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| mentally alert and having awareness of surroundings, sensations and thoughts |
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| brain disorder that results from a disruption in normal electrical impulses in the brain, causing repeated seizures |
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| woman whose physical, emotional and/or romantic attraction is for other women |
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| people who do not eat meat, fish, or poultry and may or may not eat eggs and dairy |
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| emergency care given immediately to an injured person by the first people to respond to an emergency |
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| Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) |
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| warning sign of a CVA/stroke resulting from a temporary lack of oxygen in the brain, symptoms may last up to 24 hours |
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| lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender |
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| vegetarians who do not ear any animal products including milk, cheese, other dairy products, eggs |
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| cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
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| medical procedures used when a person's heart or lungs stop working |
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| the act of vomiting or ejecting stomach contents through the mouth/nose |
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| lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer |
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| term used for babies who are born before 37 weeks gestation |
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| when something is blocking the tube through which air enters the lungs |
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| needs that involve social interaction, emotions, intellect and spirituality |
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| term used by some people to describe sexual orientation that is not exclusively heterosexual and who may feel that lesbian and gay are too limiting |
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| sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) |
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| condition in which babies stop breathing and die for no known reason while asleep |
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| method of attempting to remove an object from the airway of someone who is choking |
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| type of care that involves caring for the whole person- the mind as well as the body |
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| a person whose gender identity conflicts with his or her birth sex |
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| related to thinking and learning |
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| occurs when organs and tissues in the body do not receive an adequate blood supply |
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| to touch or rub sexual organs in order to give oneself or another person sexual pleasure |
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| process of changing genders, can include; legal procedures, medical procedures, telling others, new pronouns |
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| highly contagious viral illness that affects nearly all children |
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| myocardial infarction (MI) |
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| heart attack, heart muscle itself does not receive enough oxygen because blood vessels are blocked |
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| person's physical, emotional and/or romantic attraction to another person |
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| of or relating to the spirit or soul |
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| form of cancer in which the body's white blood cells are unable to fight disease |
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| deeply felt sense of one's gender |
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| belief that some part if a living being survives death to be reborn in a new body |
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| eating disorder in which a person does not eat or exercises excessively to lose weight |
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| occurs as a result of decreased blood flow to the brain, causing loss of consciousness |
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| person whose physical, emotional and/or romantic attraction may be for people of the same gender or different gender |
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| the belief that all past and present deeds affect one's future and future lives |
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| eating disorder in which a person eats huge amounts of foods or very fattening foods, and then eliminates the food by vomiting, laxatives or exercising excessively |
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| sudden drop in blood pressure that occurs when a person stands/sits down |
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| person whose gender identity matches his or her birth sex |
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| a small skullcap worn by Jewish men as a sign of their faith |
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| continual process of revealing one's sexual orientation or gender identity to others |
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| people who believe that they do not know or cannot know if God exists |
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| study of health, wellness and disease later in life |
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| a complication of diabetes that can result from either too much insulin or too little food; aka hypoglycemia |
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| typically a heterosexual man who sometimes wears clothing and other items associated with women |
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| people who believe that there is no God |
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| study of the aging process in people from mid-life though old age |
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| a complication of diabetes that can result from either too much insulin or too little food; aka insulin reaction |
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| person whose physical, emotional and/or romantic attraction is for people of the same sex |
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| rules about what and when individuals can eat |
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| prejudice toward, stereotyping of, and/or discrimination against older persons or the elderly |
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| diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) |
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| too little insulin in the body |
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| person whose physical, emotional and/or romantic attraction is for people of opposing sex (straight) |
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| not eating or eating very little |
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| developmental disabilities |
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| disabilities that are present at birth or emerge during childhood that restrict physical and/or mental ability |
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