Biological Agents Flashcards
1
Q
Category A
A
- Worst category followed by B, then C
- Staph B
- Small Pox
- Tularemia
- Anthrax
- Plague
- Hemorrhagic illness
- Botulism
2
Q
Category B
A
- All others
3
Q
Category C
A
- Nipeh Virus
- Hanta Virus
4
Q
Small Pox
A
- Inhaled transmission (airborne precautions)
- Dies from septicemia w/ no treatment
- Rash starts around mouth first
5
Q
Tularemia
A
- Chest symptoms
- Dies from respiratory failure
- Treat w/ streptomycin
6
Q
Anthrax
A
- Spread by inhalation
- Looks like the flu
- Dies from respiratory failure
- Treat with Cipro, PCN, streptomycin
7
Q
Plague
A
- Spread by inhalation
- Has the 3 H’s
- Hemoptysis (coughing up blood)
- Hematemesis
- Hematochezia (blood in stool)
- Dies from respiratory failure and DIC
- Treat with Doxycycline and Mycins
- No longer communicable after 48 hours of treatment
8
Q
Hemorrhagic illness
A
- Primary symptoms are petechiae and ecchymoses (bruising)
- High fatality
9
Q
Botulism
A
- Ingested
- Descending paralysis
- Fever
- Dies from respiratory arrest
10
Q
Chemical Bioterrorism agents
A
- Mustard gas
- Blisters
- Cyanide
- Respiratory arrest
- Treat w/ sodium thiosulfate
- Phosgene chlorine
- Choking
- Sarin
- Requires bleach to clean
- “BB SLUDGE”
- Bronchospasm
- Bronchorrhea
- Salivating
- Lacrimating
- Urination
- Diaphoresis/Diarrhea
- GI upset
- Emesis
