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LIMITED PRIMARY CARE LATEST 2024/2025 | WITHQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED ANSWERS
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SF 600
Chronological record of medical care for a specified patient.
Each entry on the form should show
1. Date/Time of visit/entry
2. Medical treatment facility involved
3. Signature of person making the entry.
DD form 689
Individual sick call slip - Used for a patient who requests or receives
medical/dental evaluation or treatment at an Army Medical Treatment Facility
(MTF)
May be used as a means of communication between medical personnel and
patients commander.
Required procedures for making entries:
1. Legibly typed or hand written and to the point
2. Blue or black ink
3. signed with full payroll signature, rank, MOS, branch of service
4. Record ASAP
5. Only Approved abbreviations IAW AR 40-66
6. Errors will have a line through it with your initials.
Patient medical confidentiality
HIPAA is a federal law protecting the privacy of patient-specific health care
information and providing the patient with control over how this information is
used and distributed.
,Access may be given to
1. The patient
2. Patient care personnel
3. Medical researchers
4. Medical educators.
Signs and symptoms that have increased potential for complications:
1. Headaches
2. Acute vision changes
3. Neck pain/stiffness
4. Chest pain
5. SOB
6. Abdominal pain
7. AMS
SOAP
Subjective - What patient says is going on
Objective - What you find is going on
Assessment - What you suspect is going on based on your findings
Plan - What are you going to do to help patient
Form DA 3349
Profiles - A form stating how physical a patient can be until a specific date.
Algae
Resembles plant cells found on sunlit water and rarely cause human disease.
Fungi
yeasts and molds
Protozoa
,Single-celled microorganisms
Bacteria
Single-celled organism that lacks a nucleus; prokaryotes
Spores
A non-reproductive body formed by certain bacteria often in response to the lack
of nutrients. Highly resistant to heat, desiccation, and destruction by chemicals or
enzymes.
Pathogenic bacteria
Bacteria which causes disease
Virus
Must use the hosts ability to make protein and energy
Pathogen
An organism that causes disease
Chain of infection
1. Pathogenic Microorganism
2. Reservoir
3. Portal of exit
4. Modes of transmission
5. Portal of entry
6. Susceptible host
Communicable disease
Disease that spreads from one person to another
Contagious Disease
Diseases which are transmitted to many individuals quickly and easily
Epidemic
, A disease that spreads to a large numbers of people over a wide geographical area
are affected in a relatively short time.
Endemic
A disease or illness regularly found among a particular group of people or within a
certain area.
Direct contact transmission
The most common method of transmission. Pathogen that is transmitted through
touch
Droplet spread transmission
Direct transmission of a pathogen through the projection of oral and nasal
secretions by coughing, sneezing, or talking.
Airborne transmission
Pathogens that are carried through the air by dust
Vehicle transmission
transmission by an inanimate reservoir (food, water, air)
Vector transmission
transmission of an infectious agent by an insect, arthropod, or animal
Most Effective way of breaking the chain of infection
Handwashing
Incubation period
interval between initial infection and first signs and symptoms
Prodromal stage
interval from onset of nonspecific signs and symptoms to more specific symptoms
Full stage of illness
presence of specific signs and symptoms of disease
Convalescent stage
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