HHD Flashcards
stages of the lifespan
prenatal infancy toddlerhood childhood youth early adulthood middle adulthood later adulthood
stages of the lifespan age range
prenatal - conception - birth infancy - birth - 18 months toddlerhood - 18 months - 3 year s childhood - 3 - 12 years youth - 12 - 18 year s early adulthood - 18 - 39 years middle adulthood - 40 - 64 years later adulthood - 65 +
What does APGAR stand for
Appearance Pulse Grimace Activity Respiration
What is an APGAR test
A 10 point score to determine the babies wellbeing at birth. They are tested 1 and 5 minuets after being born and scored between 0-2 to make an overall score out of 10
Who funds medicare?
Funded by the government and and 2% of our taxes
What is medicare?
A system to improve the access to healthcare of all Australians in need of treatment, regardless of age and income at little cost
Medicare services offered through medicare?
- tests and examinations (x-ray)
- eye test
- procedures performed by practitioners
- doctors consiltation
What are the 3 stages of prenatal development?
Germinal stage
Embryonic stage
Foetal stage
Germinal stage
The first stage of prenatal development, measured form the moment of conception until implantation (about two weeks post-conception)
Embryonic stage
The second stage of prenatal development, measured from implantation (about two weeks post-conception) until the eighth week after conception
Foetal stage
the third stage of prenatal development, measured from the end of week 9 until birth
DALYS
Disability adjusted life years - years of healthy life lost due to premature death, illness or injury
YLL
years of life lost due to premature mortality
YLD
Years of life lost due to disability or injury
PBS
- government subsided medications
- provide essential medications to Australians regardless of their ability to pay
- over 4000 medicines on the list
Life expectancy
an indication of how long a person can expect to live, it is the number of years of life remaining to a person at a particular age if death rates do not change
life expectancy for male and female
if death rates don’t change
male - 80
female - 85