Outbreak Investigation
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Scientist who studies disease spread
What is an epidemiologist?
QUADRUPLE JEOPARDY: Organism that causes disease
What is a pathogen?
Number that estimates spread potential of disease
What is R₀?
QUADRUPLE JEOPARDY: Method used to separate colonies on agar
What is isolation streaking?
First action before helping a victim
What is scene size-up?
Sorting patients by urgency
What is triage?
Disease spread across many countries/continents
What is a pandemic?
Antibiotics are most effective against this group
What are bacteria?
TRIPLE JEOPARDY: Minimum amount of pathogen needed to infect
What is infectious dose?
Procedure used to prevent contamination
Aseptic technique
ABC stands for airway, breathing, and ___
What is circulation?
Highest priority category
What is emergent?
Investigators compare patient schedules mainly to identify this
What is a common exposure/source?
Why don’t antibiotics work on viruses? What do we use to treat viruses?
What is viruses use host cells / lack bacterial targets?
Antivirals
Spread by touching contaminated surfaces
What is indirect transmission?
Gram positive bacteria stain this color
Purple
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Severe allergic emergency
What is anaphylaxis?
Sudden rise in patient numbers beyond normal operations
What is medical surge?
TRIPLE JEOPARDY: A disease constantly present in one region is called this
What is endemic?
Athlete’s foot is caused by which pathogen group?
What are fungi?
Name the link in the chain of infection where germs leave the host
What is portal of exit?
Rod-shaped bacteria are called this
Bacilli
Best first treatment for severe external bleeding
What is direct pressure?
Max number of patients/resources system can handle
What is surge capacity?
12 patients got sick after visiting different places except one smoothie shop. Investigators would suspect this location as the what?
What is the likely source/reservoir of the outbreak?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: A patient has a parasitic worm infection after contaminated water exposure. Which pathogen group caused it?
What are helminths?
A disease has R₀ of 5. Another disease has a R₀ of 2. Which disease is more transmissible/ dangerous?
R₀ of 2
A sample has a thin peptidoglycan wall. Identify the type.
GRAM NEgative
Patient can speak, has minor cut, stable vitals, walking normally. What triage level fits best?
What is non-urgent?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: A patient with swelling throat after peanut exposure arrives during a hospital disaster surge. They cannot breathe well and resources are limited. Name TWO urgent concepts involved.
What are anaphylaxis, triage, emergent status, drug delivery (epinephrine), medical surge, resource allocation?