medical intervention
Doctor's active response
Medical intervention is any action taken to treat, prevent, or manage a health condition—from medications and surgeries to therapies and diagnostic procedures.
The term often implies active involvement rather than watchful waiting: The tumor required immediate medical intervention.
In debates about healthcare, intervention sometimes carries connotations of interference with natural processes: Some parents refuse medical intervention during childbirth.
- emergency roomHospital crisis department
- first aidInitial injury treatment
- wound careTreatment of bodily injuries
- immunizationProtective medical injection
- shotQuick liquor serving
chemotherapy · dialysis · antidepressants · vaccination · defibrillation · antibiotics · intubation · IV drip · analgesics · pain management · physical therapy · radiation therapy · psychotherapy · blood tests · genetic testing · trauma surgery · open heart surgery · organ transplantation
medical interventionwatchful waiting
Monitoring before acting
non-intervention · observation · doing nothing · wait and see · letting nature take its course
medical interventionnatural healing
Body's innate restorative processes
self-healing · spontaneous remission · natural immunity · homeostasis
medical interventionholistic medicine
Treatment considering entire person
faith healing · prayer · laying on of hands · spiritual healing · home remedies