PLTW Medical Interventions Final Exam| Answered 100% Correctly
PLTW Medical Interventions Final Exam| Answered 100% Correctly What is a medical intervention? Is any device, medicine, or procedure that helps prevent, treat, cure, rehabilitate health impairments. What are the main categories of interventions that function to maintain human health? 1. Diagnostic Tools - X-ray, EKG, stethoscope, etc. 2. Rehabilitation - crutches, casts, exercise 3. Surgery 4. Pharmaceuticals 5. Genetics - gene therapy, counseling 6. Engineering - bionics, biometrics, nanotech... How do scientists gather evidence during the potential outbreak of an infectious disease? 1. Interview/survey - people who are sick to look for connections 2. Symptoms - Identify symptoms and compare between patients 3. Diagnostics - Use a variety of tools to identify the cause of the disease (including ELISA and Bioinformatics) 4. Look at concentrations and connections to determine starting point and then identify source of disease. What is bioinformatics? The collection, classification, storage, and analysis of biochemical and biological information using computers especially as applied in molecular genetics and genomics How can DNA sequences be used to identify disease pathogens?
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