ELECTRIC CURRENT
MEASUREMENTS
"+" OR "-"/SAFETY FIRST
MODALITIES
LIGHT THERAPY
100
INSULATORS DO NOT ALLOW ELECTRICITY TO BE EASILY TRANSMITTED. ONE OF THE MOST COMMON INSULATORS IS THIS
What is RUBBER?
100
UNIT THAT MEASURES THE RESISTANCE OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENT
What is AN OHM?
100
INDICATES THE NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE POLE OF AN ELECTRODE.
What is POLARITY?
100
THIS IS CONSIDERED THE MOST COMMON MODALITY USED IN ESTHETIC ELECTROTHERAPY TREATMENTS
What is GALVANIC CURRENT?
100
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION WE CAN SEE
What is VISIBLE LIGHT?
200
ELECTRICITY DOES NOT OCCUPY SPACE THEREFORE IT IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE THIS
What is MATTER?
200
THE UNIT THAT MEASURES THE PRESSURE OR FORCE THAT PUSHES THE FLOW OF ELECTRONS FORWARD THROUGH A CONDUCTOR
What is A VOLT (OR VOLTAGE)?
200
NEGATIVE ELECTRODE IS CALLED A CATHODE. THIS COLOR IS TYPICALLY USED TO INDICATE THE POLARITY.
What is IS BLACK?
200
THIS REFERS TO INFUSING A POSITIVE (ACIDIC) PRODUCT INTO THE SKIN WITH THE USE OF ELECTRIC CURRENT
What is CATAPHORESIS?
200
THE RAYS OF THE SUN SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS "THE BURNING RAYS"
What are UVB?
300
TYPE OF ELECTRIC CURRENT WHICH IS RAPID AND INTERRUPTED, FLOWING FIRST IN ONE DIRECTION AND THEN THE OTHER
What is ALTERNATING CURRENT?
300
THE MEASUREMENT OF HOW MUCH ELECTRIC ENERGY IS BEING USED IN ONE SECOND IS CALLED A WATT. 1,000 WATTS IS KNOWN AS THIS
What is A KILOWATT?
300
WHEN TOO MANY APPLIANCES OR FAULTY EQUIPMENT ARE CONNECTED TO AN ELECTRICITY SOURCE THIS DEVICE IS DESIGNED TO BLOWOUT OR MELT
What is A FUSE?
300
WHEN USING THE NEGATIVE POLE OF THE ELECTRODE WITH THE GALVANIC MACHINE (ALSO KNOWN AS ANAPHORESIS) IT HAS THIS REACTION TO THE NERVES
What is STIMULATES AND IRRITATES (STIMULATING AND IRRITATING)?
300
APPLICATION OF LIGHT RAYS TO THE SKIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACNE, WRINKLES, CAPILLARIES, PIGMENTATION, OR HAIR REMOVAL
What is LIGHT THERAPY?
400
IN ADDITION TO FLAT IRONS, HAIR DRYERS, AND MICRODERMABRASION DEVICES, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF AN APPLIANCE WHICH USES ALTERNATING CURRENT IS THIS
What is A MAGNIFYING LAMP?
400
UNIT THAT MEASURES THE AMOUNT OF AN ELECTRIC CURRENTD (# OF ELECTRONS FLWOING THROUGH A CONDUCTOR) IS KNOWN AS THIS
What is AN AMPERE (OR AMP)?
400
WHEN A CIRCUIT BREAKER SHUTS OFF YOU SHOULD DO THIS BEFORE RESETTING IT
What is DISCONNECT THE APPLIANCE (CHECK ALL CONNECTIONS)?
400
THIS MODALITY SERVES A SPECIFIC AREA BEING TREATED AND DOES NOT TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BODY
What is MICROCURRENT?
400
TYPE OF LIGHT THERAPY USED TO REDUCE ACNE, INCREASE SKIN CIRCULATION, AND IMPROVE THE COLLAGEN CONTENT IN THE SKIN
What is LED (OR LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE)
500
THE SPEED AT WHICH ELECTRICITY TRAVELS
What is 186,000 MILES PER SECOND?!
500
ONE HAIR DRYER IS RATED AT 5 AMPS WHILE ANOTHER IS RATED AT 12 AMPS. ONE REQUIRES A THICKER CORD TO PREVENT OVERHEATING.
What is 12 AMPS?
500
YOU SHOULD DO THIS BEFORE USING ANY PIECE OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.
What is READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY?
500
THIS MODALITY USES ELECTRODES MADE OF GLASS OR METAL, IT DOES NOT PRODUCE MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS, AND DOES NOT DECREASE ELIMINATION OR ABSORBTION
What is TESLA HIGH-FREQUENCY (OR HIGH FREQUENCY)?
500
COMMON LED TREATMENTS INCLUDE THE USE OF BLUE, RED, YELLOW, AND GREEN LIGHT. THE COLOR USED TO REDUCE HYPERPIGMENTATION IS THIS
What is GREEN LIGHT?
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