History And Trends In Health Care Study Guide Flashcards
What is Telemedicine?
A type of medicine that uses video, audio, and computer systems to provide medical/health care services.
When did the most rapid advances in health care occur?
20th Century (1901-2000).
Which is more cost effective? Preventing an illness or treating an illness?
Preventing an illness.
Who began the development of sanitary systems by building sewers and aqueducts?
Ancient Romans.
When were health care plans started?
20th Century (1901-2000).
Who were the first people to record health records?
Ancient Egyptians.
During what time was the printing press developed? What was the result of the printing press?
Renaissance (AD 1350-AD 1650); health care books and knowledge was spread throughout the world.
Why can the creation of new lethal viruses occur anytime?
Viruses can mutate and exchange genetic information.
Which period is often called the “rebirth of science and medicine”?
Renaissance (AD 1350-AD 1650).
Which group of people believed in the need to treat the whole body by curing the spirit and nourishing the body?
Ancient Chinese.
Where were the first hospitals established?
Rome (monasteries).
What type of health care promotes physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual well-being?
Wellness health care.
During what time were prayer and divine intervention the main forms of treatment used for illness and disease?
Dark Ages (AD 400- AD 800).
Who first used disinfectants and antiseptics to prevent infection during surgery?
Joseph Lister.
Avoiding alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, drugs, and risky sexual behavior are ways to promote which type of wellness?
Physical Wellness.
Being creative and using common sense are examples of ways to promote which type of wellness?
Mental and intellectual wellness.
Which type of practitioner believes in life energy that flows through every living person in an invisible system of meridians?
Chinese medicine practitioners.
Who discovered Penicillin? In what year?
Sir Alexander Fleming; 1928.
List the viruses that have the ability to cause a pandemic?
Hantavirus, SARS, Monkeypox.
Louis Pasteur
“Father of microbiology”; pasteurization; rabies vaccine.
Whilhelm Roentegn
Discovered X-rays.
Hippocrates
“Father of medicine”; author of Hippocratic Oath.
Clara Barton
Volunteer nurse for Civil War; established records to search for wounded soldiers.
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Invented microscope; “Father of microbiology”.
