Healthcare and Ethics
This ethical principle is the right of patients to make their own healthcare decisions.
What is autonomy?
A competent adult patient refuses a blood transfusion due to their religious beliefs. The doctor believes the transfusion would save their life.
What is respect their decision based on autonomy.
These blood vessels carry blood away from the heart.
What is arteries
A structure where two bones meet.
What is joint.
CT stands for this medical imaging technique.
What is Computed Tomography
This podcast explored how outdated medical practices contributed to the death of a U.S. president.
What is "How Bad Science Killed the President"?
A hospital has only one ICU bed available. Two patients need it immediately. Healthcare staff use medical criteria rather than wealth or status to decide who receives it. Which criteria would this be under?
What is justice.
The term "pulmonary" refers to these organs.
What are the lungs.
This connects muscle to bone.
What is a tendon
MRI uses these two types of waves.
What are magnetic fields and radio waves?
A patient experiences nausea after taking a sugar pill they were told would cause side effects.
What is the nocebo effect?
A patient says, "I don't want to know the risks. Just do whatever you think is best." What is the issue with this?
What is they cannot make informed decisions [Autonomy].
This part of a neuron receives signals from other neurons.
What are dendrites
This connects bone to bone.
What is ligament
This test records the electrical activity of the heart.
What is an electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG)?
This ethical principle focuses on the fair distribution of healthcare resources.
What is justice.
An unconscious patient arrives in the ER with severe bleeding and no family members can be contacted. What is the next move?
What is provide treatment anyway.
What is responsible for the fight or flight response?
What is autonomic response
The bicep acts as this type of muscle movement.
What is a flexor.
This hormone is commonly tested to determine pregnancy.
What is hCG?
What are the two cases in which someones auotonomy can be overrode?
What is under 18, or incapacitated
Name 3 possible next steps if a child's guardian refused life saving treatment for them based on religion?
Possible Examples:
Explain importance
Consult ethics board
Provide options (if possible)
Damage to this protective covering of neurons is characteristic of multiple sclerosis.
What is myelin sheath
This large bone structure is NOT part of the axial skeleton.
What is a hip bone
What is the best scan for early cancer detection.
What is PET scan.