HOSPITALS
This type of hepatitis is a common risk for healthcare workers. So much so, that all health care facilities offer the vaccine free of charge to all employees.
Hep A, Hep B, Hep C, Hep D, or Hep E?
Hepatitis B
This was the leading cause of death in the year 1900
Diseases of the heart
Hepatitis refers to inflammation of what body organ?
The liver
CDC stands for what?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Epidemic of Pandemic?
Covid-19
PANDEMIC
Pandemics are world-wide; this illness can travel anywhere on the globe
True or False?
All hospitals staff uses "Standard Precautions". This means, we wear PPE and treat you like you as if you are infected with something whether you are or not.
TRUE!
This illness was eradicated in 1979, but was officially recognized by the WHO in 1980.
Smallpox
Osteoarthritis is inflammation caused by which of the following?
a. Wear and tear on the cartilage in the joints
b. A previous broken bone
c. Bone deterioration
Wear and tear; caused by degeneration of the cartilage in the joints / between the bones
Define the CDC's role, purpose, and history?
Established in 1946
Funded by the federal government; considered a federal agency
Conducts research and offers guidelines for health practices
Is under the leadership of the U.S. DHHS
**It is NOT a law-making agency.
Epidemic or Pandemic?
Typhus
EPIDEMIC
Epidemics are illness that are restricted to one geographical area
"PPE" stands for Personal Protective Equipment. What all does this entail?
Gloves
Goggles
Masks
Face Shields
Surgical Gowns
This illness was caused by a bacteria that was spread through the bite of an infected flea; this illness killed millions across Europe in the 14th century (the 1300s)
The Plague
The Black Plague
True or False?
Gout is an autoimmune disorder caused by swelling in the intestine.
FALSE
Gout is a form of arthritis; causes uric acid crystals to form and settle in the blood stream, usually at the base of the big toe.
In 2020, the Royal College of Physicians opened a new office in which European city?
Liverpool, England
True or False?
Typhus was reported in downtown Las Angeles in recent years?
TRUE!
Typhus is caused by the bite of infected fleas - it is always present in some form in LA (endemic) but with cases rise and spread, it because an epidemic. If untreated, Typhus is deadly.
This illness was once considered a "death sentence", affecting mostly men and IV drug users in the 80s. Hospitals were full of people with this illness.
But now, with treatment, people can live relatively normal lives.
HIV - HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
*The final and deadly stage of HIV is AIDS: Acquired Immuno-deficiency Syndrome
This was the leading cause of death in the US in 2017
Still heart disease!!
What type of illnesses are caused the body's immune system attacking itself?
Autoimmune Disorders
Aut/o - self
immune - immunity; immune system
The WHO, World Health Organization, is a part of what international group?
The United Nations
True or False?
Recently, the CDC has identified Hepatitis A outbreaks in several US states.
TRUE
Hepatitis A (and Hep E!) is spread person to person and is more common when people use poor hand-hygiene, lack of clean water, homelessness, or incarceration
MRSA is the abbreviation for what illness?
a "superbug" caused by the improper use of antibiotics. Causes this bacteria to be resistant to antibiotics
Hippocrates believed in the "vis mediatrix naturae". This is a Latin phrase that means what?
"Healing Power of Nature"
True of False?
Rheumatoid arthritis is caused by the body's immune system attacking the body's connective tissue.
TRUE
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease. The body's immune system attacks the body's connective tissue causing swelling and damage to joints
What illness is researched and followed by the CDC- including data from various surveillance systems?
Covid-19
Information collected is: new cases, hospitalizations, symptoms, successful and unsuccessful treatments, drug reactions and interactions, and more...
In what country did Covid-19 first appear?
China