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| the state of being mentally alert and having awareness of surroundings, sensations, and thoughts |
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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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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
(CPR) |
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| medical procedures used when a persons heart or lungs have stopped working |
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Obstructed Airway |
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| a condition in which something is blocking the tube through which air enters the lungs |
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Abdominal Thrusts |
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| a method of attempting to remove an object from the airway of someone who is choking |
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| a condition that occurs when organs and tissues in the body do not receive an adequate blood supply |
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Myocardial Infarction
(MI)
(Heart Attack) |
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| a condition that occurs when the heart muscle does not receive enough oxygen because blood flow to the heart is blocked |
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| loss of consciousness, aka fainting |
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Orthostatic Hypotension |
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| a sudden drop in blood pressure that occurs when a person sits or stands up |
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Insulin Reaction
(hypoglycemia) |
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| a complication of diabetes that can result from either too much insulin or too little food |
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Hypoglycemia
(insulin reaction) |
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| a complication of diabetes that can result from either too much insulin or too little food |
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis
(DKA) |
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| a complication of diabetes that is caused by having too little insulin in the body |
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| a brain disorder that results from a disruption in normal electrical impulses in the brain, which causes repeated seizures |
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Transient Ischemic Attack
(TIA) |
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| a warning sign of a CVA resulting from a temporary lack of oxygen in the brain; symptoms may last up to 24 hours |
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| the act of vomiting, or ejecting stomach contents through the mouth and/or nose |
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Psychosocial Needs |
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| needs that involve social interaction, emotions, intellect, and spiritually |
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| a type of care that involves caring for the whole person; the mind as well as the body |
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| to touch or rub sexual organs in order to give oneself or another person sexual pleasure |
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Sexual Orientation |
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Definition
| a person's physical, emotional, and/or romantic attraction to another person |
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| a deeply felt sense of one's gender |
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| a person whose physical, emotional, and/or romantic attraction may be for people of the same gender or different gender |
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| a person whose gender identity matches his or her birth sex |
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| a continual process of revealing one's sexual orientation or gender identity to others |
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| typically a heterosexual man who sometimes wears clothing and other items associated with women |
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| a person whose physical, emotional, and/or romantic attraction is for people of the same sex |
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Heterosexual
(straight) |
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| a person whose physical, emotional, and/or romantic attraction is for people of the opposite sex |
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Definition
| a woman whose physical, emotional, and/or romantic attraction is also for women |
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| acronym for lesbian, gay, bi, trans |
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| acronym for lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer |
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| a term used by some people to describe sexual orientation that is not exclusively heterosexual and who may feel that terms such as lesbian and gay are too limiting |
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| a person whose gender identity conflicts with his or her birth sex |
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| the process of changing genders, which can include legal procedures, medical measures, coming out, and using new pronouns |
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| of, or relating to, the spirit or soul |
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| a belief that some part of a living being survives death to be born in a new body |
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| the belief that all past and present deeds affect one's future and future lives |
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| a small skullcap worn by Jewish men as a sign of their faith |
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| people who believe that they do not know or cannot know if God exists |
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| people who believe there is no God |
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Dietary Restrictions |
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Definition
| rules about what and when individuals can eat |
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Definition
| not eating food or eating very little food |
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| people who do not eat meat, fish, or poultry, and may or may not eat eggs or dairy products |
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| vegetarians who do not eat any animal products, including milk, cheese, other dairy items, or eggs; vegans may also choose not to use or wear any animal products |
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| the term used for babies who are born before 37 weeks' gestation (more than 3 weeks before the due date) |
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
(SIDS) |
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Definition
| a condition in which babies stop breathing and die for no known reason while asleep |
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| the ability to think logically and clearly |
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| a highly contagious viral illness that affects nearly all children |
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| a form of cancer in which the body's white blood cells are unable to fight disease |
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Definition
| an eating disorder in which a person does not eat or exercises excessively to lose weight |
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| an eating disorder in which a person eats huge amounts of foods or very fattening foods, and then eliminates them by vomiting, using laxatives, or excessively exercising |
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| the study of health, wellness, and disease later in life |
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| the study of the aging process in people from mid-life through old age |
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| prejudice toward, stereotyping of, and/or discrimination against older persons or the elderly |
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Developmental Disabilities |
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Definition
| disabilities that are present at birth or emerge during childhood that restrict physical and/or mental ability |
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