Biomed Quest 1/27/25

General practitioner: a kind of doctor who can work with patients with all kinds of problems, usually the first contact for a patient and who they see for check-ups and well visits. 

Medical student: someone who is in school to become a medical doctor

Medical assistant: helps in office, not licensed

Primary care practitioner: Licensed and provides medical care to the ill 

Non-physician practitioner: someone who practices under a medical doctor. Such as Nurse Practitioner or physician's assistant 

Medical technician: uses equipment to do a very specific job such as drawing blood or analyzing tissue samples 

Pediatrician: doctor for young people (from infancy through teen years)

Patient liaison: an in between for patients and their families and doctors/hospitals, helps work out conflicts and address concerns

Demeanor: Your outward attitude

Tact: sensitivity in how you address something or someone

Empathy: understand and share the feelings of others

Blood pressure: systolic pressure of less than 120 and a diastolic pressure of less than 80

Heart rate: 60 to 100 beats per minute,

Oxygen saturation: 95% and 100%

Respiratory Rate: 12 to 20 breaths per minute

Body Temperature: 98.6

KNOW how to Calculate BMI using this Equation (YOU DO NOT NEED TO MEMORIZE THE EQUATION)!

BMI = (Wt. (lbs) /Ht. (in)2) x 703

 Vital signs: measurements of the body's most basic functions

Pulse
Respiratory rate: the number of breaths taken in one minute

Blood pressure: the measurement of force applied to the wall of arteries as teh pulse pumps blood 

Sphygmomanometer: measures blood pressure

Triage: the preliminary assessment of patients or casualties in order to determine the urgency of their need for treatment and the nature of treatment required.

Heart Rate (Pulse): the number of times the heart beats per minute

Systolic Pressure: the maximum blood pressure during contraction of the ventricles

Diastolic Pressure: measured between heartbeats when the heart is filling with blood

Hypertension: when the pressure in your blood vessels is too high

Diagnosis: the identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms.

Hypothermia: a condition that occurs when core body temperature drops below 95 degrees Fahrenheit

The Diaphragm separates the Thoracic cavity from the Abdominal Cavity.

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Two place to take pulse: Radial and Carotid

 Radial pulse: wrist

Carotid: neck