Chapters 1-2
The father of medicine
Hippocrates
Pain that occurs after amputation
Phantom pain
SOAP
Subjective, objective, assessment, and Plan
20 seconds
Magnetic resonance imaging
MRI
Calls that should never be put on hold
Emergency
A program that provides care for the terminally ill
Hospice
CC stands for
Chief complaint
interaction between body functions that maintain optimum body function
Homeostasis
The color bone looks like on an X-ray
White
HMO stands for
Health Maintenance Organization
Central nervous system consists of
The brain and spinal cord
4 types of histories to document
Social history, family history, surgical history, past medical history
practice of maintaining a pathogen free environment
Asepsis
3 primary reasons for Oxygen therapy
Decrease the work of breathing, Decrease the work of the heart, reverse or prevent low blood oxygen levels
respondent superior
Both you and the physician are held responsible for a mistake you made
Positive emotions release what kind of proteins in the brain
Endorphins
RACE
Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Extinguish or Evacuate
Order of applying PPE
Gown, mask, eye protection, gloves
COPD
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
First stage of grief
denial
Protects the rights for people with disabilities
ADA
5 elements in the cycle of infection
Reservoir, means of exit, means of transition, means of entrance, susceptible host
Three planes of the body
Frontal plane, Sagittal plane, and transverse plane