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Environmental threats 68W LPCDisease non battle injuries impact - ANS--combat power
-effectiveness
-morale of healthy troops
Principles of preventive medicine - ANS--soldiers perform individual tech. of preventive
medicine measures
-field sanitation teams train soldiers in preventive medicine measures and advise
commander and unit leaders on implementation of unit-level preventive medicine
measures
-chain of command plans for and enforces preventive medicine measures
passive transmission /mechanical transmission - ANS-arthropod carries pathogen form
one host to another. Causes GI issuses
ex. cockroaches
Active transmission / biological transmission - ANS-disease causing agent undergoes
some changes in body of the arthropod. pathogen may multiply or simply develop into
an infectious form. there are four ways a pathogen can be passed to humans via active
transmission
"FRIC " - ANS-F- fecal contamintion
R-regurgitation
I-inoculation
C-crushing the vector
4 ways pathogen can be transmitted to humans via Active transmission/biological
transmission - ANS-FRIC
what is the most important arthropod to military for number reasons - ANS-mosquitos
DEET - ANS-applied to skin surface
Permethrin - ANS-used on fabrics
, malaria - ANS-bite of malaria infected femal mosquito
how long does symptoms from bite of malaria occur - ANS-7-30 days
signs/symptoms of malaria - ANS--fever alternating with chills
-headache
-msucle aches
-sweats
-abdominal pain with diarrhea
Complication of malaria - ANS-blackwater fever
Dont Eat My Yogurt - ANS-D-dengue fever
E-encephalitis
M-Malaria
Y-yellow fever
What type of mosquito transmits dengue fever & yellow fever - ANS-aedes mosquito
Specific therapy of Dengue fever - ANS-none, supportive treatment
Yellow fever affects - ANS-liver
kidney
heart
yellow fever signs/symtpoms - ANS-yellowing skin
fever
headache
body ahces
nausea and vomiting
fatigue
Encephalitis caused by which mosquitoes - ANS-culex and aedes
Encephalities effects what body part - ANS-central nervous system
-brain
cholera - ANS-acute bacterial infection, involving entire small intestine marked by
profuse, secretory diarrhea
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