Dr. Morse Handout Q 12-23 Flashcards
What upper respiratory disease incidence declined substantially after introduction of a vaccine in young children in 1985? give 6 common signs/ symptoms that a paramedic may recognize from across the room.
Meningitis. Sudden fever, severe headache, stiff neck, kernig sign, brudzinski sign, photo-sensitivity and a pink rash.
How common is hepatitis with EBV? rupture of what organ may rarely occur with very minor trauma with individuals recovering from the disease?
it is a rare complication. spleen is the organ that may rupture.
How many deaths occur yearly in the us from influenza?
36,000
give 4 examples of sexually transmitted diseases that may arise from a single exposure? What obligate intracellular atypical organism has the highest incidence of all std’s?
Gonorrhea, genital herpes, chlamydia and HIV. Chlamydia is the most common and highest rate of incidence.
What is the difference between scabies and lice?
Scabies is caused by a parasite and lice is caused by a small insect.
What virus accounts for the most common blood born infection?
Hep C
How is HIV transmitted? Needle stick exposure to HIV or to Hep B carries the greatest risk of infection?
HIV in transmitted through blood and body fluids. Hep B has a higher chance of infection from a needle stick.
What agent accounts for the most causes of epidemic non bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide?
The norovirus
How is west nile virus transmitted?
A bite from a mosquito carrying the virus
What is the cause of lyme disease, how is it transmitted and what does the rash look like?
The cause is the bacterium borrelia burgdorferi, transmission is the common deer tick and the rash starts as a round red lesion or bullseye rash.
How is rocky mountain spotted fever transmitted and how do we treat it?
It is transmitted by the american dog tick or rocky mountain wood tick. it is treated by dosing doxycycline.
What are the hallmarks of infection with the hanta virus, and what is the reservoir for this disease?
sudden onset of fever, then a headache, abd px, loss of appetite and vomiting. mice and rats are the common reservoir for the disease.
