11th Grade Health

Life style

The way someone lives

Life expectancy

The average period that a person may expect to live

Pandemic

A widespread disease that affects multiple countries or continents

Epidemics

A widespread disease that affects a specific community or region

Drug resistance

When microorganisms don’t respond to a drug that is usually able to kill or weaken them

Self-esteem

How one values or perceives themselves

Fight or Flight

A physiological response to perceived threats that prepares the body to either confront or flee from danger.

AED

Automated External Defibrillator

OCT

Over The Counter

WHO

World Health Organization

SAMPLE - (S)

Signs and symptoms

SAMPLE - (A)

Allergies

SAMPLE - (M)

Medication

SAMPLE - (P)

Past medical history

SAMPLE - (L)

Last oral intake

SAMPLE - (E)

Events leading up to incident

FAST

Face, Arms, Speech, Time

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

ARC

America Red Cross

Eustress

Positive form of stress

Distress

Negative form of stress

Nature vs Nature

A scientific and philosophical discussion about how people's traits are influenced by their biological makeup and their environment

Eric Erickson’s theory

Theory that describes how personality develops throughout life

Maslow’s theory

Our actions are motivated by certain physiological and psychological needs that progress from basic to complex

Myers Briggs personality test

A personality assessment that categorizes people into 16 types

Gestation

A period of developing inside the womb between conception and birth

Abstinence

The practice of not having sexual intercourse

STI

Sexually transmitted infection

Estrogen

Primary female hormone

Testostrone

Primary male hormone

Allergic reaction

Immune reaction to a substance that is normally harmless to most people

Diabetic emergency

A serious situation that occures when a person with diabetes has dangerously high or low blood sugar levels

Stroke

A medical emergency that occurs when blood flow to the brain is interrupted

Heart Attack

A medical emergency that occurs when a coronary artery becomes blocked, preventing blood from flowing to the heart

Shock

A medical condition that occurs when the body dosen’t have enough blood flowing through it

Cardiac Arrest

When the heart stops beating suddenly and unexpectedly

Ratio of compressions to rescue breaths for 1 person rescue

30:2

Good Samaritan Law

Law that protects people who provide emergency assistance without expecting compensation

Adrenalin

Emergency Hormone

First thing to do when arriving to an emergency scene

Assess the situation

How many school AED’S

7

How many years for CPR renewal?

2 years

Organic disorders

Caused by physical changes in the body

Functional Disorders

Caused by psychological factors

Where is the egg fertilized?

Fallopian tubes

Order of fetal development

Zygote, Morula, Blastocyst, Embryo, Fetus

Chlamydia

STI that can be cured with medication

Crabs

STI that can be cured with medication

HIV

STI that cannot be cured but can be managed with medication

Herpes

STI that cannot be cured but can be managed with medication

Identical twins

develop from a single fertilized egg that splits into two separate embryo

Fraternal Twins

two separate eggs are fertilized by two different sperm

APGAR

Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration

What is APGAR

Test given to newborns just born