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Four Functions of EH |
Vector & Pest Control Op Sanitation & Waste Disposal Communicable Disease Prevention & Control Environmental Monitoring Occupational health & Safety Food Hygiene & Safety Water Quality Monitoring & Analysis |
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Definition of DNBI |
A person who is a non battle casualty but is lost to the organisation by reason of disease or injuries.w |
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What is a notifiable disease |
Any disease that is required by law to be reported to government authorities or local government |
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Four Organisations available at 4th Line of EH |
Army Medical Directorate RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine Institute of naval medicine DMS (W) |
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Three roles or responsibilities of CHA |
Identify hazards in AOR Undertake Threat Assessments Implement FHP measures Advise COC on measures necessary to manage/mitigate risk |
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Two cold illness prevention measures |
Clothes & Equipment Environmental Conditions Work intensity Acclimatisation Layered clothing Wet/dry drills |
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When would an FMed 85 need to be completed |
Someone is suspected to have a communicable disease Confirmation of an infectious disease |
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Three General prevention & control measures that can be employed at the source |
Notification/investigation Treatment of case Isolation Disinfection Health Education |
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6 general prevention & control measures that can be employed at the route |
Treatment & Protection of water source Good waste disposal Good food preparation & correct storage Insect & rodent control Camp siting Field sanitation & hygiene |
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Four ingestion borne diseases |
Worms Infective hepatitis Dysentery Cholera Typhoid Gastroenteritis Polio |
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Who is the Target for Disease |
The healthy but susceptible human |
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Four routes that organisms can enter the body |
Eyes Nose Mouth Genitals Anus Cuts or sores |
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State the chain of infection |
Source Route Target |
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5 Sources of Disease |
Case Carrier Corpse Convalescent Contact |
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List Five ways food or water could get contaminated |
Poor waste disposal Poor food hygiene Poor Food preparation Untreated water Rodents Flies or cockroaches Poor personal hygiene |
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Name & Describe 2 main categories of disease |
Communicable - passed between animals or humans Non-communicable - cannot be passed between |
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Micro-organisms that can spread communicable disease |
Viruses Bacteria Parasites Fungi |
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Roles of a CMT within FHP |
Policy & Procedure Advice & Training Monitoring & Investigation |
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What is Health? |
A state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence on disease. |
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3 impacts communicable disease has on the fighting force |
Manpower Wastage Unit Mission Failure Wasted Limited Resources |
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3 types of internal DNBI that could be identified during health risk management process |
Disease Food & Water Waste Premises Processes |
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Examples of population at risk |
Friendly Forces Locally Employed Civilians Local Civilian Population Prisoners of War |
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What does DNBI stand for? |
Disease non-battle injury |
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3 medical force health protection hazards |
Chemical Hazards Biological Hazards Physical Hazards |
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3 types of external DNBI’s |
Climate Disease Flora & Fauna Environmental Industrial Hazards |
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1st Line of EH support |
Co Unit medical staff CHA CHD |
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Roles & Responsibilities of CHD |
Apply & Maintain Op Sanitation Identify & Control disease vectors and pests Maintain unit water supples |
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What does USSR stand for |
Urine Soil Sullage Refuse
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5 methods of auditing & surveillance used in the health risk management process |
Lab Reports FMed 85 Specific Monitoring Local Medical Intelligence EHT audits |
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Kit used to check residual chlorine in water |
Lovibond checkit |
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When should you de-taste water |
Only immediately before water will be consumed or used |
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Four different types of camps & their duration |
Short Halt - up to 24hrs Temporary - 24hrs - 7 days Semi-permanent - 7days to 6months Permanent- 6months+ |
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Equipment used to assess the risk of climatic injuries |
WBGT |
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2 devices used to incinerate refuse in semi permanent camp |
Oil Drum Incinerator Incline Plan Incinerator Semi Enclosed Incinerator Burns Pit |
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2 methods of soil disposal in semi-permanent camp |
Deep Trench Latrine Receptacle Latrine |
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Form Used for Notifiable Disease |
FMed 85 |
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Purpose of clarifying Water |
To remove/filter suspended impurities to improve the effectiveness of chemical disinfectants |
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2 main methods used to disinfect water |
Physical Disinfection - boiling Chemical Disinfection - calcium hypochlorite |
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2 ideal requirements to look for when selecting a water source |
Fast Flowing Minimal Vegetation Upstream to any human habitats Upstream to any industrial discharges Oxygenated |
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2 ideal requirements to look for when selecting a water source |
Fast Flowing Minimal Vegetation Upstream to any human habitats Upstream to any industrial discharges Oxygenated |
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2 advantages of burning waste |
Reduces size of waste Waste less attractive to pests Heat produced can be reused |
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2 main ways contact diseases can be spread |
Direct Indirect |
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Describe EPINATO - what is it & where is it used? |
NATO health surveillance system Used in deployed military environments |
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Examples of Waste disposal for USSR at semi permanent camp |
U - funnel urinal, trough urinal, female urinal S - deep trench latrine, receptacle latrine, WAG babe S - RE grease trap & soakage pit, improvised strainer & soakage pit R - oil drum incinerator, semi enclosed incinerated & burns pit |
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1 possible reporting procedure for a case of climatic illnesses |
