Health Science Midterm

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True or False: The Edwin Smith is a payprus dating back to around 1500 BCE?	True :)
True or False? Ancient peoples did not try and understand diseases or experiments with treatments?	False
Over the last several decades, the health care system has become more focused on whom?	patients
True or False? Public hospitals have declined in the US since the mid 1990's?	True
What are three trends in the health sciences?	1. more patient centered care 2. Advancing technology 3. Integrative medicine
The earliest surgery has thought to be taken place in where?	Eygypt
What site is often associated with teaching hospitals where medical and nursing students receive hands-on training and experience?	Public Health Care sites
What is true abouot public health care sites?	They are open to anyone.
Who is considered the father of modern anatomy?	Vesalius
Who found an ancient Egyptian papyrus that discussed medical concerns?	Edwin Smith
True or False? Health sciences are the application of various sciences to health.	True
Private insurance is purchased by whom?	Individuals
True or False? Opium was a common medication before the modern era of medicine.	True
True or False? Trepanation began in the 1860s in Asia.	False
Medicare is an example of what?	Social Insurance Program
What is trepenation?	One of the earliest forms of surgery, involved drilling a hole into a skull to release pressure.
Covers the identification of diseases, illnesses, and other conditions, and the process by which identification is made.	Diagnostics
Concerned with treating disease, and healing individuals.	Therapudic
Storage of information, aquisition.	Informatics
Public Health Care	Funded by a varioty of sources and open to everyone. Open to government funding and will treat individuals without insurance and for free.
Private Healthcare	Where the hospitals are owned by fore-profit companies, and the profit comes from the patients insurance payments. The focus is to make a profit.
Government Healthcare:	May serve populations that can't afford the costs of healthcare sites.
Non-Profit Insitutions	The site does not seek to make a profit, usually a religous based company.
Examples of Integrative Medicne?	Acupuncture, Massage, Chi, botanical recipes etc.
True or False? Cytotechnologists may examine cells for abnormalities or disease.	True
True or False? Few health science professions require licenses or certification.	False
True or False? Some health science sites may restrict employees from wearing perfume or other scents.	True
True or False? Most psychiatric hospitals are a form of tertiary care.	True
What type of biomedical engineer typically works in medical settings, maintaining diagnostic and therapeutic devices and aids and training others on proper usage?	Clinical Engineer
For biomedical engineers, what degree is generally required to teach in a university setting?	PHd
True or False? The license and certification requirements for a registered nurse are the same regardless of location.	False
What health science profession helps individuals participate in the tasks and activities that they want or need to perform as part of their daily lives?	Occupational Therapist
Cytotechnologists examine what?	Cells
True or False? Biomedical engineering positions generally do not require a college degree.	False
Cytotechnologists often use which tool?	Microscope
Who uses the information provided by cytotechnologists?	Pathologists
What characteristic relates to having the necessary skills and knowledge for the job?	Competence
Who was Florence Nightingale?	"the lady with the lamp" , advocate for improving sanitation!
Primary Care:	refers to the health services professionals who work in a community and
Secondary Care:	involves medical specialists and urgent, emergency care.
Terterary Care	Care that is very specialized and often deals with inpatient care for patients at special sites focus on one or more illness or diseases.
Quaternary Care:	sometimes used to describe care that is extremely specialized or experimental in nature
Which of the following is a common disease in late adulthood?	Arthritis
True or False? Many deaths in middle adulthood are caused by a single illness or disease, such as cancer or heart disease.	True
True or False? Plasticity refers to the amount of change that is possible or the capacity for change.	True
What pattern of development refers to development that starts at the core and moves outward to the extremities?	Proximodistal pattern
True or False? SIDS is a condition in which the infant stops breathing and dies for no apparent reason.	True
The average life expectancy in the United States is what?	77 years
True or False? No development typically occurs in late adulthood.	False
About what percent of children between 6 and 11 years of age in the United States are considered overweight?	30%
True or False? On average, male and female children are fairly similar in height and weight during childhood.	True
Which organ loses about 5-10% of its weight by the time a person reaches 90 years of age?	brain
True or False? Individuals typically explore different careers and identities during middle adulthood.	False
Emerging adulthood typically takes place between which years of age?	18-25
True or False? The brain slowly loses weight during adulthood.	True
Middle adulthood is thought to start at around what age in the United States?	40years
What is a teratogen?	any substance that interfers with the normal development of an fetus in the womb.
Cephalocaudal pattern of development is what?	Development occurs from the top/head down.
Blood pressure is measured with which device?	Sphygmomanometer
True or False? Children typically breathe more often per minute than adults.	True
True or False? The metric system is a decimalized system of measurement used exclusively in the United States.	False
True or False? CPR instructions are the same for all age groups.	False
When both chest compressions and rescue breaths are used in CPR, how many chest compressions should be performed before rescue breaths are started?	30
If someone is choking, what should you do first?	ask if he or she is okay.
Which type of burn always requires medical attention?	Third degree
Minimum blood pressure is what?	Diastolic
What is the average adult respiration rate per minute?	12-18 breaths
True or False? A victim with a bleeding wound should be kept standing to maintain blood flow.	False
Which of the following is considered a vital sign? a. Blood pressure b. Respiration rate c. Temperature	all of them
True or False? When performing CPR, rescue breaths should be performed only by individuals trained in CPR.	true
True or False? Normal human temperature is 94.7° Fahrenheit.	False
Which finger should not be used when measuring heart rate?	thumb
what is systolic blood pressure?	maximum blood pressure
What is Blood Pressure?	the amount of pressure placed on the walls by the circulating blood.
True or False? Ayurveda medicine was founded in China and is based on the idea of people’s life forces, called qi.	False
Doshas are what?	Substances or humors in the body
Which alternative medical system works on the theory that “like cures like”?	homeopathy
True or False? A holistic approach is one that emphasizes the balance and integration of all the health dimensions.	True
True or False? The purpose of screenings is to find a disease early when it is often easier to treat than when it has had a chance to progress.	True
True or False? Preventative health behaviors rarely have much influence on health as most diseases are genetic.	FALSE
Today, about what percentage of mainstream pharmaceutical drugs were created from the compounds in plants and herbs?	25%
What is the process of strengthening the body against a known illnesscausing agent?	Immunization
True or False? Universal prevention is used to give all members of the population information about a disease or unhealthy habit in order to encourage greater health.	TRUE
What is the primary purpose of screening?	To identify the disease before the symptoms appear.
Psychoneurimmunology is the study of which of the following?	The mind, the central nervous system and the immune system.
Qi is which of the following in Chinese medicine?	Life-force
psychoneuroimmunology -	_combines a study of the mind, the central nervous system and immunology_
believes that diseases occur when the body‘s natural ways of fighting off disease has been changed or altered in someway.	naturopathy
treatments or practises that are used along with traditional medicine to treat an illness or condition.	complementary medicine
similar to acupuncture in that it uses specific points on the body, but it is different in that no needles are used.	acupressure

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