Procedure 615 Flashcards
Procedure 615 Exposure to communicable diseases and other public health risks
If the members are accidentally exposed to a patients blood or bodily fluids while rendering assistance at the scene of an emergency or while transporting the patient to the hospital:
The hospital may test for hepatitis b or c without patients consent
Members should first ask the patient to voluntarily submit to a test for communicable diseases
A member who claims a possible work related exposure must be tested for viral hepatitis and HIV within _____ of the exposure
10 days
Immediately take the medications prescribed by physicians. If taken within 2 hours of the exposure some medications are believed to reduce the risk of contracting HIV by ____.
80%
The Accounting and Personnel Office will hand deliver it no later than the next business day to the Health Departments ____________.
Epidemiologist
When the need arises officers may use their half face air purifying respirators at ______ during their tour of duty
anytime
If an officer continues to feel the effects of the nerve agent (SLUDGE) after _______ he shall again inject himself with Mark 1 nerve agent(both injectors used simultaneously)
Ten minutes
Officers shall not inject themselves with more than the _____ Mark 1 nerve agent kits in a given day
three
