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Answers to various medical history questions, covering the invention of medical instruments, discovery of diseases, and development of medications. It also includes information on vital signs, medical procedures, and conditions.
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Hippocrates (460-377 BC) - ANS>> Father of medicine , & starts study of medicine and prescribes asprin as medicine When was the invention of the stethoscope by Rene Laennec - ANS>> 1816 When was the first transfusion of human blood performed by James Blundell - ANS>> 1818 When was the development of the syringe by Charles Pravaz and Alexander Wood - ANS>> 1853 When was germs identified as cause of disease by Louis Pasteur - ANS>> 1857 Who and when was Antiseptic principal of the practice of surgery - ANS>> Joseph Lister and 1867 When was the discovery of TB Bacillus by Robert Koch - ANS>> 1882 When was the discovery of antitoxins and development of tetanus and diphtheria vaccines by E. Von Behring - ANS>> 1890 When was the introduction of the system to classify blood types by Karl Landsteiner - ANS>> 1901 When was the development of the first vaccine for tuberculosis - ANS>> 1927 When was the development of the first vaccine for influenza - ANS>> 1945 When did Francis Crick and James Watson work on structure of DNA molecules - ANS>> 1953 When was the first development of the first vaccine for measles - ANS>> 1964 When was the first vaccine for pneumonia - ANS>> 1977 The DEA has to approve - ANS>> Medicine In order for patients to obtain certain medications - ANS>> Prescriptions are written topical administration - ANS>> Onto the skin ( epicutaneous ) Enternal administration - ANS>> By swallowing ( oral route )
parenteral administration - ANS>> Into veins ( intravenous ) injection beneath the skin is called - ANS>> Subcutaneous administration analgesic drugs - ANS>> Medications that reduce/alleviate pain antianxiety drugs - ANS>> Medication used to suppress anxiety and relax muscles Antibiotics - ANS>> Stops the infection from producing organisms- PENICILLIN is a common medicine Anti fungal drug - ANS>> Used to treat infections caused by fungus such as ringworm anti-inflammatory - ANS>> Non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NASIDs) Sleeping Aids - ANS>> Used to help with sleeping disorders AMBIEN - common medicine anesthetics - ANS>> medicines that cause the loss of feeling ANESTHESIA Common anesthesia - ANS>> Novocaine active records - ANS>> patients who have been seen within the past 2-5 years New Patient - ANS>> You havent been seen in the office in 3years Open booking - ANS>> Gives patients times to come to the office to be seen Methods of filing - ANS>> By Subject & By Date (of receipt) Duties of medical assistant - ANS>> scheduling appointments, updating medical records, vital statics When obtaining medical record information patients should be - ANS>> Discouraged to give irrelevant information Co-pay - ANS>> Collected each time a patient is seen Insurance - ANS>> Should be updated each visit Super bill - ANS>> Document used to determine payment due ICD-9 - ANS>> Codes used to identify patient diagnosis HMO (Health Maintenance Organization) - ANS>> Patient pay fixed amount or periodic fee for medical care providers belonging to HMO
Temperature taken under the arm - ANS>> Are the lowest in temps Temperature will increase - ANS>> With the intake of food or drinks that are calorie rich Temperatures drop - ANS>> At night and throughout the night Poor sleep quality or insomnia can lead to - ANS>> A decrease in temperature Sites used for temp measurements - ANS>> Oral (mouth) Rectal (anus) Tympanic (ear) Axillary (arm) Vaginal (vagina) Forhead In the gut Over temporal artery Temperature vary depending on - ANS>> Body part being measured Typical temps in the daytime for healthy adults - ANS>> Oral about 98. A medical sign characterized by an increase of temperature above normal leavel - ANS>> Fever A significant core body temperature increase (hyperthermia) or decrease in core body temperature (Hypothermia) - ANS>> Core Body Temperature The lowest temperature attained by the body (low early in the morning) - ANS>> Basal Body Temperature core temperature drops below required temperature level (95 degrees) - ANS>> Hypothermia The core temperature increases - ANS>> Hyperthermia Blood pressure is exerted by - ANS>> Circulating blood upon the walls of blood vessels Blood pressure varies between a - ANS>> Systolic (maximum) and diastolic pressure (minimum) Blood pressure drops most rapidly along the - ANS>> Small arteries and arterioles Bp measurement is usually expressed as the - ANS>> Systolic pressure over the diastolic pressure 120 80
