Medical Overview

Question 1

Involve injuries resulting from physical forces applied to the body

Answer 1

Trauma emergencies

Question 2

Involve illnesses or conditions caused by disease

Answer 2

Medical emergencies

Question 3

Medical patient assessment focuses on ___

Answer 3

The nature of illness, chief complaint, and symptoms

Question 4

NOI

Answer 4

Nature of Illness

Question 5

The general type of illness a patient is experiencing

Answer 5

NOI

Question 6

Evaluation of the NOI for a medical patient will provide you with ___

Answer 6

An index of suspicion for different types of serious and/or life-threatening underlying illnesses

Question 7

Your awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying and unseen injuries or illnesses

Answer 7

Index of suspicion

Question 8

Patients who should be considered to be in serious condition and need rapid transport

Answer 8

1. Unconscious
2. Altered mental status
3. Airway or breathing problems
4. Obvious circulation problems such as severe bleeding or signs of shock

Question 9

Patients identified as needing rapid transport still require ___

Answer 9

Additional assessment and care

Question 10

If you choose to use lights and siren, you should be able to ___

Answer 10

Specifically describe in your report why such emergency transport was medically necessary and why the improved arrival time justified the increased risk to which you exposed the patient and the public at large

Question 11

Categories of modes of transportation

Answer 11

1. Ground
2. Air

Question 12

Medical condition caused by the growth and spread of small, harmful organisms within the body

Answer 12

Infectious disease

Question 13

A disease that can be spread from one person or species to another

Answer 13

Communicable disease

Question 14

Occurs when new cases of a disease in a human population substantially exceed the number expected based on recent experience

Answer 14

Epidemic

Question 15

An outbreak that occurs on a global scale

Answer 15

Pandemic

Question 16

All strains of influenza are spread by ___

Answer 16

Direct contact with nasal secretions and aerosolized droplets from coughing and sneezing by infected people

Question 17

Tiny fluid-filled blister on the lips and genitals from herpes

Answer 17

Vesicles

Question 18

Herpes primary mode of infection

Answer 18

Close personal contact

Question 19

Transmission of HIV

Answer 19

Sexual contact or exposure to blood or body fluids

Question 20

Refers to an inflammation (and often infection) of the liver

Answer 20

Hepatitis

Question 21

Grow and reproduce outside the human cell in the appropriate temperature and with the appropriate nutrients

Answer 21

Bacteria

Question 22

Smaller than bacteria; multiply only inside a host and die when exposed to the environment

Answer 22

Viruses

Question 23

Similar to bacteria in that they require the appropriate nutrients and organic material to grow

Answer 23

Fungi

Question 24

Single-celled microscopic organisms, some of which cause disease

Answer 24

Protozoa (parasites)

Question 25

Invertebrates with long, flexible, rounded, or flattened bodies

Answer 25

Helminths (parasites)

Question 26

Early signs of viral hepatitis

Answer 26

1. Loss of appetite
2. Vomiting
3. Fever
4. Fatigue
5. Sore throat
6. Cough
7. Muscle & joint pain

Question 27

Signs of viral hepatitis several weeks later

Answer 27

1. Jaundice
2. RUQ pain

Question 28

Hepatitis A is transmitted ___

Answer 28

Orally through oral or fecal contamination

Question 29

Hepatitis B and C are transmitted ___

Answer 29

Through vehicles other than food or water

Question 30

The strength or ability of a pathogen to produce disease

Answer 30

Virulence

Question 31

Inflammation of the meningeal coverings of the brain and spinal cord

Answer 31

Meningitis

Question 32

Signs and symptoms of meningitis

Answer 32

1. Fever
2. Headache
3. Stiff neck
4. Altered mental status

Question 33

Most contagious form of meningitis

Answer 33

Meningococcal meningitis

Question 34

Meningitis can be treated with ___

Answer 34

Antibiotics

Question 35

Meningitis is spread by ___

Answer 35

The exchange of respiratory secretions through coughing or sneezing

Question 36

The only contagious form of TB

Answer 36

Respiratory TB

Question 37

Whooping cough is also called ___

Answer 37

Pertussis

Question 38

Airborne disease caused by bacteria that mostly affects children younger than 6

Answer 38

Whooping cough

Question 39

Signs and symptoms of whooping cough

Answer 39

1. Fever
2. Whoop sounds that occur when the patient tries to inhale after a coughing attack

Question 40

Up to 65% of people presenting with hand infections from the community have ___

Answer 40

MRSA

Question 41

Signs and symptoms of MERS-CoV

Answer 41

1. High fever
2. Cough
3. Muscle aches
4. Vomiting
5. Diarrhea
   Less common:
6. Renal failure
7. Respiratory failure
8. Death