NAVMEDCOMINST 6230.2 MALARIA PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Question 1

MALARIA PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Answer 1

NAVMEDCOMINST 6230.2

Question 2

MALARIA RISK AREAS

Answer 2

CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA , AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST, ASIA

Question 3

WHAT MOSQUITO GIVES MALARIA

Answer 3

ANOPHELES MOSQUITO

Question 4

WHEN DO YOU SEND OUT A DAR

Answer 4

SUSPECTED OR CONFIRMED MALARIA CASE

Question 5

INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE TREATED FOR MALARIA CAN NOT DONATE BLOOD FOR HOW LONG?

Answer 5

3 YEARS

Question 6

INDIVIDUALS WHO TOOK MALARIA MEDS WHILE IN A MALARIA AREA CAN NOT DONATE BLOOD FOR HOW LONG?

Answer 6

3 YEARS

Question 7

INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE IN MALARIA AREA W/ NO MEDS CAN NOT DONATE BLOOD FOR HOW LONG?

Answer 7

6 MONTHS BEFORE DONATING

Question 8

INDIVIDUALS WHO TOOK ANTIMALARIA MEDS BUT DID NOT GO TO MALARIA AREA CAN NOT DONATE BLOOD FOR HOW LONG?

Answer 8

NO WAIT TIME NEEDED

Question 9

A PERSON WHO HAS G6PD SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN WHAT?

Answer 9

PRIMAQUINE

Question 10

WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN G6PD IS GIVEN PRIMAQUINE?

Answer 10

HEMOLYSIS

Question 11

WHAT DO YOU PUT IN THE DAR?

Answer 11

3 MONTHS ITINERARY OF INDIVIDUAL

Question 12

WHAT TEST IS USED TO SEE CHLOROQUINE IN URINE?

Answer 12

WILSON-EDESON TEST

Question 13

WHY DO WE USE THE WILSON-EDESON TEST?

Answer 13

TO SEE UNIT COMPLIANCE

Question 14

WHAT IS USED FOR LAB DIAGNOSIS OF MALARIA?

Answer 14

GIEMSA’S STAINING SOLUTION

Question 15

WHAT % OF FALSE NEGATIVE DOES THE WILSON-EDESON HAVE?

Answer 15

15%

Question 16

HOW MANY SPECIES OF PLASMODIUM ARE THERE?

Answer 16

FOUR

Question 17

T OR F. CDC RECOMMENDATIONS DO NOT TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER NAVY ‘S RECOMMENDATIONS.

Answer 17

TRUE

Question 18

WHO CONDUCTS TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH?

Answer 18

NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT

Question 19

2 SOURCES OF MEDICAL FLEET UNITS

Answer 19

HUNTER’S TROPICAL MEDICINE & BENCH AIDS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF MALARIA

Question 20

TRUE OR FALSE. ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS PPE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEANS (MORE SO THAN CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS) FOR MALARIA PREVENTION

Answer 20

TRUE

Question 21

SINCE RESISTANCE TO CHLOROQUINE IS RISING WHAT ARE THE USUAL CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS?

Answer 21

DOXY AND FANSIDAR

Question 22

PARENTERAL ANTIMALARIA MEDS LIKE QUINIDINE GLUCONATE & DIHYDROCHLORIDE ARE TREATMENT FOR WHAT?

Answer 22

SEVERE MALARIA CASES LIKE THOSE FROM LASMODIUM FALCIPARUM (SOMETIMES W/ P. VIVAX)

Question 23

WHAT ARE SOME RECOMMENDED TECH. PUBLICATIONS?

Answer 23

“NAVY MEDICAL DEPT. TO MALARIA PREVENTION &CONTROL,
CCDM
HEALTH INFO. FOR INTERNATION TRAVEL FROM CDC”

Question 24

What is the Wilson-Edeson Test

Answer 24

Screening test for the presence of chloroquine in the urine. It tests for overall compliance with taking choroquine. 15% false negative rate.

Question 25

True or false. Documented malaria, in the presence of urinary chloroquine strongly suggests a chloroquine-resistant strain.

Answer 25

TRUE

Question 26

The types of parenteral antimalarial drugs used to treat severe cases of malaria are:

Answer 26

Parenteral chloroquine hydrochloride, quidine gluconate, and quinine dihydrochloride