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What is accreditation?
official recognition from an association that an educational program meets the educational standards for an occupation.
What is alternative, complementary integrative therapies?
healthcare practices that limit the use of surgery and drugs.
What are career clusters?
groups of industries and occupations that share the same core values and basic knowledge.
What is a career ladder?
a sequence of jobs prgressing from levels base upon knowledge skill responsbility and authority
What are credentials?
documents that prove a person’s qualifications for a certain job.
What is genomic medicine?
a type of medical care that treats a person based upon their specific genes and chromosones.
What are chromosones?
thread like strands that contain thousands of genes.
What is holistic care?
holistic care treats a person as a whole after assessing the persons physical, social, mental and spirtual well being.
What is nanotechnolgy?
a field of science that manipulates molecules and atoms to create devices that are thousand times smaller compared to current technologies.
What are National Health Science Standards?
standards created by the National Consortium for health science that describe the skill and knowledge needed to succeed.
What is regenerative medicine?
a form of medical care that creates living organs to replace tissues and organs lost to age, disease, injury or birth disorder.
What is western medicine?
Western medicne is the most commonly used medicne in the U.S.
Western medicne is the most commonly used medicne in the U.S.
Floreence Nightingale
What is the effects of antioxidants?
antioxidants contribute to disease prevention and promote good health by reducing cell deterioration.
Western medicine has rejected forms of healthcare that don’t focus on what?
That don’t focus on physical signs of illness.
Ancient practices are sometimes considered as what?
alternative, complementary, or integrative therapies.
Wellness and the treatment of a disease requires what appoarch?
holistic (not only focus on the physical needs of a individual, but also on his/her social, mental and spiritual needs.
What does Holistic care work to maintain?
Restore wellness by promoting balanced relationships between the body, mind and spirit.
What are the most familar components of physical wellness?
healthy diet, excersie and routine medical care.
What are the other components of physical wellness?
Mental/ Intellectual, social and spiritual wellness.
Aside from scientific beliefs, what also affects our healthcare beliefs?
our personal history and culture.
Hippocrates is known as what and when did he practice medicine?
Father of Medicine and 400 BC.
What did he believe Hippocrates believe what type of care and what aspect of wellness did he promote?
He believed in holistic care, and promoted the wellness ascpects of
When were parents told to place an infant facedown or on the side for sleeping? And why?
Between 1960s or 1970s. They did this prevent death.
Sleeping facedown greatly increased the risk of what?
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
What campaign was introduced in 1994 from the American Academy for Pediatrics (AAP) to educate people about SIDS?
“Back to Sleep.”
Since the start of the “Back to Sleep.” campaign by how much has the SIDS rate declined?
Fifty percent
What is trepanning
removing parts of the skull to release bad spirits
Why is part of the brain temporary removed
To prevent brain damage due to brain swelling
What does digitalis do?
regulate heartbeat
What does morphine do?
Made for pain relief
What medicine is made from foxglove?
digitalis
What medicine is made from opium poppy?
Morphine
Who established accurate health records?
The anicent Egyptians
What is a legal requirement in medical care?
accurate health records
What are leeches used for?
restore blood ciriculation to skin grafts.
What is a example of antioxidants?
green tea
Who were the people who researched into physical causes of diseases?
Greece
Who built aqueducts and promoted focus on hand washing and hygiene practices to reduce infections?
Rome
Which ancient civilization created universal health care and licensing for doctors and pharmacists?
Arabic/Islamic
Who’s mistake allowed for rapid medical advancements and vaccines?
The Europeans
Europe established what?
medical schools
Study of anatomy and physiology through human dissection was started by who?
Europe and America
Vaccines designed for a singular person, only given in one dose is known as?
Designer Vaccines
Replacing a abnormal gene with a better one is known as?
gene therapy
Organ created through regenerative medicine are created with the patient’s?
DNA
What tyoe of cell has the power to become any type of cell in the body?
Embryonic cells
What type of cell are found in tissues and have the ablility to generate various cells?
Adult Stem Cells
Adult Stem cells have the power to heal injuries and have been used for?
Blood cancer and bone marrows
A DNA based stool screening that many people prefer to do virtually is known as?
colonoscopy
Molecular imaging provides detailed pictures of what going on in the body at what level?
molecular and cellular level
Molecular imaging gives scientist a better look at what?
cancerous cells, risk of blood clots and heart attacks
What are packmakers used for?
regulate heartbeat
What is the field of science that creates devices that manipulates atoms and molecules is known as?
nanotechnology
What are the tubes that keep the arteries open are known as?
stents
What is the type of tubes that are used to guide imaging machines to repair the abdominal and aneurysms are known as?
