number varies depending if you go for a MD or a DO and if you are going into a specific specialty

300

You need to receive a bachelor’s degree and a 3-year doctoral degree to become this in the healthcare field.

What is a Physical Therapist

400

It takes between 7 to 9 years combined to become this in the healthcare field.

What is a Physician Assistant

• In order to become a PA, you first must get your bachelors then attend a PA program which is an additional 3-5 years depending on program and specialty

500

It can take at least 13 years after high school to become this in the healthcare field.

What is a Surgeon

• The number of years varies depending on surgery specialty and program