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Healthcare In Demand
 Ten of the 20 fastest growing occupations
are healthcare related.
 Healthcare will generate 3.2 million new
wage and salary jobs between 2008 and
2018, more than any other industry,
largely in response to rapid growth in the
elderly population.
 Most workers have jobs that require less
than 4 years of college education.
If you could pile up all the food you will eat
in a lifetime, how many tons would it
weigh?
 10
 100
 1,000
If you could pile up all the food you will eat
in a lifetime, how many tons would it
weigh?
 10
 100
 1000
Who has more bones?
 An adult
 A teenager
 A baby
Who has more bones
 An adult
 A teenager
 A baby
 As a child grows, some of the bones fuse
together.
If you have a condition called
“bromidrosis,” do you have
 Smelly breath
 Smelly armpits
 Smelly feet
If you have a condition called
“bromidrosis,” do you have
 Smelly breath
 Smelly armpits
 Smelly feet
 Bromidrosis is the medical term for foot
odor.
The Top 10 Things You Don’t Want To
Hear During Surgery
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Oops!
What do we do now?
Has anyone seen my watch?
Wait a minute, if this is his spleen, then what
is that?
FIRE, FIRE! Everyone out!
So, what do we have here?
Well folks, this will be an experiment for all
of us.
Better save that….we might need it later.
I wish I hadn’t forgotten my glasses.
Of course I’ve performed this operation
before!
Toenails continue to grow after death?
 True
 False
Toenails continue to grow after death?
 True
 False
 It looks like the toenails continue to grow
because the drying skin pulls away from
the nails.
Educational Fact
 A majority of the technologist and
technician occupations require a
certificate or an associates degree.
 These programs usually have both
classroom and clinical instruction and last
about 2 years.
In the month of May, which 10-yearold will grow faster?
 Tim in the U.S. or Tom in Australia?
In the month of May, which 10 yearold will grow faster?
 Tim
 Tom
 Children grow faster in the spring
than in the fall. May is a spring
month in the U.S. and a fall month in
Australia.
If you saved all of the skin you shed in a
year, would it weigh as much as a
 Tennis ball
 Basketball
 Baseball
If you saved all of the skin you shed in
a year, would it weigh as much as a
 Tennis ball
 Basketball
 Baseball
 You shed up to 1.5 pounds, or 24 ounces
of skin each year. A basketball weighs 20
to 22 ounces.
Did You Know?
 The Ancient Egyptians were advanced
medical practitioners for their time.
 They explored the body through the practice
of mummification, which involved removing
most of the internal organs.
 Egyptians had a basic knowledge of organ
functions except for the brain and the heart,
which they thought had opposite functions.
 The practices of Egyptian medical
practitioners ranged from embalming to faith
healing to surgery and autopsy.
Every day, 50 gallons of blood are
cleaned in your
 Kidneys
 Lungs
 Liver
Every day, 50 gallons of blood are
cleaned in your
 Kidneys
 Lungs
 Liver
 Kidneys clean the blood and make urine
to carry waste products out of the body.
Health Professions in Demand
% Increase for 2008-2018
 Management
 Pharmacists
 EMT’s/Paramedics
 Physician Assistants
 Registered Nurses
 Clinical Laboratory Tech’s
 Licensed Practical Nurses
 Physicians & Surgeons
16.8%
14.0%
9.2%
41.3%
23.4%
14.0%
21.9%
26.0%
Which is likely to last longer: a hair on
your head or one of your eyelashes?
Which is likely to last longer: a hair on
your head or one of your eyelashes?
 A hair on your head. Eyelashes only last
150 days at the longest.
Which of the following were once used
as a means of treating tooth aches?
 Worms
 Spiders
 Cockroaches
Which of the following were once used as
a means of treating tooth aches?
 Worms
 Spiders
 Cockroaches
 Spiders. They were mashed up
and placed on an aching tooth.
How many muscles do you use to take
a single step forward?
 50
 100
 200
 450
How many muscles do you use to take
a single step forward?
 50
 100
 200
 450
Is Healthcare for You?
 Persons considering careers in healthcare
should have a strong desire to help
others, genuine concern for the welfare of
patients and clients, and an ability to deal
with people of diverse backgrounds in
stressful situations.
In an average lifetime, does a person
have more breaths or heartbeats?
In an average lifetime, does a person
have more breaths or heartbeats?
 Heartbeats. Approximately 3
billion vs. 600 million breaths in
74 years.
When you sneeze, how many miles per
hour does the spray shoot out of your
nose?
 50
 100
 150
When you sneeze, how many miles per
hour does the spray shoot out of your
nose?
 50
 100
 150
 100 mph is hurricane force winds.
No matter how flexible you are, you
can’t kiss the tip of your elbow?
 True
 False
No matter how flexible you are, you
can’t kiss the tip of your elbow?
 True
 False
 Some people can kiss part of
their elbow but not the very tip.
When your uvula vibrates are you
 Snoring
 Coughing
 Burping
When your uvula vibrates are you
 Snoring
 Coughing
 Burping
 The uvula is the flap of tissue at the back
of your throat.
Which lasted longer: the world’s longest
sneezing attack or the world’s longest
hiccup attack?
Which lasted longer: the world’s longest
sneezing attack or the world’s longest
hiccup attack?
 The world’s longest hiccup attack.
It lasted 69.5 years while the
sneezing attack lasted 978 days.
How Much Can I Make?
 Registered Nurses
 Licensed Practical Nurses
 Dental Assistants
 Medical Secretaries
 Medical Assistants
 Home Health Aides
 Nursing Aides
$27-$30
$18-$20
$14-$16
$11-$14
$11-$14
$10-$12
$11-$12
If all your blood vessels were laid end to
end, they could make two circles around
the
 Moon
 Sun
 Earth
If all your blood vessels were laid end to
end, they could make two circles around
the
 Moon
 Sun
 Earth
 The human body contains 60,000
miles of blood vessels. The
earth’s circumference is less than
25,000 miles.