Chapter 15

Question 1

Communicable disease

Answer 1

A disease that can be spread from one person to another

Question 2

Epidemic

Answer 2

Occurs when new cases of a disease in a human population substaionally exceeds the number

Question 3

Herpes simplex

Answer 3

A common virus that is asymptotic in 80% of people carrying it

Question 4

Index of suspicion

Answer 4

Awarness that unseen life threading injuries

Question 5

Infectious Disease

Answer 5

A medical condition caused by the growth and spread of small harmful organisms

Question 6

Influenza

Answer 6

A virus that has crosses an animal

Question 7

Medical emergencies

Answer 7

Emergencies that are not caused by an outside force

Question 8

meningitis

Answer 8

an inflammation of the meningeal coverings

Question 9

Meninggoccal meningitis

Answer 9

An inflammation of the meningeal coverings of the brain and spinal cord

Question 10

Methicilian Resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Answer 10

A baterium that can cause infections in different parts of the body

Question 11

nature of illness (NOI)

Answer 11

The general type of illness a patient is experiencing

Question 12

Pandemic

Answer 12

An outbreak that occurs on a global scale

Question 13

Truma Emergencies

Answer 13

Emergencies that are the result of physical forces

Question 14

tuberculoses

Answer 14

a chronic bacterial disease

Question 15

virulence

Answer 15

The strength or ability of a pathogen