systolic pressure - ANS>> When the heart is contracting (heart sound during systole) diastolic pressure - ANS>> When the heart is relaxed ( heart sound during diastole) Medical term for low blood pressure - ANS>> Hypertension orthostatic hypotension - ANS>> low blood pressure that occurs when standing up from a lying or sitting position Dehydration - ANS>> Causes the body to lose more water than it is taking in Post prandial hypotension - ANS>> Sudden drop in blood pressure after eating Shy-Drager syndrome - ANS>> Associated with muscle tremors, slowed movement, problems with speech and incontinence hypertension risk factors - ANS>> Age (^65) Medications Certain disease Drug often used to raise standing blood pressure levels in people with chronic orthostatic hypotension - ANS>> Midodrine (Orvaten, Proamatine) Hypertension (high blood pressure) - ANS>> Can cause health problems such as heart disease Hypertension (high blood pressure) risk factors - ANS>> Age Race Family history Overweight or Obesity What is Thiazide diuretics - ANS>> Water Pills Reduce the work load of the heart and open vessels, causes heart to beat slower - ANS>> Beta Blockers Helps relax muscles of blood vessels. Some can also slow the heart rate - ANS>> Calcium channel blockers What Reduce nerve impulses to blood vessels - ANS>> Alpha beta blockers What is normal blood pressure? - ANS>> 120/80 mmHg prehypertension tends to - ANS>> Gets worse over time
Some arrhythmias can cause what? - ANS>> They can cause your heart to suddenly stop beating. (Which is called sudden cardiac arrest) or even death A pulse rate can be measured - ANS>> In any place where arteries can be pressed against a bone The average brain weighs about? - ANS>> 3 lbs The spinal cord is about - ANS>> 16inches long and less than 1 inch wide What separates the brain from the skull - ANS>> Meninges (connective tissue membranes) The brain does not grow but - ANS>> Develops over time somatic nervous system - ANS>> Consist of peripheral nerve fibers autonomic nervous system - ANS>> Divided into 3 parts - sympathetic nervous system, parasympathetic nervous system and enteric nervous system Cerbral cortex functions what - ANS>> Voluntary movement Language Reasoning Thought Perception brain stem functions what - ANS>> Heart rate Breathing Blood pressure Hypothalamus functions what - ANS>> Thirst Hunger Body temp Emotions Circadian rhythms Thalamus funtions what - ANS>> Movement Sensory processing basal ganglia functions what - ANS>> Movement midbrain functions what - ANS>> Vision Eye movement Audition Body movement
EYE- To determine a persons vision health professionals use a - ANS>> Snellen Chart EAR- Tinnitus is characterized by symptoms such as constant - ANS>> Buzzing or whistling sound NOSE - Anosmia is a condition with the - ANS>> Inability to smell Tongue has receptors for taste (tastebuds) that are able to detect - ANS>> Salty, Sweet, Bitter and Sour A condition with reduced ability to taste - ANS>> Hypogeusia congenital analgesia - ANS>> A child may have little or even no sense of touch cataract - ANS>> clouding of the lens of the eye Epilepsy - ANS>> brain disorder that causes repeated seizures To diagnose epilepsy an - ANS>> EEG (electroencephalogram) is done Glaucoma - ANS>> A group of eye conditions causing damage to the optic nerve Parkinson's disease - ANS>> a neurological disease, leading to degeneration of brain cells Parkinson's disease can cause - ANS>> Stiffness in limbs or shaking A brain tumor consist of - ANS>> A group if abnormal cells Risk factors of a tumor include - ANS>> Exposure to radiation and possible inherited conditions Respirations refers to - ANS>> The act of breathing respiratory system organs DOES NOT INCLUDE ALVEOLI - ANS>> nose oral cavity (mouth) Throat (pharynx) Voice box (larynx) Wind pipe (trachea) bronchi lungs Left bronchi divides into - ANS>> 2 lobes Right Bronchi Divides into - ANS>> 3 lobes