Technology
The device that takes temperature
What is a thermometer?
Prioritizing patients based off injury severity
What is triage?
The process of using a rod of some sort to stabilize a broken bone
What is splinting?
The molecule that makes up characteristics of people, animals, and other organisms
What is DNA?
The four blood types
What are A, B, AB, and O
The device that measures blood pressure
What is a sphygmomanometer?
The kind of bandage that can replace stitches for minor enough cuts
What is a butterfly bandage?
The shell-like protection that doctors put on a broken bone
bonus-what is it made of?
What is a cast?
What is plaster (or fiberglass)?
The building block of all life
What is a cell?
a device that delivers fluid directly to the bloodstream
What is an IV?
The machine that records PQRST heart waves
What is an ECG?
What are the waves on a heart moniter called?
(hint: it is a series of letters)
What are PQRST Waves?
The type of bandage that sticks to itself and is usually used in wraps
What is a cohesive (or crepe) bandage?
A malignant kind of cell that can infiltrate healthy cells and destroy them
What is a virus?
Examples of spontaneous conditions that could come unexpectedly
What is an asthma attack, an allergic reaction, a stroke, or a heart attack?
The machine that takes x-ray images to form a 3d-model
what is a CAT scan?
Which blood type is known as the universal donor?
What is type O?
When a doctor uses thread and a needle to close a deep cut or laceration
What is suturing?
A medicine that prevents disease from ever occuring
What is a vaccine?
The machine that takes pictures of your bones
What is an X-ray?
The machine that detailed pictures of things like organs and muscles
What is an MRI?
Which blood type is known as the universal recipient?
What is type AB?
Usually a way to treat a sports injury like shin splints or overextension
What is Compression and RICE
A medicine (usually a pill) that fights an existing infection
What is an antibiotic?
The set of questions a doctor or nurse asks a patient before treating them
What is the patient's medical history?