Section outline

  • Instructions

    • Review the vocabulary
    • View the video
    • Take the quiz to see how well you understood the video.
    • Review the reference (supplemental) material to start becoming an expert on CoVID-19
      1. Incubation period: Time from infection to showing symptoms
      2. Supplemental: Something given in addition to, or above normal requirements, i.e., supplemental oxygen (extra oxygen)
      3. Panacea: a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.
      4. Coded: a medical term for intensive treatment, often requiring CPR, to keep a patient alive. The term can also be used to refer to this process when it is unsuccessful.
      5. Demographics: Characteristics of a patient e.g., age, wt., ht., sex, comorbidities
      6. Onset: the beginning of a condition or disease. (i.e., the onset of symptoms)
      7. Obese: an overweight person with a BMI > 30
      8. Critical care: Care for those with immediately life-threatening conditions. The term is similar to intensive care, but be careful about using them interchangeably.
    • Quiz for MedCram video 49.