PHB
Public Health Brigades often focus on hygiene solutions like building these to reduce diarrheal disease.
latrines or sanitary toilets
This massively important waterway connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Panama Canal
This vital sign measures the force of blood against artery walls and is recorded as two numbers.
blood pressure
This tool, often carried around a clinician’s neck, is used to listen to heart and lung sounds.
stethoscope
This type of surveillance tracks disease trends to help prevent outbreaks.
epidemiological surveillance
This indigenous group of Panama is famous for making colorful textile art known as molas.
Guna
This organ is responsible for filtering blood, removing toxins, and producing bile.
liver
A patient’s “chief complaint” is documented in this section of a clinical note.
HPI (History of Present Illness)
Community health workers are often trained to deliver short health lessons known as these.
charlas (or health talks)
Panama City is known for having one of the largest concentrations of these in Central America—modern high-rise _____.
skyscrapers
The “ABCD rule” helps clinicians evaluate these potentially dangerous skin lesions.
moles or melanomas
This imaging modality uses high-frequency sound waves to visualize organs in real time.
ultrasound
Many brigades emphasize the "WASH" model, which stands for Water, Sanitation, and this.
hygeine
This tropical rainforest, one of the most biologically diverse in the world, borders the canal.
Soberanía National Park
This autoimmune disease, often treated with insulin, results from the body attacking pancreatic beta cells.
Type 1 diabetes
The GCS score helps providers assess this neurological function after trauma.
level of consciousness
Public Health Brigades often use this rapid assessment method to identify community needs before interventions.
community needs assessment
In 1903, this country supported Panama’s independence and soon gained rights to build the canal.
United States
This neurotransmitter is classically deficient in Parkinson’s disease.
dopamine
This type of shock results from widespread infection leading to systemic inflammation and low blood pressure.
septic shock