History

Question 1

Who was responsible for public health and sanitation?

Answer 1

The Romans

Question 2

Who was the father of medicine?

Answer 2

Hippocrates

Question 3

Who invented pasteurization and was the father of microbiology?

Answer 3

Louis Pasteur

Question 4

Who was responsible for disinfectants?

Answer 4

Joseph Lister

Question 5

Who helped start the Red Cross?

Answer 5

Clara Barton

Question 6

Who started nursing?

Answer 6

Florence Nightingale

Question 7

Who invented Penicillin?

Answer 7

Alexander Fleming

Question 8

Who invented the polio vaccine?

Answer 8

Jonas Salk

Question 9

Who invented the bifocals?

Answer 9

Benjamin Franklin

Question 10

Who founded psychoanalysis?

Answer 10

Sigmund Freud

Question 11

When was the aids disease found?

Answer 11

1980’s

Question 12

When was the first kidney transplant?

Answer 12

1950’s

Question 13

What is the Avion bird flu caused by?

Answer 13

H5N1 virus

Question 14

Who isolated radium in 1910?

Answer 14

Marie Curie

Question 15

Who established the patterns of heredity?

Answer 15

Gregory Mendel

Question 16

Who developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796?

Answer 16

Edward Jenner

Question 17

Who described the circulation of blood to and from the heart?

Answer 17

William Harvey

Question 18

Who discovered X-rays in 1895?

Answer 18

William Roentgen

Question 19

Who is the artist who used dissection to draw the human body?

Answer 19

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 20

What time period was placed on saving the soul and the study of medicine was prohibited?

Answer 20

The Dark Ages

Question 21

Who were the earliest people to maintain accurate heath records?

Answer 21

Egyptians

Question 22

Who used acupuncture to relieve pain and congestion?

Answer 22

The Chinese

Question 23

Who developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens?

Answer 23

Robert Koch

Question 24

Who was the Arab physician that began using animal gut for suture material?

Answer 24

Rhazes

Question 25

What did ancient people think was the cause of disease and illness?

Answer 25

Evil spirits and demons

Question 26

List four things Hippocrates stressed to help the body heal itself:

Answer 26

Good diet, fresh air, cleanliness, and exercise

Question 27

What is the Rod of Asclepius?

Answer 27

The Greek symbol associated with medicine and healing

Question 28

In the Dark Ages, what was the main method used to treat illness and disease?

Answer 28

Prayer

Question 29

List at least four diseases that shortened the life span of individuals in the Middle Ages:

Answer 29

Bubonic plague, small pox, diphtheria, tuberculosis, typhoid, and malaria

Question 30

Why was dissection a major advance in health care during the Renaissance?

Answer 30

Physicians could view body organs and see the connections between different systems in the body

Question 31

What was the significance of the invention of the microscope in 1666?

Answer 31

It increased magnification ability and produced clear and bright images

Question 32

What did apothecaries use to make many of the medications in the 17th century?

Answer 32

Plants and herbs

Question 33

Why was the invention of the stethoscope in 1819 important?

Answer 33

It allowed physicians to listen to internal body sound

Question 34

Identify four women who made important contributions to the advancement of health care in the 19th century:

Answer 34

Rene Laennec, Clara Barton, Elizabeth Blackwell, Dorothea Dix

Question 35

Why was the discovery of DNA in 1953 so important?

Answer 35

It’s the foundation to lost genetic discoveries today

Question 36

What helped medicine progress faster in the 20th century than in all previous years?

Answer 36

The discovery of DNA structure

Question 37

What is cost containment?

Answer 37

Trying to control the rising cost of health care and achieving the maximum benefit for every dollar spent

Question 38

What is diagnostic related groups?

Answer 38

People with the same medical treatments won’t be paying different amounts

Question 39

What is energy conservation?

Answer 39

Monitoring the use of energy to control costs, and conserve resources

Question 40

What is home health care

Answer 40

Some people are unable to leave their homes, so home healthcare is important for them

Question 41

What is geriatric care?

Answer 41

Elderly people need care and comfort without it changing behavioral patterns and can lead to abuse by their kin

Question 42

What is telemedicine?

Answer 42

Increases access to healthcare

Question 43

What is wellness?

Answer 43

People can make better choices, and avoid sickness in some ways

Question 44

Complementary and alternative methods of health care are:

Answer 44

Vitamins and minerals, natural products, yoga and meditation, special diets, acupuncture, and therapy

Question 45

List four requirements that all geriatric assistants must meet as a result of OBRA

Answer 45

Pass a written exam, containing education, periodic evolution of performance, and complete mandatory state approved training programs

Question 46

What is holistic healthcare?

Answer 46

Care that promotes physical, emotional, social, and intellectual, and spiritual well being by treatment on the whole body, mind, and spirit

Question 47

What is a complementary therapy?

Answer 47

Treatment used in conjunction with conventional medical therapies

Question 48

What is alternative therapies?

Answer 48

Method of treatment that are used in place of biomedical therapies

Question 49

Why is it important to individualize an integrative treatment plan?

Answer 49

It uses both mainstream medical treatments and CAM therapies to treat patients