MEDKIT 48?! Medical Study Guide

Learning Roadmap & Emergency Thinking

How to use the guide, the library, and the game together without getting lost.

Emergency Basics & Scene Safety

The first decisions before care begins: safety, help, and immediate threats.

Vital Signs & Triage

Temperature, pulse, breathing, blood pressure, oxygen, pain, and priority sorting.

Medical Terminology & Abbreviations

Roots, prefixes, suffixes, and hospital shorthand without getting tricked.

Anatomy Basics

Body systems, locations, directions, and the map behind medical words.

CPR & Choking Response

Recognition, emergency activation, compressions, AED awareness, and airway obstruction language.

Cardiac ER

Chest pain, ECG clues, heart failure, shock, and cardiac medication safety.

Respiratory & Oxygenation

Airways, breathing effort, oxygen saturation, COPD, asthma, pneumonia, and ventilation terms.

Stroke & Neuro Emergencies

Brain attack language, seizure terms, altered mental status, and time-sensitive warning signs.

Brain Surgery & Neuro Terms

Craniotomy, intracranial pressure, hemorrhage, tumors, shunts, and post-op neuro safety.

Trauma Bay

Bleeding, fractures, head injury, shock, spinal precautions, and rapid trauma language.

Burns & Wound Care

Burn depth, wound healing, infection risk, pressure injury staging, and dressing basics.

Diabetes & Blood Sugar

Hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, insulin, ketones, DKA, and safe recognition language.

Lab Values & Specimens

CBC, CMP, electrolytes, kidney clues, liver clues, cultures, and specimen safety.

Thyroid & Endocrine

TSH, T4, hypothyroid, hyperthyroid, adrenal clues, and hormone feedback loops.

Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal

Joints, muscles, inflammation, autoimmune terms, fractures, arthritis, and costochondritis.

Radiology & Imaging Center

X-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, contrast, radiation safety, and image-order thinking.

Microbiology & Infection Control

Bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, isolation, PPE, hand hygiene, and cultures.

Parasites, GI Illness & Food Safety

Diarrhea, dehydration, stool testing, foodborne illness, norovirus, and red-flag symptoms.

Genetics & Inheritance

DNA, genes, chromosomes, variants, inheritance patterns, and genetic counseling language.

CRISPR & Gene Editing Ethics

Gene editing basics, somatic vs germline changes, consent, fairness, and safety concerns.

Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine

Stem cell types, differentiation, clinical trials, unproven clinics, and realistic hope.

Oncology & Cancer Terms

Benign vs malignant, staging, grading, metastasis, chemo, radiation, immunotherapy, and survivorship.

CD Markers & Immunology

Immune cells, CD numbers, T cells, B cells, flow cytometry, and clinical interpretation.

Organ Transplant

Donors, recipients, rejection, immunosuppression, matching, infection risk, and ethics.

Sleep Apnea & Ventilation Support

OSA, AHI, CPAP, BiPAP, oxygen, daytime sleepiness, and airway collapse terms.

Special Needs & Neurodiversity in Care

Autism, communication, sensory needs, intellectual disability, accommodations, and respectful language.

Pediatrics & Caregiver Communication

Child assessment, developmental level, consent/assent, fever concerns, and family-centered explanations.

Medications & Nursing Safety

Routes, rights of medication administration, allergies, side effects, high-alert drugs, and patient education.

Ethics, Safety & Unproven Treatments

Informed consent, scope of practice, evidence, misinformation, miracle cures, and patient protection.

Final Review & Mixed Practice

Pulling it all together: emergency thinking, terminology, patient safety, and game review.