Essential Vocabulary for Progress and Transformation
Vocabulary for Progress, Change, and Achievement
Vocabulary for Improvement and Transformation
- Make improvements to: make changes to make something better.
- Influencing: having an effect on someone’s decisions or behavior.
- Make advances in + -ing: make progress in something.
- Turning point: a time when an important change takes place in a situation.
- Transform: make someone or something completely different.
- Inspire: give someone the enthusiasm to do or create something.
- Overcome difficulties: succeed in dealing
Medical Emergencies & Essential Drug Interventions
Medical Emergency Classification & Management
A medical emergency is an injury or illness that poses an immediate threat to a person’s life or long-term health, requiring prompt intervention.
System-Oriented Classification of Emergencies
This classification lists major organ systems and discusses life-threatening situations associated with those systems.
Broad Categories of Emergencies
- Cardiovascular: Conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels.
- Non-Cardiovascular: Emergencies not primarily
Ear Health Conditions: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments
Acute Suppurative Otitis Media
- Definition & Age Group: ASOM is a painful bacterial infection of the middle ear, most common in infants aged 6–24 months.
- Causative Agents: The primary pathogens include Streptococcus pneumoniae (35%), Haemophilus influenzae (25%), and Moraxella catarrhalis (15%).
- Pathophysiology: Infection causes eustachian tube blockage, leading to fluid buildup, bacterial superinfection, pressure increase, and possibly tympanic membrane perforation.
- Clinical Features: Symptoms
Essential Medical Terminology Reference
Respiratory System Terminology
- URTI
- Upper Respiratory Tract Infection.
- SOB
- Shortness of Breath; difficulty breathing.
- RR
- Respiratory Rate.
- CXR
- Chest X-ray.
- P/F
- Peak Flow.
- Pt Ed.
- Patient Education.
- PCA
- Patient-Controlled Analgesia.
- AE
- Air Entry.
- FBC
- Full Blood Count.
- Apnoea
- The patient isn’t breathing at all.
- Bradypnoea
- Abnormally slow breathing, less than 12 breaths per minute.
- Eupnoea
- Easy, free respiration under normal resting conditions (12-20 breaths per minute).
- Tachypnoea
- Abnormally fast breathing (20-30 breaths
Mastering Essential English Idioms & Vocabulary
Essential English Idioms & Vocabulary
- Take to heart: To take something seriously or be deeply affected by it. (Spanish: tomárselo a pecho)
- Have a heart-to-heart: To have a very sincere and intimate conversation.
- Fall out with someone: To have an argument or disagreement with someone.
- Miss the point: To fail to understand the main idea or most important part of something.
- Raise someone’s expectations: To increase someone’s hopes or probabilities regarding a future event.
- Run into difficulties: To
Histology Staining Techniques: Principles and Procedures
Basics of Staining
Stains are chemical substances used to achieve visible color contrast in the microscopic picture of a prepared tissue. Staining involves treating tissues or cells with a series of reagents so that they acquire a color. No particles of dye are seen, and the stained element is transparent.
Purpose of Staining
- Outlines tissues and cellular components.
- Aids in the identification of tissues.
- Establishes the presence or absence of disease processes.
Dyes
Dyes are essentially aromatic benzene
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