These blood cells are primarily responsible for fighting infections.
What are white blood cells?
This is the name for the tool surgeons use to cut during an operation.
What is a scalpel?
This common childhood vaccine protects against measles, mumps, and rubella.
What is the MMR vaccine?
An outbreak of disease that spreads worldwide.
What is a pandemic?
This is the term for persistent sadness lasting at least two weeks, often accompanied by loss of interest and fatigue.
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
This organ produces insulin.
What is the pancreas?
During surgery, this physiological complication involves a dangerous drop in body temperature, which can increase bleeding and impair drug metabolism.
What is hypothermia?
This condition causes episodes of wheezing and reversible airway narrowing.
What is asthma?
Health screenings are a key aspect of this prevention measure.
What is secondary prevention?
After experiencing a traumatic event, a patient develops nightmares, flashbacks, avoidance, and hypervigilance. This disorder is most consistent with:
What is PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)?
This blood pressure reading is considered hypertensive in adults.
What is 140/90 mmHg or higher?
A patient develops fever, tachycardia, hypotension, and confusion after surgery. This potentially life-threatening systemic response to infection should be suspected.
What is sepsis?
This vitamin is routinely given to newborns shortly after birth to prevent bleeding.
What is vitamin K?
This measure describes the number of existing cases of a disease in a population at a given time.
What is prevalence?
This defense mechanism involves attributing one’s unacceptable feelings to someone else.
What is projection?
This routine blood test measures red blood cells, white blood cells, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and platelets.
What is a CBC (Complete Blood Count)?
This test checks for blood in the stool after abdominal surgery.
What is a fecal occult blood test?
According to Erikson, a 4-year-old is primarily in this developmental stage.
What is Initiative vs. Guilt?
The epidemiology triangle consists of 3 items
What is the environment, agent, and host?
This medication class is preferred for treating ADHD in children.
What are stimulants?
This word describes chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart.
What is angina?
An EKG with an irregularly irregular rhythm and no distinct P waves suggests this arrhythmia.
What is atrial fibrillation (AFib)?
A child suddenly develops wheezing, facial swelling, and difficulty breathing after eating peanuts. This medication should be administered immediately.
What is intramuscular epinephrine?
The probability statement about the association between a particular disease and a specific risk factor.
What is an odds ratio?
This rare psychiatric syndrome involves the belief that familiar people have been replaced by impostors.
What is Capgras Syndrome?