Epidemics
Symptoms
How To Prevent
How to Treat
At the Hospital
100
What is an epidemic?
Rapidly spreading outbreak of a sickness or disease, mostly affecting a certain area
100
Mumps is having an outbreak in ____
North Carolina
100
The flu is prevented by ...
A vaccine yearly
100
The hospitals work closely with the..
Health Department
100
At the hospital, you have to be conscientious of the clothes/accessories you are wearing. What might you wear?
Mask, gloves, maybe even scrubs
200
Name one common epidemic
Flu, Polio, Measles, Smallpox, AIDS etc.
200
Airborne diseases can be
Inhaled
200
The Health Department must check up on public areas to be informed about what kind of sicknesses going on..
Surveillance of Diseases
200
If you have strep throat, you treat it with..
Antibiotics
200
Diseases spread in two ways..
Contact with other people, contact with animals
300
What's the difference between a epidemic and a pandemic?
Epidemic affects one area while pandemics can affect the whole world, continent etc.
300
If you step on a rusty nail, you may have ___ (also known as lockjaw)
Tetanus
300
You MUST do this to help prevent the spread of sickness
Wash your hands
300
Whooping Cough is ___ preventable
Vaccine
300
Hospital Acquired Sickness
Exposed to illness during stay or after.
400
How do epidemics start?
When someone is travelling from place to place with their sickness
400
After you know the patients symptoms, you can now ___
Diagnose the illness
400
Social Distancing is..
Staying home when you don't feel well
400
Bacteria (which are living) can be treated with
Antibiotics
400
Community Acquired Sickness
Not associated with the hospital sickness
500
Meaning of the word that means it spreads quickly
Contagious
500
A symptom is..
The effects of a sickness
500
Always cover your ___ when coughing or sneezing
Mouth and Nose
500
Because viruses are non-living, antibiotics cannot be used against them. Prevent them by...
Immunizations
500
Certain infections must be reported within ___ hours
twenty four
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