Part 1 Flashcards
Medicine
The art and science of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, a drug or remedy for illness
Illness
An abnormal process in which aspects of social, physical, emotional, or intellectual condition or function of a person are diminished or impaired, with general term for impairment being disease, and specific illness being considered disease or disorders
3 major bacterial classifications based on shape
Cocci, bacili (rod), spirilla
What type of infection is poliomyleitis?
Viral
What type of infection is meningitis?
Bacterial or viral
What type of infection is pneumonia?
Viral or bacterial
What type of infection is typhoid fever?
Bacterial
What type of infection is malaria?
Protozoa
What type of infection is trichomoniasis?
Protozoa
2 leading causes of death in US
1) heart disease
2) cancer
Name of machine that produces an electrocardiogram
Electrocardiograph
Radiopaque
Substances that do not permit the passage of x rays
Radiolucent
Substances that readily permit passage of x rays
a.c. abbreviation
before meals
Centigrade is equivalent to
Celsius
What angle is sub-q injections given at?
45 degrees (beneath skin but above muscle)
Typical mL range of sub-q injections
0.5-2mL
Angle of an IM injection administration
90 degrees
Typical mL range of IM injections
3-5 mL
Intradermal injection angle of administration
10 degrees
Brady or tachyphasia
Slow or fast manner of speech
Frontal/coronal plane
Divides body into front (ventral) and back (dorsal) portions
Sagittal Plane
Divides the body into left and right sides with a vertical line
Transverse plane
Divides body into upper and lower portions with a horizontal line