"Public safety first aid" - ACCURATE ANSWERS The recognition of and
immediate care for injury or
sudden illness, including
medical emergencies, by
public safety personnel prior
to the availability of medical
care by licensed or certified
health care professionals
PENMAN Scene Size Up - AC...
"Public safety first aid" - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The recognition
of and
immediate care for injury or
sudden illness, including
medical emergencies, by
public safety personnel prior
to the availability of medical
care by licensed or certified
health care professionals
PENMAN Scene Size Up - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ P- Personal
safety (BSI/PPE)
E- Environment (Danger Zones)
N- Number of patients
M- Mechanism of injury (MOI) / Nature of illness (NOI)
A- Additional resources
N- Need for c-spine precautions / extrication
BSI - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ body substance isolation
,Need for Additional Resources? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ • Peer
Backup?
• Medics?
• Fire?
• Hazmat?
• Power Co.?
• Traffic Control?
• Helicopter?
Virus - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ • Needs a host cell
• Not sensitive to antibiotics
Bacteria - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ No host cell needed
Sensitive to Antibiotics
Defenses Against Infection - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Physical
Barriers
• Intact skin, mucous membranes
Chemical Barriers
• Sweat, oil, tears, stomach acid
'Inflammatory' Response
• Rapid & nonspecific
'Immune' Response
• Delayed but specific (antibodies)
, Chain of Transmission - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Infectious Agent
(HAV)
• Reservoir (Infected Food Worker At ACUTE TACO CO.)
• Portal of Exit (Diarrhea . . . On His Unwashed Hands ☺)
• Means of Transmission (His Special 'Hand-Made' Taco)
• Portal of Entry (Your Mouth ☹)
Hantavirus - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ • Early symptoms "flu-like" -
fatigue, fever, muscle
aches, headache.
• Later symptoms - coughing, shortness of breath,
'pulmonary edema' (fluid in lungs)
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