Caregiver

Vocab

100

What is a paid helper who regularly looks after the elderly?

What is Caregiver

200

What is a Germ free environment?

Asepsis

300

What stops the spread of germs from one person to another?

Medical Asepsis

400

What  are temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure?

Vital Signs

500

 tells how hot or cool the body is

temperature

Questions

100

Where can you be a caregiver?

Clinics, adult day care centers, hospitals, retirement homes, nursing homes, and in private homes

200

Why is it important to know patients vital signs?

So you know if they should or should not be doing certain things.

so you know where their health is at and to be looking for anything

300

What do you use to take a temperature?

Thermometer

400

What do you use to listen to heart beats?

Stethoscope:

500

What is 1 respiration ? 

1 breath in and 1 breath out

Vocab Cont.

100

breathing in and out

respiration 

200

What is an appropriate activity for a new born? Tummy time, addition, or peek a boo

tummy time

300

counting respirations

respiratory rate

400

is the amount of pressure the heart pushes through the arteries; measures the force of blood through your body?

Blood Pressure

500

 instrument to take blood pressure 

Sphygmomanometer- blood pressure cuff

Fever

100

98.6

Low, high, or typical

typical

200

103

High Grade fever

300

99.2

Low grade fever

400

98.3

typical

500

100

low grade fever

Being a Caregiver

100

Why is it important to understand side effects of medications?

*To know if patients are acting a certain way to show patience

200

What are some characteristics of a caregiver

kind, listener, caring, helpful, pays attention, etc.

300

Would you want to be a caregiver? Why?

opinion

400

Name the instruments

Show

500

What has surprised you about being a caregiver?

Opinion