Catheters
What is weakening of the blood vessels before they burst is known as?
brain aneurysms
When people have their gallbladder/ appendix removed they are able to have shorter stays because of what type of operation?
laparoscopic
What does outpatient procedures allow pateints to leave shortly after?
surgery
What is cataract, and Laser surgery that require no after stay for the patient known as?
Hermina
What type of machines are used to improve surgical procedures?
Robots
What type of surgery allows a skilled person to perform surgery on a person who is a different location?
telesurgery
What is the formal name of digitized patient records?
electronic health records
What are some of the other methods of percieving medication?
through the nose, mouth and skin patches
What can low income families qualify for in terms of healthcare aid?
Medicaid
What can older individuals sign up for in terms of healthcare aid?
Medicare
How many people lacked proper access to emergency services or health insurance in 2013?
50 million
How much do Hospitals and taxpayers pay every year to cover the costs of those who cannot pay?
43 billion
What is another problem that healthcare faces?
shortage of primary care physicians
When foreign born physicians fill in primary care postions, what becomes a problem?
communication
What are treatments classified into?
Diagnostic related groups
What is the abrevation of diagnostic related groups?
DRGs
What is a DRGs?
DRGs limit the amount paid to a hospital for a patient with a specific diagnois.
What does HMOs stand for?
Health maintenance organizations
What do HMOs do?
lower the cost of healthcare through contracts with insurance companies
What is the abrevation of Preferred provider organizations?
PPOs
What do PPOs require members to do?
Pick a provider who has agreed to provide healthcare at a certain cost.
When was the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed?
March 23, 2010
What did the Affordable Care Act do?
changed the healthcare system and provided insurancefor larger amounts of Americans
What is the abrevated form of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act?
Affordable Care Act
What is healthcare prices growing faster than?
inflation and income
When should massage therapy be avoided?
If you have a history of blood clots or take blood thinners
Why are herbal remedies not considered safe?
they can interfere with other medications
What can meditation reduce?
anxiety, depression and pain symptoms
What are the four types of Whole Medical System Practices?
Ayurvedic, traditonal chinese medicine, homepathy and naturopathy
What are the two types of Manipulative and Body Based Practices?
Spinal manipulation, and Massage therapies
What are the three types of Natural Products that are used in healthcare?
Herbal Medicine, dietary supplements, and probiotics
What are the three types of Mind- Body medicine?
meditation, yoga and acupuncture
Omega 3 supplements are useful to reduce the risk factor for what?
heart disease
What is glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate benefical for treating?
serve osteoarthritis
What is acupuncture benefical for treating?
osteoarthritis, dental surgery, migraines and headaches
What does the US surpass other countries in terms of money?
healthcare per resident
What are the biggest issue in healthcare?
The affordability and acess
What does NCCAM study?
alternative therapies and their effectiveness
What is the abervated form of National Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine?
NCCAM
What is the abervated form of The National Institues of Health?
NIH
What did the National Institues of Health (NIH) create?
National Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
How many career clusters are there?
sixteen
What do many high schools offer to their students?
dual credit and advanced placement college coursework
What do Health Informatics Serivce do?
document patient care
What act was passed on March 23, 2010?
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
What does Therapeutic service do?
change the health status of a person over time
What does Digagnostic Servcies do?
creative a image of a patient’s status over time
What does Support Services do?
Provides a therapeutic environment for providing patient care
What national agency keeps track of data about occupations and industries in the US?
The Bureau of Labor Statistic (BLS)
What is education past high school known as?
postsecondary education
What credential is given to someone after they complete a course of study?
certification
What type of credential is given to someone after they complete a licensure exam to prove that they meet the qualifications?
Licensure
What refers to a offical record of people who passed an examination to prove that they meeet the qualification?
registration
Which organization took the job of organizing the knowledge and skill needed to be a healthcare worker?
The National Consortium for Health Science Education
What is the abrevation of The National Consortium for Health Science Education?
(NCHSE)
What do the National Science Standards include?
The 11 Healthcare foundation standards.
How many years of education does a doctor of philosophy (PhD) require?
4 or more years in a university or graduate school
How many years of education does a masters degree require?
2 or more years in a university or graduate school
How many years of education does a bachelor’s degree require?
4 year academic program in a university or graduate school
How many years of education does a Associate’s degree require?
2 year techincial program in a community or techincial college
How many years of education does it take to achieve a dipolma?
1 year in a community or technical college
How many years of education does it it to achieve a certificate?
less than 1 year in a community or techincal college
What will future medical care focus mainly on?
predicting the disease the person will develop in the future.
