PN 4003 VARIATIONS IN HEALTH FINAL
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
◉ What does it mean that health is dynamic.
Answer: health is always changing
◉ life expectancy.
Answer: the average number of years a person can expect to live
◉ SMART Goal.
Answer: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-based
◉ quantity of life.
Answer: The number of years you live
◉ quality of life.
Answer: the degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life
◉ Leading cause of death in the US.
Answer: heart disease (aka cardiovascular disease)
,◉ signs of stroke.
Answer: FAST -
Face drooping
Arm weakness
Speech difficulty
Time to call 911
◉ Steps in the Chain of Survival.
Answer: 1. Check the scene
2. Are you okay?
3. Call 911
4. Compressions
◉ Strategies in Hands-only CPR.
Answer: 100-120 compressions per minute
Push down 2 inches
Center of Chest
◉ Health Care Specialist.
Answer: A health care provider not primary care but specializes in a
specific area of health
, ◉ primary care physician.
Answer: a regular doctor who provides checkups, screenings,
treatments, and prescriptions
◉ communicable disease.
Answer: a disease that is spread from one living thing to another
◉ non-communicable disease.
Answer: a disease not capable of being spread from one person to
another
◉ Medicare.
Answer: A federal program of health insurance for persons 65 years
of age and older or on Social Security Disability Benefits
◉ Medicaid.
Answer: A federal and state assistance program that pays for health
care services for people who cannot afford them.
◉ Important factors to consider when taking medications.
Answer: age, weight, other medications, current health conditions
◉ prescription medications.
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
◉ What does it mean that health is dynamic.
Answer: health is always changing
◉ life expectancy.
Answer: the average number of years a person can expect to live
◉ SMART Goal.
Answer: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-based
◉ quantity of life.
Answer: The number of years you live
◉ quality of life.
Answer: the degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life
◉ Leading cause of death in the US.
Answer: heart disease (aka cardiovascular disease)
,◉ signs of stroke.
Answer: FAST -
Face drooping
Arm weakness
Speech difficulty
Time to call 911
◉ Steps in the Chain of Survival.
Answer: 1. Check the scene
2. Are you okay?
3. Call 911
4. Compressions
◉ Strategies in Hands-only CPR.
Answer: 100-120 compressions per minute
Push down 2 inches
Center of Chest
◉ Health Care Specialist.
Answer: A health care provider not primary care but specializes in a
specific area of health
, ◉ primary care physician.
Answer: a regular doctor who provides checkups, screenings,
treatments, and prescriptions
◉ communicable disease.
Answer: a disease that is spread from one living thing to another
◉ non-communicable disease.
Answer: a disease not capable of being spread from one person to
another
◉ Medicare.
Answer: A federal program of health insurance for persons 65 years
of age and older or on Social Security Disability Benefits
◉ Medicaid.
Answer: A federal and state assistance program that pays for health
care services for people who cannot afford them.
◉ Important factors to consider when taking medications.
Answer: age, weight, other medications, current health conditions
◉ prescription medications.
