xiv Health Science: Concepts and Applications Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. Special Features Career Exploration Public Health Nurse ......................................................................131 Athletic Trainer ..............................................................................237 Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) ........................313 Biomedical Engineer ....................................................................445 Physician Assistant .......................................................................563 wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock.com Did You Know? The Black Death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Bloodletting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Early Pain Relief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Working as a Team. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 HIPAA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Back Injuries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 What’s the Most Hygienic?. . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Origins of the Trendelenburg Position. . . . . .149 Living with One Kidney or Lung . . . . . . . . . .169 How Many Bones Are in the Human Body? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172 Heart Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187 Reproductive System Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . .199 Understanding Skin Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . .211 Identifying a Stroke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Dolly Makes History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Beating Depression through Exercise . . . . 251 Prematurity and Development . . . . . . . . . . .274 Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) . . . . . . . . . . .276 Confidentiality and the Hippocratic Oath . . . 295 A Child’s Temperature Is Usually Higher and More Variable . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Mercury Thermometers—a Thing of the Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 High Blood Pressure by the Numbers . . . . 337 Maintaining a Calm Demeanor. . . . . . . . . . 351 People are Poisoned Every Day. . . . . . . . . 358 Burn Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 How We Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Average Walking Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .376 Admissions to US Healthcare Facilities . . . .419 Prescriptions in the United States . . . . . . . 434 Listening and Attention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 Addressing Patients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453 Children and the Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 Overcoming a Fear of Public Speaking . . . 461 Counting Sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 The History of Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . 495 Focusing on the Essence of a Chapter . . . 527 Cramming and Pulling All-Nighters. . . . . . . 528 Online Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Speaking and Verb Tense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570 Software Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603 Transferring Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607