Match the term with the best descriptor.

A. diseases affecting many persons in a community, area, or region at the same time, arising from a common source and clearly in excess of normal expectancy
B. factor that causes a disease
C. study of how and why diseases occur in different groups of human beings
D. epidemics that spread quickly over a wide geographic area
E. living being upon whom the agent acts
F. professional involved in the study of epidemiology
G. agent capable of transmitting a pathogen from one organism to another organism
H. habitually peculiar to a particular locality


A. epidemics
B. agent
C. epidemiology
D. pandemics
E. host
F. epidemiologists
G. vector
H. endemic

Health Professions

You might also like to view...

A(n) __________ is a Web page on which an individual records opinions, links to other sites, and more on a regular basis

A) social media page B) blog C) Internet diary D) Internet journal

Health Professions

Which of the following are indications for gait training in the parallel bars?

a. Patient needs safety for learning a gait pattern b. Patient needs stability c. Patient lacks coordination d. All of the above

Health Professions

SCENARIOUse this scenario to answer the following question(s).You and your partner are called to a one-vehicle collision. A car has collided with a telephone pole. You arrive on the scene and notice that the police are controlling the traffic and that the power company has turned the power off. The patient is a 65-year-old male who is unconscious in the driver's seat. He is breathing and has a pulse. There is a starburst crack in the windshield, and the patient is unrestrained. As your crew is approaching the scene, the local Advanced Life Support Crew arrives.As an Emergency Medical Responder on this call, the first responsibility for you and your crew would be to:

A. ensure that the patient has an open airway. B. ensure that it is safe for you and your crew to enter the area. C. determine the need for advanced resources. D. determine the number of patients needing your care.

Health Professions

The form that allows an insurance company to make payments directly to a physician on behalf of the patient is the ________ form.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Health Professions