Health Care Facts
Medical Dental Pharm
Nursing Dietetics
PA EMT PT OT
Miscellaneous
100
Heart disease, Cancer, CVA, COPD, Accidents, Diabetes, Alzheimer's, Pnuemonia/Flu, Kidney Disease, Sepsis
What are the 10 leading causes of death in the US?
100
This type of doctor focuses more on holistic care.
What is a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine?
100
The largest health care occupation
What is nursing?
100
This profession originated in the 1960's.
What is Physician's Assistant?
100
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
What is OSHA?
200
Poverty, Race, Ethnicity, Lack of Access to Care, Lack of Education
What factors lead to an early death?
200
9-16 years after high school.
How many years do doctors need to go to school?
200
One has a degree in nutrition, the other can offer advice.
What is the difference between a Registered Dietician and a Nutritionist?
200
Basic, Intermediate, Paramedic
What are the EMT courses offered at ICC?
200
Someone who checks hearing and fits people for hearing aids.
What is an Audiologist?
300
Voluntary consent obtained by a physician prior to a action or procedure
What is informed consent?
300
When a doctor takes additional tests and works along side another doctor to get signed off on advanced skills.
What is Board Certified?
300
Licensed Practical Nurse
What does LPN stand for?
300
Heavy focus on creative ways to help a person with ADLs
What is an Occupational Therapist?
300
Clinical Lab Technician, Dental Hygienist, EMT-Basic, EMT-Intermediate, Paramedic, LPN, RN, Massage Therapist, Medical Assistant, Medical Office Assistant, Nursing Assistant, Occupational Therapy Assistant, Physical Therapy Assistant, Phlebotomist, Radiographer, Respiratory Therapist, Surgical Technologist
What programs does ICC offer in Health Careers?
400
Right to: treatment information; privacy & dignity; refuse treatment; emergency care; an advocate
What is the Patient's Bill of Rights?
400
PharmD
What is the degree earned by Pharmacists?
400
One nursing degree takes 4 years to complete and the other takes 3.
What is the difference between a BSN and an Associate's Degree in Nursing?
400
Veteran's clinics, research, private offices, hospitals, nursing homes....anywhere people are trying to rehabilitate after an injury or surgery.
Where do Physical Therapists work?
400
Compassion, Empathy, Critical Thinking
What are three things a health care worker must have?
500
A type of medical attention that focuses on wellness, prevention and treatment.
What is primary care?
500
Assistants can be trained on the job...hygienists must complete an Associate's Degree.
What is the difference between dental assistants and dental hygienists?
500
Take prerequisities with a lot of science and math.
What are some things I can do now to prepare for my education?
500
The two professions often work together and are difficult to separate.
What are Physical and Occupational Therapy?
500
Nursing Assistants, orderlies, and attendants
What occupations have the highest number of musculoskeletal injuries?
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