Emergency Preparedness/ infectious disease 121

Question 1

Level 1 disasters

Answer 1

Car accidents

House fires

Question 2

Level 2 disasters

Answer 2

Train derailment
Building collapse
Tornadoe

Question 3

Level 3 disasters

Answer 3

Earthquake
Tsunami
Hurricanes

Question 4

Disaster triage colors

Answer 4

Black (deceased)-expectant
Red(immediate)- emergent (need to be seen within an hour)
Yellow (delay)- urgent (medically stable but need assistance)
Green (minor)- non-urgent (bandaid or first aid)

Question 5

Susceptible host

Answer 5

Anyone can be

Question 6

Symptomatic

Answer 6

Infection w/symptoms

Question 7

Asymptomatic

Answer 7

Infection w/o symptoms

Question 8

Virulence

Answer 8

Ability to produce disease

Question 9

Aerobic bacteria

Answer 9

Require oxygen to multiply and cause a disease

Question 10

Anaerobic bacteria

Answer 10

Need little to no oxygen to live

Question 11

Incubation period

Answer 11

Time between entrance of the pathogen and the appearance of the first symptom

Question 12

Prodromal stage

Answer 12

Nonspecific signs and symptoms

Question 13

Convalescence

Answer 13

When acute symptoms of the infection disappear

Question 14

Latrogenic HAI

Answer 14

From a procedure

Question 15

Exogenous HAI

Answer 15

From outside the individual

Salmonella

Question 16

Endogenous HAI

Answer 16

When pt flora becomes altered and an overgrowth results

Strep

Question 17

CBRNE

Answer 17

Chemical
Biological
Radiological 
Nuclear
Explosive