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100

the largest bone in the body?

what is the femur?

100
provide direct pt care, monitor VS, educate pt and families

what is a nurse?

100

OTC

over the counter

100

the father of medicine who also wrote a pretty famous oath

who is hippocrates?

100

number of yards in a football field

what is 120 yards?

200

largest organ in the body

what is skin?

200

help pt regain strength and movement after an injury or illness?

what is a physical therapist?


200

dx

diagnosis

200

the first antibiotic discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928

what is pencillin

200

year UM Flint SON was founded

what is 1974?

300

there are three types of muscle, name them

what is skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle

300

help patients develop, recover, and maintain daily skills

what is an occupational therapist?

300

TID

three times daily

300

Florence Nightingale established the first secular nursing school in London in this year

what is 1860?

300

the first music video to every be played on MTV

what is "video killed the radio star"?

400

the largest part of the brain

what is the cerebrum?

400

provide emergency medical care in pre-hospital settings

what are EMTs?


400

ac

before meals

400

This man introduced a vaccine for smallpox in 1796 using cowpox to inoculate his patients

who is Edward Jenner?

400

a group of porcupines is called this

what is a prickle?

500

part of the brain that deals with understanding speech

what is Wernicke's area?

500

help patients with communication and swallowing disorders

what are speech-language pathologists?

500

abx

antiobiotics

500

the name of the first female physician in the US in 1849

who is Elizabeth Blackwell?

500

this has a head, tail, but no body

what is a coin?