COVID 19

This bingo card has 106 words: Acute respiratory stress syndrome (ARDS): a condition in which fluid builds up in the air sacs of the lungs, Asymptomatic: presenting no symptoms of disease, Case fatality rate: the ratio of deaths from COVID-19 to the total number of individuals diagnosed with the disease., Clinical trial: research experiments on human participants designed to answer questions about new treatments, Community spread: the spread of a contagious disease in a geographic area in which there is no knowledge of how someone contracted the disease, Confirmed positive case: in contrast to a presumptive positive case, this is confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of a positive COVID-19 test in an individual., Contact tracing: identifying and monitoring people who may have come into contact with an infectious person. In the case of COVID-19, monitoring usually involves self-quarantine as an effort to control the spread of disease., Contactless: without contact; for example, “contactless delivery” would include leaving purchased items at the entryway of a home rather than handing it directly to a person., Containment area: a geographical zone with limited access in or out in an effort to contain an outbreak., Coronavirus: a family of viruses that include SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) as well as other respiratory illnesses, COVID-19: COVID-19 stands for novel coronavirus disease 2019, which refers to the year of its initial detection, Epidemic: a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community or geographic area., Epidemic curve: a graph or chart depicting the progression of an outbreak in a particular population., Epidemiology: a branch of medicine which deals largely with public health, including the incidence, distribution, analysis and control of diseases., Essential business: essential businesses are those that serve a critical purpose, Flattening the curve: an attempt to create a more gradual uptick of cases, rather than a steep rise, in an effort to avoid overburdening the health care system all once, Forehead thermometer: a device that measures body temperature through hovering near or contact with the forehead rather than traditional insertion., Herd immunity: also known as community immunity, this is the reduction in risk of infection within a population, often because of previous exposure or vaccination., Hydroxychloroquine: an oral drug used to treat malaria, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, Immune surveillance: the process of monitoring the immune system’s activities, which may include the detection and destruction of foreign substances, cells or tissues., Immunosuppressed: an individual who experiences reduced efficacy of the immune system as a result of health conditions not related to COVID-19 disease, Incubation period: the time between when an individual is first exposed to the virus and the appearance of symptoms, Index case: the first documented case of an infectious disease., Index patient: the first person infected with a disease in an epidemic, Intensivist: a physician who specializes in treating patients who are in intensive care or in intensive care units., Lockdown: an emergency measure in which individuals are restricted from certain areas in an attempt to control exposure or transmission of disease, National emergency: a state of emergency resulting from the global threat of the pandemic, Novel coronavirus: a new strain of coronavirus, or nCoV, that has never been detected in humans., Pandemic: a worldwide spread of an infectious disease, with larger reach than an epidemic. Until COVID-19, the last pandemic was the H1N1 influenza outbreak in 2009., Patient zero: the first individual infected with a disease during an epidemic., Person-to-person transmission: when a virus is spread between people, including physical contact or coughing and sneezing, Physical distancing: the practice of maintaining greater space between oneself and others and/or avoiding direct contact with other people., PPE: personal protective equipment, or PPE, is specialized clothing and equipment used as a safeguard against health hazards including exposure to infectious diseases through physical contact or airborne particles, Pre-symptomatic: an infected individual who is not yet displaying symptoms of an illness or disease., Presumptive positive case: an individual who has tested positive for COVID-19 by a local public health lab, but whose results are awaiting confirmation from the CDC., PUI: person under investigation, or a PUI, is an individual who is suspected of potentially having COVID-19., Remdesivir: an investigational antiviral drug that is administered intravenously and inhibits viral replication, Respirator: a device designed to protect individuals from inhaling something hazardous in the air, in this case, particulate that may be contaminated with the SARS-CoV-2 virus., SARS-CoV2: the virus fully defined as “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2” causes the disease COVID-19., Screening: the act of verifying symptoms and potential exposure before testing for the virus., Self-isolation: the act of separating oneself from others., Self-quarantine: the act of refraining from any contact with other individuals for a period of time, Shelter-in-place: typically issued by local government, a shelter-in-place asks residents to remain at home and only leave to perform duties deemed essential in an effort to slow transmission of and exposure to the virus., Social distancing: the act of remaining physically apart in an effort to stem transmission of COVID-19, Spanish flu: also known as the 1918 influenza pandemic, this was the most severe pandemic in recent history according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with an estimated 500 million infections and 50 million deaths worldwi, Super-spreader: a highly contagious individual who can spread an infectious disease to a large number of uninfected people through a network of contacts., Symptomatic: showing symptoms of COVID-19, which can include a fever, dry cough, shortness of breath and body aches, Vaccine: a biological preparation of organisms that provides immunity to a particular infectious disease, Ventilator: a machine designed to move air in and out of the lungs for a patient who is physically unable to breathe or who is not breathing well, WFH: an abbreviation of “working from home” or “work from home.”, Jonathan Steinfort, Bill Nalepa, Mike Dahms, Melissa Anderson, Katie Head, Genia Cunningham, Joe Strainis, Shelby Bohanon, Patrick Considine, Kelly J. 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