Test on Monday Flashcards
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Triage
The process of sorting patients to determine the medical need and the priority of care.
Accreditation
Verifies that the facility meets or exceeds standards.
Allopathic
Treats disease through the use of remedies such as medications and surgery.
Holistic
A form of healing that considers the whole person in individual treatment plans.
Contamination
Somthing becomes harmful or unusable by contact with something unclean.
CAM care
A diverse range of autonomous healthcare practices used for health maintenance, health promotion, disease prevention and for the treatment of ill-health.
Hospice
Provides medical, psychological, and spiritual support to terminally ill patients and their families.
Indicator
An important point or group of statistical values that, when evaluated, indicates the quality of care provided in a healthcare facility.
Negligence
Failure to show the conduct expected of a reasonably prudent person acting under similar circumstances.
Subluxation
Slight misalignments of the vertebrae or partial dislocation.
Andreas Vesalius
Father of modern anatomy
William Harvey
Discovered the circulatory system
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
First to observe living cells
John Hunter
Founder of scientific surgery
Edward Jenner
Developed smallpox vaccine
Ignaz Semmelweis
The first physician to recommend hand washing to prevent puerperal fever.
Florence Nightingale
Founder of nursing
Clara Barton
Established the American Red Cross
Elizabeth Blackwell
First women to receive a medical degree in the U.S.
Louis Pasteur
Father of bacteriology and preventive medicine.
Joseph Lister
Father of sterile surgery
Robert Koch
Developed Kochs postulates. Discovered the cause.
Walter Reed
Proved that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquito bites while serving in the U.S army in Cuba
Paul Ehlrich
Injected chemicals for the first time to treat disease (syphilis)