History Of Health Care

Question 1

Invented the polio vaccine

Answer 1

Jonas Salk

Question 2

Came up with the smallpox vaccine

Answer 2

Edward Jenner

Question 3

First mammal cloned

Answer 3

Dolly the Sheep

Question 4

Isolated radium later used to treat cancer

Answer 4

Marie Curie

Question 5

Developed public hygiene

Answer 5

Romans

Question 6

Responsible for the invention of antiseptic

Answer 6

Joseph Lister

Question 7

Reformed the nursing profession

Answer 7

Clara Barton

Question 8

Discovered x rays

Answer 8

William Roentgen

Question 9

What does the “x” in X-ray mean?

Answer 9

Unknown

Question 10

Came from foxglove to treat fast heart rate

Answer 10

Digitalis

Question 11

Came from bark of tree to treat malaria

Answer 11

Quinine

Question 12

Came from opium poppy to treat severe pain

Answer 12

Morphine

Question 13

Belief that illnesses were caused by demons and spirits

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Egyptian time period

Question 14

Small pox and bubonic plague were terrible epidemics

Answer 14

Dark ages

Question 15

Immunizations, antibiotics, and transplants become common

Answer 15

1945 to 1975

Question 16

Discovered by doing research on mummies

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Arthritis
Kidney Stones
Arteriosclerosis

Question 17

Purpose of agency of accreditation is to ______

Answer 17

Make sure doctors and other health professionals are truly certified and eligible to practice medicine

Question 18

Agency that oversees the nation’s health care

Answer 18

DHHS

Question 19

CDC

Answer 19

Center for Disease Control

Question 20

Patients rights

Answer 20

Ability to say no

Question 21

What does the future of health care include?

Answer 21

• continue to emphasis wellness and prevention
• services of the future: nutritional advice, stress reduction counseling, habit cessation management, exercise instruction

Question 22

AIDS

Answer 22

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Question 23

MD

Answer 23

Medical Doctor

Question 24

Certification

Answer 24

Documentation of having met certain standards

Question 25

AMA

Answer 25

American Medical Association

Question 26

Profession

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Occupation that requires specialized knowledge and training

Question 27

Registration

Answer 27

Official record that an individual is qualified to perform certain services

Question 28

OSHA

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Occupational Safety and Hazard Administration

Question 29

Licensure

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Legal permission to perform an activity

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Quackery

Answer 30

Treatment that pretends to cure a disease

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FDA

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Food and Drug Administration

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Litigation

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Legal dispute

Question 33

Accreditation

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Official authorization or approval

Question 34

Influences of Health care in the U.S.

Answer 34

State of the economy Values of society Law of supply and demand Technological developments

Question 35

Paraprofessional

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Worker who assists a professional in the performing of their duties

Question 36

Home Health Care

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Provides care in the home of the patient

Question 37

Hospice care

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Provides medical and psychological care for the terminally ill and their family

Question 38

Outpatient care facility

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Provides surgical, diagnostic, and ambulatory care

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General hospital

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Provides short term care, acute care, diagnostic and rehabilitative care

Question 40

Long term care center

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Provides personal care for elderly and extended convalescent care

Question 41

Technologist

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3-4 college program typically required

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Technician

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2 year community college or vocational training program typically required

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Professional

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A 4 year degree, advanced degree, and clinical training typically required

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Aide

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On the job training required minimum

Question 45

Assistant

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Up to 1 year of classroom and clinical preparation typically required

Question 46

Father of medicine

Answer 46

Hippocrates