Flashcards
Health Science Midterm
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- 1True or False: The Edwin Smith is a payprus dating back to around 1500 BCE?True :)
- 2True or False? Ancient peoples did not try and understand diseases or experiments with treatments?False
- 3Over the last several decades, the health care system has become more focused on whom?patients
- 4True or False? Public hospitals have declined in the US since the mid 1990's?True
- 5What are three trends in the health sciences?1. more patient centered care
2. Advancing technology
3. Integrative medicine - 6The earliest surgery has thought to be taken place in where?Eygypt
- 7What site is often associated with teaching hospitals where medical and nursing students receive hands-on training and experience?Public Health Care sites
- 8What is true abouot public health care sites?They are open to anyone.
- 9Who is considered the father of modern anatomy?Vesalius
- 10Who found an ancient Egyptian papyrus that discussed medical concerns?Edwin Smith
- 11True or False? Health sciences are the application of various sciences to health.True
- 12Private insurance is purchased by whom?Individuals
- 13True or False? Opium was a common medication before the modern era of medicine.True
- 14True or False? Trepanation began in the 1860s in Asia.False
- 15Medicare is an example of what?Social Insurance Program
- 16What is trepenation?One of the earliest forms of surgery, involved drilling a hole into a skull to release pressure.
- 17Covers the identification of diseases, illnesses, and other conditions, and the process by which identification is made.Diagnostics
- 18Concerned with treating disease, and healing individuals.Therapudic
- 19Storage of information, aquisition.Informatics
- 20Public Health CareFunded by a varioty of sources and open to everyone. Open to government funding and will treat individuals without insurance and for free.
- 21Private HealthcareWhere the hospitals are owned by fore-profit companies, and the profit comes from the patients insurance payments. The focus is to make a profit.
- 22Government Healthcare:May serve populations that can't afford the costs of healthcare sites.
- 23Non-Profit InsitutionsThe site does not seek to make a profit, usually a religous based company.
- 24Examples of Integrative Medicne?Acupuncture, Massage, Chi, botanical recipes etc.
- 25True or False? Cytotechnologists may examine cells for abnormalities or disease.True
- 26True or False? Few health science professions require licenses or certification.False
- 27True or False? Some health science sites may restrict employees from wearing perfume or other scents.True
- 28True or False? Most psychiatric hospitals are a form of tertiary care.True
- 29What type of biomedical engineer typically works in medical settings, maintaining diagnostic and therapeutic devices and aids and training others on proper usage?Clinical Engineer
- 30For biomedical engineers, what degree is generally required to teach in a university setting?PHd
- 31True or False? The license and certification requirements for a registered nurse are the same regardless of location.False
- 32What 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
- 33Cytotechnologists examine what?Cells
- 34True or False? Biomedical engineering positions generally do not require a college degree.False
- 35Cytotechnologists often use which tool?Microscope
- 36Who uses the information provided by cytotechnologists?Pathologists
- 37What characteristic relates to having the necessary skills and knowledge for the job?Competence
- 38Who was Florence Nightingale?"the lady with the lamp" , advocate for improving sanitation!
- 39Primary Care:refers to the health services professionals who work in a community and
- 40Secondary Care:involves medical specialists and urgent, emergency care.
- 41Terterary CareCare that is very specialized and often deals with inpatient care for patients at
special sites focus on one or more illness or diseases. - 42Quaternary Care:sometimes used to describe care that is extremely specialized or
experimental in nature - 43Which of the following is a common disease in late adulthood?Arthritis
- 44True or False? Many deaths in middle adulthood are caused by a single illness or disease, such as cancer or heart disease.True
- 45True or False? Plasticity refers to the amount of change that is possible or the capacity for change.True
- 46What pattern of development refers to development that starts at the core and moves outward to the extremities?Proximodistal pattern
- 47True or False? SIDS is a condition in which the infant stops breathing and dies for no apparent reason.True
- 48The average life expectancy in the United States is what?77 years
- 49True or False? No development typically occurs in late adulthood.False
- 50About what percent of children between 6 and 11 years of age in the United States are considered overweight?30%
- 51True or False? On average, male and female children are fairly similar in height and weight during childhood.True
- 52Which organ loses about 5-10% of its weight by the time a person reaches 90 years of age?brain
- 53True or False? Individuals typically explore different careers and identities during middle adulthood.False
- 54Emerging adulthood typically takes place between which years of age?18-25
- 55True or False? The brain slowly loses weight during adulthood.True
- 56Middle adulthood is thought to start at around what age in the United States?40years
- 57What is a teratogen?any substance that interfers with the normal development of an fetus in the womb.
- 58Cephalocaudal pattern of development is what?Development occurs from the top/head down.
- 59Blood pressure is measured with which device?Sphygmomanometer
- 60True or False? Children typically breathe more often per minute than adults.True
- 61True or False? The metric system is a decimalized system of measurement used exclusively in the United States.False
- 62True or False? CPR instructions are the same for all age groups.False
- 63When both chest compressions and rescue breaths are used in CPR, how many chest compressions should be performed before rescue breaths are started?30
- 64If someone is choking, what should you do first?ask if he or she is okay.
- 65Which type of burn always requires medical attention?Third degree
- 66Minimum blood pressure is what?Diastolic
- 67What is the average adult respiration rate per minute?12-18 breaths
- 68True or False? A victim with a bleeding wound should be kept standing to maintain blood flow.False
- 69Which of the following is considered a vital sign? a. Blood pressure b. Respiration rate c. Temperatureall of them
- 70True or False? When performing CPR, rescue breaths should be performed only by individuals trained in CPR.true
- 71True or False? Normal human temperature is 94.7° Fahrenheit.False
- 72Which finger should not be used when measuring heart rate?thumb
- 73what is systolic blood pressure?maximum blood pressure
- 74What is Blood Pressure?the amount of pressure placed on the walls by the circulating blood.
- 75True or False? Ayurveda medicine was founded in China and is based on the idea of people’s life forces, called qi.False
- 76Doshas are what?Substances or humors in the body
- 77Which alternative medical system works on the theory that “like cures like”?homeopathy
- 78True or False? A holistic approach is one that emphasizes the balance and integration of all the health dimensions.True
- 79True 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
- 80True or False? Preventative health behaviors rarely have much influence on health as most diseases are genetic.FALSE
- 81Today, about what percentage of mainstream pharmaceutical drugs were created from the compounds in plants and herbs?25%
- 82What is the process of strengthening the body against a known illnesscausing agent?Immunization
- 83True 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
- 84What is the primary purpose of screening?To identify the disease before the symptoms appear.
- 85Psychoneurimmunology is the study of which of the following?The mind, the central nervous system and the immune system.
- 86Qi is which of the following in Chinese medicine?Life-force
- 87psychoneuroimmunology -_combines a study of the mind, the central nervous system and immunology_
- 88believes that diseases occur when the body‘s natural ways of fighting off disease has been changed or altered in someway.naturopathy
- 89treatments or practises that are used along with traditional medicine to treat an illness or condition.complementary medicine
- 90similar to acupuncture in that it uses specific points on the body, but it is different in that no needles are used.acupressure