Diseases/Conditions
This heart disease has symptoms of chest pain, shortness of breath, and pain radiation to the left arm and up the neck that is usually caused by blood clot.
what is acute Myocardial Infarction also known as heart attack?
Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation
What is the acronym to treat sprains and bruises?
She became the first women in the United States to earn an MD in 1849.
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
Pertaining to the lung
What is pulmonary?
An MD in this medical branch works in the treatment of mental, emotional and behavioral disorders.
What is a psychiatrist.
Malignant tumor of the breast
What is breast cancer?
Check the scene
Call 911 for assistance
Open the airway
Check for breathing
Start chest compressions
Give rescue breaths
What are the steps to perform CPR?
She was first African American woman in the US to earn an MD degree
Who was Rebecca Lee Crumpler?
The process of viewing
What is -opsy?
An MD that provides pain relief and manages patient stability during surgical procedures
What is an anesthesiologist?
A general term to describe a group of symptoms affecting mental ability. Symptoms include memory loss, problems communicating and trouble with visual and spatial abilities.
What is dementia?
Assess the person - look for key signs
Give five back blows
Give five abdominal thrusts - if back blows do not work
Call 911
What are the basic responses for choking?
She was the US women in US to win a Nobel Prize in Science
Who was Gerty Theresa Cori?
The study of tumors.
What is oncology?
An MD that specialize in medical and surgical treatment of dizziness, hearing loss, and tumors of the ear.
What is an otologist?
A progressive muscle atrophy caused by degeneration and scarring of neurons along the lateral columns of the spinal cord that control muscles.
What is Amyotrophic later sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig Disease?
FACE: Ask the Person to smile
ARMS: Ask the person to raise both arms
Speech: Ask the person to repeat a phrase
Time: Call 911
What are the signs to recognize a stroke?
Her research on radioactivity paved the way for modern cancer treatments like radiation therapy.
Who was Marie Curie?
It is the largest artery in the body.
What is an aorta?
A specialists that focuses on the imaging of the brain, spine, and head in children
What is a pediatric neuroradiologist?
chronic disease of the liver with gradual destruction of cells and formation of scar tissue
What is Cirrhosis?
Use protection
Identify and examine
Call 911
Apply direct pressure
Dress and bandage the wound. Make sure the person is elevated.
What are the basic responses to the stop the bleed?
She is known as the founder of modern nursing by introducing better sanitation and hygiene practices during the Crimean War
Who was Florence Nightingale?
Thickening of the skin.
What is pachyderma?
A specialist who treats rheumatic diseases, or conditions characterized by inflammation, soreness and stiffness of muscles, and pain in joints and associated structures
What is a rheumatologist?