Medical Conditions
What does COPD stand for?
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (progressive lung condition that blocks airflow and makes it hard to breathe)
What does a Family Physician do?
A medical doctor who provides comprehensive, lifelong health care for individuals and families of all ages
What medical equipment is used to hear breathing and heartbeat?
Stethoscope
What is mechanical ventilation?
A treatment that uses a machine to deliver oxygen-rich air into the lungs of a patient who cannot breathe adequately on their own
Which organ can significantly regenerate itself after part of it is removed?
What is Pneumonia?
A lung infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs, causing them to fill with fluid or pus
What profession is this: A medical doctor who has extra training to perform operations that cut, repair, or remove tissue, organs, and bones inside the body
Surgeon
What does a sphygmomanometer do?
Measures blood pressure using an inflatable cuff
What treatment replaces a patient's failing kidney function by filtering waste and excess fluid from the blood?
Dialysis
An average adult human heart beats approximately this many times per day
About 100,000 times
This autoimmune condition causes the immune system to attack the body's own tissues and can affect the joints, skin, and other organs
Lupus
How many years of post-secondary education does a Paediatric Psychiatrist need?
13-15 years
(4 years of undergrad, 4 years of medical school, 5 years in specialized residency, 2 years in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry [CAP])
This machine uses electrical shocks to help restore certain abnormal heart rhythms
Defibrillator
This treatment replaces a damaged or diseased organ with a healthy organ from a donor
An organ transplant
What organ uses approximately 20% of the body's energy despite making up only about 2% of its mass?
The brain
What is Parkinson's disease?
A progressive neurological condition is associated with the loss of dopamine-producing neurons and can cause tremors, stiffness, and difficulty with movement
What kind of physician works on foot/ankle patients?
Podiatrists
What is a pulse oximeter?
Measures the oxygen saturation of a patient's blood
What is gene therapy?
It uses carefully selected genetic material to modify or replace faulty genes associated with certain diseases
This is the largest artery in the human body
The aorta
What inherited blood disorder causes abnormal hemoglobin and can cause red blood cells to become rigid and crescent-shaped?
Sickle Cell Disease
What medical profession has the longest education process?
Neurosurgery
(4 years undergrad, 4 years medical school, 7 years neurosurgery residency, 2 years fellowship)
What records the electrical activity of the heart and produces a tracing called an ECG/EKG?
An electrocardiograph
This procedure uses a catheter to open a narrowed or blocked coronary artery, often using a small balloon
Angioplasty
How many litres of blood does the average adult have circulating through them?
About 4-6 litres