• Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/28

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

28 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back

Empathy

The feeling of concern and understanding for someone else's situation

Sympathy

Feeling the need of expression of pity or sorrow

Cross-contamination

The passing of microorganisms from one person to another

Bacteria

Also known as a germ, microscopic organism that is not visible to the naked eye.

Sanitation

Application to promote a healthful, disease-free environment

Fomite

Inanimate object such as a doorknob or a chair

Stress

State of physical, mental, or emotional strain on the body, a stimuli that causes a physiological change in the body

Contraindication

Condition in which massage is not advised

Indication

Condition in which massage is advised

Massage

The manipulation of the soft tissue

Pain

An unpleasant sensation

Pathogenic

A production of bacteria causing or capable of causing disease

Homeostasis

Relatively stable condition of the body internally

Palpation

An examination by touch or feeling

When hands should be washed

Before and after a treatment

How clothing should fit

Loose fitting

How nails should be

Trimmed/short/filed

Three things that should be important to a practicing therapist

Nutrition, hygiene, exercise

Breathing

His beneficial for both the therapist and the client during a massage

Percentage of bleach used for sheets

10%

If an elderly client needs help (dressing)

The therapist should stay in the room to help

Clients should be directed to see a doctor

If the client is ill or has a high temperature

Chronic

A disease that develops slowly and lasts 6 months or more / a lifetime

Acute

A disease that is short-term/less than 6 months

Hepatitis

An inflammatory process and infection of the liver

AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

HIV survival outside the host

10 minutes survival

HIV virus lives and replicates in the...

White blood cells