CLO 5 Flashcards
- Two types of disaster:
Natural and Human
- Give me examples of chemical disasters
nerve agent, blistering agent, cyanide.
- Isolation categories for Anthrax:
standard precautions
- Talking about neurotransmitters that are affected by nerve agents
were talking about citicoline and it affects the parasympathetic neurosystem
- Prioritizing nursing diagnosis to a client that has been expose to toxic:
Body image is last but other things will come first.
- Steps to smallpox vaccine:
cover the site with loose gauze
- Factor that can indicate bioterrorism
A bunch of people from the same community that are sick, similar symptoms with a high outbreak or higher number of sick people.
- Treatment anthrax
ciprofloxacin or doxycycline
- What colored tag is delayed
: yellow
- Cyanide, a unique indicator that there might be cyanide poisoning
a smell of bitter almonds in the air
- Botulism isolation
standard precautions
- Treatment for cyanide:
amyl nitrite, sodium nitrite, or sodium thiosulfate
- Nerves Agent manifestations
bradycardia, bilateral miosis, Increased gastric motility (diarrhea)
- Factors that affect exposure
time (how long they were exposed, how close or far where they, how much Shielding did they have
- Death from significant exposure to gamma radiation
expect death time is up to 5 weeks.