Chapter 14 - Medical Overview Flashcards
After sizing up the scene of a patient with a possible infectious disease, your next priority should be to:
A. take standard precautions.
B. contact medical control.
C. notify law enforcement.
D. quickly access the patient.
A. take standard precautions.
P 569, Infectious Diseases
You and your EMT partner arrive at the residence of a 50-year-old man who complains of weakness. Your primary assessment reveals that he is critically ill and will require aggressive treatment. The closest hospital is 25 miles away. You should:
A. load him into the ambulance, begin transport, and perform all treatment en route to the hospital.
B. perform a detailed secondary assessment, assess his vital signs, and then transport rapidly.
C. manage all threats to airway, and circulation and consider requesting an ALS unit.
D. administer oxygen via nonbreathing mask and obtain as much of his medical history as possible.
C. manage all threats to airway, and circulation and consider requesting an ALS unit.
P 564, Patient Assessment
Hepatitis B is more virulent than hepatitis C, which means that it:
A. leads to chronic infection after exposure.
B. is less resistant to treatment.
C. has a greater ability to produce disease.
D. is a more contagious type of disease.
C. has a greater ability to produce disease.
P 573, Common or Serious Communicable Diseases
Assessment of the medical patient is usually focused on the ______.
A. medical history.
B. field diagnosis.
C. nature of illness.
D. associated symptoms.
C. nature of illness.
P 562, Patient Assessment
An infectious disease is MOST accurately defined as:
A. a medical condition caused by the growth and spread of small, harmful organisms within the body.
B. any disease that enters the body via the bloodstream and renders the immune system nonfunctional.
C. the invasion of the human body by a bacterium that cannot be destroyed by antibiotics or other drugs.
D. a disease that can be spread from one person or species to another through a number of mechanisms.
A. a medical condition caused by the growth and spread of small, harmful organisms within the body.
P 569, Infectious Diseases
