Introduction to Healthcare ALHS 1040 FINAL EXAM REVIEW With A+ Result

Review the contributions of the following: 1. Hippocrates: ● Father of Western medicine and Hippocratic Oath. 2. Ancient Chinese ● Acupuncture, vaccinations, physical exam. 3. Ancient Greeks: ● Studied disease through dissection of diseased patients and dead animals. Theory that the brain controls motions of the muscles. 4. Romans: ● Built the first hospitals. Boiled tools and wouldn’t reuse a used tool. 5. Ancient Egyptians: ● Developed cupping. Preserved medical records, used early hygiene sanitation, embalming and dentistry. 6. Claudius Galen: ● Recorded early discoveries in anatomy, studied disease through dissection. 7. Edward Jenner: ● Father of immunology 8. Rene Laennec: ● Creator of stethoscope 9. Louis Pasteur: ● creator of vaccines 10. Joseph Lister: ● creator of antiseptic surgery 11. Florence Nightingale ● Nightingale pledge. Authored books on nursing/ worked in the war. 12. Elizabeth Blackwell: ● First female physician 13. Anton van Leeuwenhoek: ● invented the microscope 14. Ignaz Semmelweiss: ● Discovered hand washing Lesson 2: Professionalism and Ethics 1. List the four core principles of ethical codes: ● Autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, justice 2. What term defines moral compass? ● Ethics 3. Define Bio-Ethics: ● Ethical or moral implications of new technologies and advances in healthcare. 4. The letters in HIPPA stand for: ● Health insurance portability and accountability act 5. List two examples of Legal Directives: ● Organ and tissue donations, DO NOT resuscitate (DNR) orders 6. The Patient Self Determination Act ensures: ● A patient's right to self determination in health care decisions be communicated and protected. Lesson 3: Vital Signs 1. Temperature: Know the normal ranges for the following: Oral 98.6 F Rectal 99.6 F 2. List the common sites on the body where you would take pulse: ● Radial artery, brachial artery, carotid artery 3. Most common site to take pulse? ● Radial 4. When pulse is obtained using fingers this is known as: ● Palpation 5. Auscultation is listening through a: ● Stethoscope 6. Normal pulse rate: Women 65-80 Men 60-70 7. Normal respiratory rate: ● 14-18 8. Blood Pressure: Systole is the Contraction phase. Diastole is the Relaxation phase. 9. Normal range for blood pressure: ● 120/80