HOSA Related
Colors
Maroon (compassion), Medical White (purity of purpose), Navy Blue (loyalty)
Explain Eczema
A condition that makes your skin dry, itchy, and inflamed. Affects ~30% Americans
The meaning of -ectomy
Surgical removal
Medical term for swelling
Edema
Ear infections affect ____ more than others
Infants/Young Children; their eustachian tubes are smaller and not slanted so fluid doesn't drain easily
HOSA's Service Project
"Be The Match," raising funds and awareness for the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP), transplants for those with leukemia/lymphoma
What medical professional can diagnose and treat hearing and balance disorders?
Audiologist
Voice box
Which doctor specializes in skin?
Dermatologist
Flu
U.S. Vice President Honorary Life Member
George Bush
[HOSA website Hall of Fame]
Which doctor specializes in feet?
Podiatrist
Photoreceptor that gives us color vision
Cones
Disease caused by lack of Vitamin C
Scurvy
Frostbite can happen when air temp falls below ___
5 degrees F or -15 degrees C
Unaffiliated States/Countries currently with HOSA Membership
Germany, Malaysia, Trinidad & Tabago
[HOSA Handbook]
Artificial filtration for kidney
Dialysis
Term used when athletes use performance enhancing drugs
Doping
Tubes that keep arteries open
Stents
Black children are ____ more likely to have sleep-disordered breathing problems than White children.
4-6x
Founding charter states & Year
Alabama, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas; November 1976
[HOSA Handbook]
Who discovered X-rays?
physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
Condition of teeth grinding
Bruxism
Who discovered penicillin?
physician-scientist Alexander Fleming
Explain the CATNIP study supported by the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
121 adults with history of cat allergies. Randomly assigned to groups receiving allergy shots alone, tezepelumab alone, tezepelumab + traditional allergy shots, or placebo. Promising benefits of combo.