Medical Terminology
The medical prefix meaning "fast" or "rapid," as in a rapid heart rate
What is tachy-?
The emergency contact number to dial in the US during a medical crisis.
What is 911?
Healthcare professional who cleans teeth and checks for oral disease.
What is a Dental Hygienist? (Accept Orthodontist or Dentist)
The gas humans inhale is essential for cell survival.
What is Oxygen? (Accept O2)
The number of HOSA Competitive Categories as seen on the slideshow
What is Six?
The medical suffix that means "inflammation of."
What is -itis?
This invisible, odorless, and colorless gas can build up dangerously indoors if generators or camp stoves are used inside during a power outage.
What is Carbon Monoxide?
A doctor who specializes in skin, hair, and nail conditions.
What is a Dermatologist?
The anatomical term for the collarbone
Our HOSA Club President's Name?
What is Rhea?
The prefix word for bone
What is osteo-?
The medical term for a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction
What is anaphylaxis?
A specialist trained to evaluate, diagnose, and treat hearing and balance disorders.
What is an Audiologist?
The largest organ of the human body
What is Skin?
Which city is the HOSA State Conference?
What is Louisville KY?
The surgical suffix meaning to create a new, permanent opening, such as in a colon.
What is -stomy?
The triage color given to disaster victims with life-threatening injuries who need immediate care.
What is red?
An allied health professional who operates heart-lung machines during open-heart surgeries.
What is a Perfusionist?
The organelle known as the power generator or powerhouse of the cell.
What is the Mitochondria?
What city is the HOSA International Leadership Conference (ILC)?
What is Philadelphia?
The abbreviation NPO on a patient's chart stands for this Latin phrase, meaning nothing by mouth
What is nil per os?
The specific medication given via auto-injector or nasal spray to reverse an opioid overdose
What is Narcan?
An advanced practice registered nurse who specializes in administering anesthesia and managing pain during surgical procedures.
What is a CRNA?
The specific cells within the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas that secrete insulin to lower blood glucose levels.
What are Beta Cells?
The three official colors of HOSA as seen on the slides
What is Maroon, White, Blue? Accept: Red, White, Blue