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Introduction to Health Science
Safety and Infection Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
The Chain of Infection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Drug-Resistant Bacteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Aseptic Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Safety Procedures for Radiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Chapter 12 Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Chapter 13
Academic Knowledge:
Body Systems for
Transportation and Exchange. . . 438
Study Skills for Health Science
Students: Finding Your Learning Style . . . . 440
Body Systems for
Transportation and Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . 442
The Cardiovascular System. . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
The Role of Blood in the Cardiovascular System. . 443
The Role of Blood Vessels and
the Heart in Controlling Blood Flow . . . . . . . . . 445
Monitoring Vital Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
The Lymphatic System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Response to Pathogens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Infection Prevention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
The Body’s Defenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Fluid Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Cancer and the Lymphatic System. . . . . . . . . . . 458
The Respiratory System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Organs and Diseases of the Respiratory System. . 460
The Two-Stage Process of Respiration . . . . . . . . 463
Variation in Respiratory Rate and Volume. . . . . . 465
Chapter 13 Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Unit 4
Support Services
Career Pathway. . . . . 472
Chapter 14
Career Skills
in Support Services . . . . . . . . . . .474
Personal Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Support Services Career Choices. . . . . . . . 478
Careers That Support
Successful Business Operations. . . . . . . . . . 478
Careers That Support a Safe
and Healthy Facility Environment . . . . . . . . . 481
Careers That Improve the Personal Lives of
Patients, Residents, and Clients . . . . . . . . . . 484
Team Conflict and
Conflict Resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Identifying Factors That Lead to Team Conflict. . 487
Managing Team Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Technical Skills
for Support Services Workers . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Cleaning and Disinfecting
the Healthcare Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Using Proper Food Handling Techniques. . . . . . 494
Providing Therapeutic Diets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
Feeding Residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Providing Wheelchair Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
Employability Skills
for Healthcare Workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
Health Maintenance Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
Physical Wellness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
Social, Emotional, and Spiritual Wellness . . . . . . 509
Mental and Intellectual Wellness. . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
HOSA Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
Chapter 14 Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
Chapter 15
Fundamental Skills
in Support Services . . . . . . . . . . 524
Technical Communication Skills. . . . . . . . . 526
Reading Technical Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
Writing Technical Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
Information Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
Electronic Health Records:
Standards and Credentialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
Support Services Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
Medical Math. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
Measuring Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
Using Standardized Recipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
Measuring and Recording Food Intake . . . . . . . 545
Measuring and Recording Intake and Output . . 547
Preparing Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548
Chapter 15 Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552