Heat & cold illness template on DMICP Template forms JSP 539 |
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How often should water sampling be carried out |
Daily - chlorine testing Monthly - bacteriological testing Quarterly - chemical sampling |
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How long would you expect to stay in a temporary camp |
24hrs to 7days |
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2 types of freezing cold injuries |
Frostnip Frostbite |
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4 contact diseases |
STD’s HIV Herpes Warts Fungal Skin Infections Impetigo Gingivitis Scabies Athletes Foot Veruca |
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3 control measures for arthropod borne diseases at target |
Avoidance Clothing Insect Repellents Use of Barriers Personal Hygiene Health Education Camp Hygiene Immunisations |
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2 advantages of effective waste disposal |
Minimise risk of disease Discourage pest or vectors Prevent water/food contamination Maintain comfort & morale |
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2 advantages of effective waste disposal |
Minimise risk of disease Discourage pest or vectors Prevent water/food contamination Maintain comfort & morale |
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2 principles of risk management |
Prevention Control |
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5 sources of disease |
Case Carrier Contact Convalescent Corpse |
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5 steps of health risk management process |
Hazards Identification Identification of PAR Risk assessment Risk management Monitoring activities |
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5 steps of health risk management process |
Hazards Identification Identification of PAR Risk assessment Risk management Monitoring activities |
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3 climatic injuries relating the the cold |
Hypothermia Frost Nip Frost bite Trench foot Windburn |
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2 ways of clinical waste disposal |
Bagging Sharps |
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2 types of insecticides |
Residual Knockdown |
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2 pieces of equipment to spread insecticides |
Compression sprayer Swingfog |
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5 steps of health risk management process |
Hazards Identification Identification of PAR Risk assessment Risk management Monitoring activities |
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3 climatic injuries relating the the cold |
Hypothermia Frost Nip Frost bite Trench foot Windburn |
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2 ways of clinical waste disposal |
Bagging Sharps |
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2 types of insecticides |
Residual Knockdown |
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2 pieces of equipment to spread insecticides |
Compression sprayer Swingfog |
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Define the term outbreak |
2 or more cases of a communicable disease linked by either space or time |
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How often are EPINATO statistics recorded? |
Weekly |
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2 categories of contaminants in water & examples |
Suspended - leaves Dissolved - detergents |
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4 diseases associated with water |
Cholera Infective Hepatitis Cholera Typhoid Polio |
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Each stage of principles of water purification |
Selection of source Clarification Disinfection Contact Period Test Detaste |
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Chemical Used in the 6th principle of water purification |
Sodium thiosulphate |
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How long should you leave calcium hypochlorite to disinfect water |
15 mins |
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2 main considerations when choosing a water source |
Quality Quantity |
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3 general prevention measures to employ at target of ingestion borne diseases |
Health Education Immunisations Prevent Exposure to disease Personal Hygiene Approved sources
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3 prevention measures at the source of airborne diseases |
Treat cases Isolation Protection of medical staff Dispose of corpses/carcasses Screening of carriers |
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3 prevention measures at target of airborne diseases |
Personal Hygiene Health Education Vaccinations Avoidance of infectious persons |
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3 individual risk factors that increase the likelihood of climatic illnesses |
Medication or illegal drugs Lack of physical fitness Concurrent mild illness Dehydration Poor nutritional status Lack of acclimatisation |
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Time in semi-permanent camp |
7days to 6months |
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Chemical used to disinfect bulk water supplies |
Calcium hypochlorite |
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2 occasions where contact period for disinfecting water will be increased to 30 mins |
No test kit available Temperature less than 5 degrees Schistosomiasis is know to be present/suspected |
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What is WBGT used for |
Measure environmental conditions |
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PPE used when handling clinical waste |
Gloves Apron Eye Pro |
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Methods to clarify water |
Filtration Sedimentation |
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3 airborne diseases |
Chicken Pox MMR TB Meningitis Common Cold Anthrax
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5 arthropod diseases |
Yellow fever Dengue fever Malaria Plague Lymes Disease Zika Virus |
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When carrying out a water recce how far upstream should you check |
At least 2Km |
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3 control measures at the source of arthropod diseases |
Disinfection Deinfestation Medical Treatment Isolation Health Education |
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3 types of control measures at the route of arthropod diseases |
Physical Chemical Biological |
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Overall responsibility of health & safety of a regiment |
Commanding Officer |
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Overall responsibility of health & safety of a regiment |
Commanding Officer |
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3 climatic injuries in a hot climate |
Heat stroke Heat exhaustion Heat camps Sunburn Prickly heat |
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2 types of urinal disposal in semi permanent camp |
Funnel urinal Trough urinal Female urinal |
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Method of soil disposal in temporary camp |
Shallow trench latrine |
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Method of sullage disposal in temporary camp |
Improvised grease trap strainer & soakage pit |
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JSP for climatic injuries |
JSP 375 |
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Heat illness prevention measures |
Environmental conditions Water intake Nutritional intake Work intensity Acclimatisation |
