Disease Diagnosis Vocab
What is a Symptom?
What the patient is feeling.
What is the top number (larger number) in a blood pressure reading called?
Systolic Pressure
What are the four common vital signs that are checked at a medical appointment?
Temperature, Blood Pressure, Respiratory Rate, and Heart Rate/Pulse
How long do you count a persons breaths for when calculating Respiratory Rate?
One Minute
How many degrees is a fever?
100.4
What is duration of illness?
How long the patient was experiencing symptoms.
What is the bottom number (smaller number) in a blood pressure reading called?
Diastolic Pressure
What is the name for a fungal disease that is common on your feet?
Athletes Foot
True or False: Respirations can be counted most accurately if a patient is NOT aware of the procedure.
True
A temperature that is taken axillary, is taken
by armpit.
What is incubation period?
The moment of exposure to an infectious agent until signs and symptoms of the disease appear.
High blood pressure is also known as _________.
Hypertension
What Virus had schools shut down in 2020?
Coronavirus
When referring to Respiratory Rate, what does BPM stand for?
Breaths Per Minute
Identify three places that the body temperature can be taken.
Ear, Mouth, Armpit
What is transmission of disease?
How the patient came in contact with the infectious agent.
Which subjects does Miss Quezada Teach?
Medical Detectives
Math 8
Art
What are the three types of pathogens?
Virus, bacteria, and fungus
What is considered one "breath" ?
One inhale and exhale.
In class we learned about two places that your pulse can be taken. They are the __________ and the _________.
Wrist and Neck
What are the three types of transmission?
Foodborne, vector borne, and person to person.
What is Blood Pressure?
The force of the blood pumping through your veins
If someone has a bacterial disease what do you treat them with?
Anti-Biotics
What does "LEAD" stand for?
LEAD like a Lobo
Be Engaged
Accept Everyone
Are Dependable
When talking about Heart Rate, what does BPM stand for?
Breathes Per Minute