Medical Terminology
Vital Signs
Methods of Examination
Methods of Communication
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
100

This term means for a patient to take their medication twice daily.

BID

100

This is the note type taken by the practitioner, often referred to as a _ _ _ _ note. 

S-Subjective Data

O-Objective data

A-Assessment

P- Plan for Treatment

100

This type of Inspection includes looking at the body for examination

Inspection

100

This person encodes or creates what message needs to be sent.

The Sender

100

This is Level One on the Hierarchy of Needs

Survival or physiological needs

200

The medical term for high blood pressure

Hypertension

200

The top number, or 'first bump' you hear when taking a blood pressure.

Systolic

200

This type of exam includes feeling the body with the fingers or hands

Palpation


200

This is the content being communicated and must be clearly understood by the receiver.

The Message

200

This is Level 2 of the Hierarchy of Needs

Safety needs and security

300

The medical term for a SLOW hearbeat

Bradycardia

300

Temperature type taken in the ear.

Aural

300

This type of exam listens to body sounds, usually with a stethoscope

Ausultation

300

This part of Communication includes Speaking and Listening, Gestures or Body Language, and Writing.

The Channel or Mode of Communication

300

Level 3 of Maslows hierarchy of needs

Belongingness and love needs

400

The suffix meaning Inflammation

-itis

400

The last 'bump' you hear when taking a patient's blood pressure. 

Diastolic

400

This type of exam produces sounds, usually by tapping on a specific area of the body

Percussion

400

This person is the one who receives the sender's message, and decodes the meaning.

The Receiver

400

Level 4 of Maslow's hierachy of needs

Prestige and Esteem Needs

500

The medical prefix meaning related to the heart. 

Cardi/o

500

There are 5 phases of noises you hear when taking blood pressure, named after the doctor who officially named them. 

Korotkoff Sounds

500

What is the correct name for a blood pressure cuff used to take a patients pressure?

Sphygmomanometer

500

After the receiver has decoded the message sent by the sender and the receiver's way of ensuring the message is understood. 

Feedback

500

Level 5 of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, and the goal that most humans strive to achieve is for 'complete happiness'

Self-Actualization