Chapter 8: Personal Health & Hygiene (PP ch 17)

Question 1

Stomach Sickness (2)

Answer 1

Gastritis Gastro-enteritis (food poisoning)

Question 2

Gastro-enteritis Symptoms (4)
Timing
Prevention (4)

Answer 2

• Diarrhea- Vomiting
• Dehydration
• Insidious onset
  90 min after ingestion -> wait 90 min if same meal

Prevention:

• Don’t drink local water, salad, dairy
• no uncooked meat

Question 3

Incapacitation in Flight (5)

Course of action

Answer 3

• Tropical diseases
• Hypoxia
• CO poisoning
• Hyperventilation
• Gastritis / Gastroentitis
• > if incapacitated, push chair back, oxygen (by CC)

Question 4

Motion Sickness
Symptoms (3)
Solutions (4)

Answer 4

Mismatch:

• Vestibular System
• Vision
• Proprioceptors

Symptoms:

• Pale
• Lethargic
• Apathy

Solution:

• Lie Down
• Air- Medication
• Fix focal point

Question 5

Back Pain (6)

Answer 5

• Lumbargo
• Slit Disk
• Sciatica -> Nerve pressed in spinal chord
• Whiplash -> Neck injury due to crash
• Frozen Shoulder -> Stiff shoulder
• Ankylosing Spondylitis -> long term pain where spine meets pelvis

Question 6

Alcohol Effects (5)

Answer 6

• Hypoxia
• Depth Perception
• Loss Performance
• Disrupts Sleep Pattern
• Coordination

Question 7

Unit of Alcohol
Alcohol Process
Alcohol Allowance

Answer 7

1 unit = half pint, glass wine, shot
Broken down liver -> 15 mg / 100 mL / hr

Men 5u/day ; 21u/wk
Women 3u/day;

Bottle to throttle 8h, 20mg/100mL (02 Promile)

Question 8

Alcoholism Effects:
Mental (5) - Physical (5)
Cause (3)

Answer 8

Mental effects:

• Damage mental state
• Damage social life
• Agressive if confronted
• Hide alcohol
• Marital problems

Physical:

• Red face
• Liver damage / failure
• Stomach, brain, heart damage

Cause:

• Hereditary
• Environmental
• Mental health

Question 9

Caffeine Volume & Allowance

Answer 9

Reduced Performance 200 mg / 100mL Max Recommended 200 - 300 mg / 100mL / day
Cup Coffee 60 - 70 mg / 100 mL

Question 10

Caffeine Effects

Answer 10

• Irritable
• Depressed
• Nausea, vomitting
• Hypertension -> heart disease, stroke
• Disrupts sleep
• Ulcers
• Hyperactiveness
• Diuretic -> dehydrated

Question 11

Drugs Allowance
Stimulant Effect
Antihystamine Effect
Nasal Decongestion Effect
Alcohol Effect on Drugs

Answer 11

Can't fly on drugs without AME approval
Stim -> energy then crash
Antihystamines -> drowsy
Nasal decongestion -> hallucinations
Alcohol aggravates drug effects

Question 12

Tropical Disease - Moskito-born (3)

Answer 12

Malaria
Dengue
Yellow Fever

Question 13

Malaria Moskito
Medication
Prominent
Symptoms

Answer 13

Moskito: Anopheles
Medication: before / during
Prominent: night
Symptoms: flu-like

Question 14

Dengue Moskito
Medication
Prominent
Symptoms

Answer 14

Moskito: Aedes Aegypti
Medication: no
Prominent: day, especially dawn / dusk
Symptoms: flu-like

Question 15

Yellow Fever
Medication
Prominent
Symptoms

Answer 15

Medication: vaccine
Prominent: day
Symptoms: flu-like, light sensitivity, yellow skin, blood ooze

Question 16

Tropical Disease - Water/Foodborne (3)

Answer 16

Cholmove cardera
Hepatitis A
Typhoid

Question 17

Cholera
Source
Symptoms

Answer 17

Source: Food and water
Symptoms: flu-like

Question 18

Hepatitis A
Source
Medication
Symptoms
Symptoms if untreated

Answer 18

Source: Food and water
Medication: Vaccine
Symptoms: flu-like, dark uring, yellow skin
If untreated: lower limbs swell, confused, corrhosis, liver failure

Question 19

Typhoid Fever Source & Symptoms

Answer 19

Source: Food and water
Symptoms: flu-like, diarrhea or constipation

Question 20

Tropical Diseases: Blood-born (4)

Answer 20

Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Rabies
STIs in general

Question 21

Hepatitis B/C
Source
Medication
Symptoms

Answer 21

Source: Needle sharing / sex
Medication: no vaccine
Symptoms: flu-like

Question 22

Rabies
Source
Medication
Symptoms

Answer 22

Source: mammal bite
Medication: vaccine, medication 10 days max after bight
Symptoms: Anxious, hallucination, foam, paralised, hydrophobia

Question 23

Polio
Source
Symptoms (3)
If Untreated (3)

Answer 23

Source: fesces / droplets (sneeze)
Symptoms: fever, soar throat, nausea
If untreated: deformity, paralysis, difficulty breathing

Question 24

Tetanus
Source
Medication
Symptoms (4)

Answer 24

Source: Clostridium Tetani Bacteria (soil, animal manure)
aka Lockjaw
Medication: vaccine
Symptoms: stiff, moving/breathing difficulty, hight T, high HR

Question 25

Tuberculosis
Medication
Symptoms (3)

Answer 25

Medication: vaccine (not done anymore)
Symptoms: cough, high T, fatigue

Question 26

Parasitic worm
Source
Symptoms (4)
If Untreated (6)

Answer 26

Source: schistosomiasis / Bilharzia worm. Fresh water
Symptoms: high T, diarrhea, nausea, rash
If untreated: anaemia, bloody diarrhea, cystitis, cough blood, trouble breathing, fits

Question 27

Diabetes Types

Answer 27

Type 1 (Juvenile)
Type 2

Question 28

Type 2 Diabetes
Insuling
Symptoms (4)
Complication (6)
Become a Pilot

Answer 28

Insulin breaks down glucose. Not enough insulin.

Symptoms:
Thirsty, blood vision, irritable, numbness

Complication:
Hypertensive, blindness, blocked arteries, kidney failure, hypoglecemia, diabetic comma

Can be pilot with AME monitoring

Question 29

BMI for M/F

Answer 29

18.5 Underweight
18.5 - 25 Normal
25 - 30 Overweight
30 - 35 Obese
35+ Morbidly Obese

-1 for female

Question 30

Obesity
Cause (2)
Effects (9)

Answer 30

20% body fat above ideal %
Cause: genetics, eating too much
Effects; high BP, high HR, hypoxia, diabetes, DCS, G force, gout, osteoarthritis, chest infections

Question 31

Diet - Macro & Minerals

Answer 31

carbs (50%), high fiber, low fat

calcium, phosphorous, iron

Question 32

Hypoglycemia Limit & Symptoms (4)

Answer 32

50 mg / 100 mL
Pale
Lethargic
Cold
Nausea

Question 33

Hydration Purpose (2) & Evacuation (3)

Answer 33

Regulates temperature, transports nutrients

Loose: diuretic expulsion, sweat, exhale

Question 34

Anaesthetics & Analgesics

Answer 34

Local anaesthetic (12h)
General anaesthetic (48h)
Analgesics (no flying)