medical assistance
Professional health support
Medical assistance is help provided for health-related needs.
The term covers a range of services: emergency response Call 911 for medical assistance, professional healthcare She sought medical assistance for her symptoms, or financial aid programs covering healthcare costs He qualified for state medical assistance.
In the U.S., Medical Assistance often refers specifically to Medicaid programs.
- first aidInitial injury treatment
- CPREmergency revival technique
- vital signsMeasurable life indicators
- life supportSystems maintaining vital functions
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
ambulance · defibrillator · hospice care · vaccination · mobility aids · bedside manner · nurse · emergency room · imaging · counseling · surgery · medication · physiotherapy · dialysis · organ donor · paramedic · wound dressing · screening
- humanitarian aidaid, aid organizations, aid workers, disaster relief, aid agencies
- Social Programswelfare office, unemployment benefits, disability benefits, TANF, family allowances
- assistance programsfood stamps, welfare checks, TANF, Medicaid, Medicare
- welfarewelfare, welfare reform, welfare system, SNAP benefits, welfare office
- safetysafety helmet, hazard, airbag, alert, occupational safety
- flood responseflood relief, flood warning, flood control, flood barriers, sandbags
medical assistancehome remedies
Informal household cures
quackery · folk medicine · self-treatment · faith healing · self-medication