Ch. 28 Flashcards
Which of the following is the BEST way to prevent or control pathogens inside the body?
A) Antibiotic therapy
B) Normal flora
C) Hand washing
D) Anti-fungal therapy
B) Normal flora
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Objective: 28.1 Define key terms introduced in this chapter; 28.2 Describe the body’s defenses against infectious illnesses.
Which of the following would be considered an opportunistic infection?
A) A cancer patient contracts pneumonia after completing radiation treatments.
B) A young child comes down with chicken pox after exposure at school.
C) A patient gets a skin infection while healing from a full thickness burn.
D) An unimmunized carpenter contracts tetanus after stepping on a rusty nail.
A) A cancer patient contracts pneumonia after completing radiation treatments.
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Objective: 28.1 Define key terms introduced in this chapter.
Which step can an AEMT take to develop induced active immunity to infectious illnesses and thus prevent the spread of communicable diseases?
A) Wash hands thoroughly after each patient encounter.
B) Take preventative antibiotics and antiviral drugs.
C) Receive injections of immunoglobulins regularly.
D) Stay up to date on all vaccinations.
D) Stay up to date on all vaccinations.
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Objective: 28.3 Explain the actions that health care providers must take to prevent the spread of communicable illnesses to themselves and others.
Of the following situations, which would be LEAST likely to result in infection?
A) An AEMT inhales a highly virulent form of anthrax during decontamination.
B) An AEMT scrubs his hands after transferring a patient with a rash.
C) An AEMT gets blood splatter into her eyes from a patient with hepatitis C.
D) An AEMT gets a needle stick from a needle containing contaminated blood.
B) An AEMT scrubs his hands after transferring a patient with a rash.
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Objective: 28.4 Describe the routes of transmission of infectious illnesses.
Which of the following would be considered a significant exposure?
A) Being stuck with a needle while starting an IV on a patient with hepatitis B
B) Wearing gloves while caring for a patient with a skin rash
C) Standing in the same room with a patient with tuberculosis
D) Touching a cloth with blood from an elderly cardiac patient
A) Being stuck with a needle while starting an IV on a patient with hepatitis B
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Objective: 28.5 Discuss what constitutes a significant exposure to a communicable illness.
Which of the following pathogens would be considered a communicable disease?
A) A man contracts tetanus after stepping on a nail.
B) A family gets food poisoning after eating tainted mushrooms.
C) A health care worker gets contracts influenza during an outbreak.
D) A woman breaks out with poison ivy after working in her yard.
C) A health care worker gets contracts influenza during an outbreak.
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Objective: 28.1 Define key terms introduced in this chapter.
Which of the following could allow direct transmission of a pathogen?
A) Touching a door knob after someone with a cold
B) Sharing a passionate kiss
C) Being bitten by an animal with rabies
D) Contracting encephalitis after a mosquito bite
B) Sharing a passionate kiss
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Objective: 28.4 Describe the routes of transmission of infectious illnesses.
Which of the following would be considered a bloodborne pathogen?
A) Hepatitis B
B) Tuberculosis
C) Measles
D) Hepatitis A
A) Hepatitis B
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Objective: 28.4 Describe the routes of transmission of infectious illnesses.
Which of the following occurs next after a person is exposed to a pathogen?
A) The person gets sick from the pathogen.
B) The infected patient is contagious to others.
C) It dies immediately upon contact with the body.
D) The pathogen begins to colonize in the body.
D) The pathogen begins to colonize in the body.
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Objective: 28.6 Describe the general stages of infectious illnesses.
Which of the following is an example of a patient in the fulminant stage of a disease?
A) A patient has been exposed but is asymptomatic.
B) The patient is between periods of the disease.
C) A patient has an acute onset of the disease.
D) The patient has succumbed to the disease.
C) A patient has an acute onset of the disease.
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Objective: 28.6 Describe the general stages of infectious illnesses.
What is the period between exposure and the production of enough antibodies to be detected in the blood?
A) The disease period
B) The fulminant period
C) The latent phase
D) The window phase
D) The window phase
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Objective: 28.6 Describe the general stages of infectious illnesses.
A person who has been exposed to a disease and is capable of transmitting the disease is a:
A) host.
B) carrier.
C) fomite.
D) vector.
B) carrier.
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Objective: 28.1 Define key terms introduced in this chapter.
Which of the following can produce a toxin that leads to toxic shock syndrome?
A) Enterococcus
B) Staphylococcus aureus
C) Herpes virus
D) Cryptosporidium
B) Staphylococcus aureus
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Objective: 28.9 Discuss the causative agents, pathophysiology, routes of transmission, methods of prevention, and management of specific infectious diseases discussed in the chapter.
Which of the following would you MOST likely see in a patient with an infectious disease?
A) Abrasions
B) Fever
C) Bruising
D) Hypertension
B) Fever
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Objective: 28.7 Identify the general signs and symptoms of infectious illnesses.
Which of the following pathogens can lie dormant in the body but reemerge under times of stress?
A) Hepatitis
B) Fungi
C) Giardia lamblia
D) Herpes viruses
D) Herpes viruses
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Objective: 28.8 Describe the nature of the agents of infectious illnesses, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, helminths, protozoa, and external parasites.
