Decoding Research
A process by which scientists over time collectively endeavor to construct an accurate representation of the world.
What is scientific method?
A treatment group and a control group that is not receiving the treatment that is being studied
What is randomized controlled trial?
What is the mean or average?
An epidemic occurring over a very wide area that can affect a large population
What is pandemic?
This is the most frequent cause of injury to children under 6 years of age
What is falls?
A study to see how fast providers are recognizing a stroke patient and activating the stroke team at a facility is an example of.....?
What is quantitative research?
When only the trial manager knows that drug or nondrug is in each pill (Pill A/Pill B)
What is double-blind study?
Known as the fiftieth percentile
What is the median?
The habitat in which an infectious agent normally lives, grows, and multiplies
What is reservoir?
The period between exposure to an infection and the appearance of the first symptoms
What is incubation?
A type of study that looks more at the existing data
What is retrospective study?
A study that looks at group of patients with a similar condition
What is case study?
Information drawn from sampled observations of a population and to make conclusions about the population
What is inferential statistics?
A period of time shortly after an injury when a patient may be acutely aware of what has happened and be receptive to preventing another event from occurring
Epidemiologically speaking, an ongoing process that determines the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of activities related to public health initiatives
What is evaluation?
This kind of research looks for the WHY factor of a situation.
What is qualitative research?
A study of EMS providers was completed on a certain date to determine the average number of years of formal education by training level that existed with the group at that time
What is cross-sectional study?
Statistic representing the degree of dispersion of a set of scores around the mean
What is standard deviation?
The proportion of persons with clinical disease who after becoming infected become severely ill or die
What is virulence?
These guidelines outline how employers and employees share responsibility for ensuring that Standard Precautions are used to assist in preventing contamination from blood and other bodily fluids.
What is OSHA?
An inductive approach that is studied in more than one context
What is mixed research?
Often the first step in research strategy that leads to animal and human research
What is bench study?
The listing of stages of cancer (I,II,III) are sometimes called
What is nominal data or ordinal data?
Medical care and rehab activities that help to prevent further problems from occurring
What is secondary prevention?
Airborne droplets or contact with open sores that can incubate for 11 to 21 days
What is chicken pox?