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aware of and responding to one's surroundings; awake. |
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help given to a sick or injured person until full medical treatment is available. |
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| Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) |
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a medical procedure involving repeated compression of a patient's chest, performed in an attempt to restore the blood circulation and breathing of a person who has suffered cardiac arrest.
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| An airway obstruction is a blockage in any part of the airway. The airway is a complex system of tubes that conveys inhaled air from your nose and mouth into your lungs. An obstruction may partially or totally prevent air from getting into your lungs. |
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| Assisting residents to meet their basic needs includes their emotional and mental well-being, also called psychosocial needs. ... Having these needs at least partially met can contribute to their overall health and welfare. |
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the action or process of vomiting. |
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| Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) |
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| A neurological event with the signs and symptoms of a stroke, but which go away within a short period of time. Also called a mini-stroke, a TIA is due to a temporary lack of adequate blood and oxygen (ischemia) to the brain. |
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a neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
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| is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the term is an adaptation of the initialism LGB , which was used to replace the term gay in reference to the LGBT community beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s. |
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| LGBTQ is an acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning. These terms are used to describe a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. See below for a more detailed definition of each term, from GLAAD's LGBTQ Media Reference Guide. |
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a person who does not eat meat, and sometimes other animal products, especially for moral, religious, or health reasons.
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| a type of vegetarian diet that excludes meat, eggs, dairy products, and all other animal-derived ingredients. Many vegans also do not eat foods that are processed using animal products, such as refined white sugar and some wines. |
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| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) |
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| is the unexplained death, usually during sleep, of a seemingly healthy baby less than a year old. ... Although the cause is unknown, it appears that SIDS might be associated with defects in the portion of an infant's brain that controls breathing and arousal from sleep. |
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| Abdominal thrusts. Performing the Heimlich maneuver. The Heimlich maneuver, German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪmlɪç -] or Heimlich manoeuvre, (also called Abdominal thrusts) is a first aid procedure used to treat upper airway obstructions (or choking) by foreign objects. |
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| Holistic healing practitioners include alternative medicine practitioners who address disease as an imbalance in the physical, emotional, spiritual or environmental components of a person's life. |
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| denoting or relating to a person whose sense of personal identity and gender does not correspond with their birth sex. |
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| a sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience. |
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stimulation of the genitals with the hand for sexual pleasure.
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| the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another. |
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| an infectious disease causing a mild fever and a rash of itchy inflamed blisters. It is caused by the herpes zoster virus and mainly affects children, who are afterward usually immune. |
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| Myocardial Infarction (MI) |
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| A blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle |
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a person's sexual identity in relation to the gender to which they are attracted; the fact of being heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual.
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| relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things |
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a malignant progressive disease in which the bone marrow and other blood-forming organs produce increased numbers of immature or abnormal leukocytes. These suppress the production of normal blood cells, leading to anemia and other symptoms.
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| difficult or labored breathing. |
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| a person's perception of having a particular gender, which may or may not correspond with their birth sex. |
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| the rebirth of a soul in a new body. |
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lack or loss of appetite for food (as a medical condition).
an emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat.
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| temporary loss of consciousness caused by a fall in blood pressure. |
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| (in Hinduism and Buddhism) the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences. |
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| an emotional disorder involving distortion of body image and an obsessive desire to lose weight, in which bouts of extreme overeating are followed by depression and self-induced vomiting, purging, or fasting |
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| is a physical finding defined by the American Autonomic Society and the American Academy of Neurology as a systolic blood pressure decrease of at least 20 mm Hg or a diastolic blood pressure decrease of at least 10 mm Hg within three minutes of standing. |
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| denoting or relating to a person whose sense of personal identity and gender corresponds with their birth sex. |
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| a skullcap worn in public by Orthodox Jewish men or during prayer by other Jewish men. |
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| a deeply distressing or disturbing experience. |
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| is a metaphor for LGBT people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation or of their gender identity. ... LGBT people who have already revealed or no longer conceal their sexual orientation or gender identity are out, i.e. openly LGBT. |
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| a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God or of anything beyond material phenomena; a person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God. |
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the branch of medicine or social science dealing with the health and care of old people.
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An insulin reaction occurs when a person with diabetes becomes confused or even unconscious because of hypoglycemia (hypo=low + glycol = sugar + emia = in the blood) caused by insulin or oral diabetic medications. |
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| Cross-dressing is the act of wearing items of clothing and other accoutrements commonly associated with the opposite sex within a particular society. Cross-dressing has been used for purposes of disguise, |
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a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods. |
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the scientific study of old age, the process of aging, and the particular problems of old people.
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| as low blood sugar, is a fall in blood sugar to levels below normal. This may result in a variety of symptoms including clumsiness, trouble talking, confusion, loss of consciousness, seizures or death. ... The glucose level that defines hypoglycemia is variable. |
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(of a person) homosexual (used especially of a man). |
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| Someone with dietary restrictions will convey that they are vegetarian or vegan and will expect you to provide a meal that meets his or her dietary needs. Vegan – A plant based diet with no animal products. They do not eat meat, fish, eggs or dairy products. |
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prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of a person's age. |
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| Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) |
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| is a potentially life-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus. ... DKA is typically diagnosed when testing finds high blood sugar, low blood pH and ketoacids in either the blood or urine. The primary treatment of DKA is with intravenous fluids and insulin. |
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(of a person) sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex. |
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abstain from all or some kinds of food or drink, especially as a religious observance. |
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| Developmental Disabilities |
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| are a group of conditions due to an impairment in physical, learning, language, or behavior areas. These conditions begin during the developmental period, may impact day-to-day functioning, and usually last throughout a person's lifetime. |
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