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What FM covers Field Hygiene and Sanitation?
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FM 21-10
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What is hygiene?
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Self employed practices to stay clean and healthy
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What is mean by military Sanitation?
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The effective use of measures that create and maintain a healthy operating environment
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What are communicable diseases? What are the 5 communicable disease classified by the Army?
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Those illnesses that can be transferred from man to man
respiratory,intestinal,insect-borne, venereal, adn misc |
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What are the three basic control measures for communicable diseases?
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Control the source, stop transmission, protect personnel
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Which of the 5 communicable diseases account for the highest incident of disease in the army?
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Respiratory
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What are the 5 Fs of field sanitation?
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Fingers, flies, feces, food, fluids
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What are the 5 approved methods of disinfecting water in your canteen?
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Iodine tables, chlorine ampuoles, CHLOR-FLOC tablets, bleach, or boiling.
Iodine for canteens/ chlorine bleach for large quantities of h20 |
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Iodine tables used to disinfect canteens should be what color?
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Steel gray
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A mess kit should contain how many cans? What is contained in each can?
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4 Scrap can/wash can/ rinse/ disinfect
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What are the 4 types of field waste?
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Garbage, rubbish, liquid, and human
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What is a cat hole?
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a field expedient human waste hole 12 in wide, 6-12 inches deep
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How far should field latrines be from food/water sources?
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At least 100 mts from food downwind and down slope/ at least 30 mts from h20 down slope
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What three things should you consider when building a field latrine?
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The mission, the length of stay, terrain, and weather conditions
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What two things in order of precedence should you consider when selecting a site for a field latrine?
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Protection from food prep and water sources/ accessibility for the users
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When should latrines and garbage pits be closed?
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When within 1 foot of ground surfaces
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What is the proper procedure for closing a field latrine or garbage pit?
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Spray with residual insecticide, pack dirt in successive 3 in layers until mounded 1 foot above ground level/ post a sign with the date and the words "closed latrine"
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Name 5 diseases commonly carried by mosquitoes?
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malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever, encephalitis, filariasis
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What are some comonly used control measures for mosquitos?
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screens, DEET 4 you, Permethrin 4 gear, malaria pills
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Name three diseases commonly carried by flies?
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Cholera, typhoid fever, dysentery
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Name 2 disease commonly carried by rats?
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Bubonic plague and salmonella
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Why is it important for everyone to practice good hygiene?
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Because one careless member can make everyone on the team sick
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A companion guide to FM 21-10 is the field manual for the "unit field sanitation team" What FM is this?
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FM 4-25.12
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What are the 3 major components of the medical threat to field forces?
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Environmental factors
diseases caused by animal bites Diseases endemic to the AO |
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What is the principle source of intestinal diseases?
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Human doo doo
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What is the chain of disease transmission?
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Reservoir (source)- vehicle (means of transmission)- susceptible person
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How many feet apart should cots be placed? How should personnel be instructed to sleep to avoid the transmission of repsiratory diseases?
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at least 5 feet/ personnel should sleep head to toe
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What does DNBI stand for?
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Disease and nonbattle injuries-80% of all admissions during conflicts were due to DNBI
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What are PMMs?
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Preventive Medicine measures- simple, commonsense actions that will reduce time loss to DNBI
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FM 21-10 covers eight categories of medical threats?
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heat/ cold/ noise/ food-h20 diseases/ personal hygiene/ poisonous plants and toxic fruits/ arthropods/ toxic industrial chemicals
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Which of the 8 categories of medical threats is the most lethal?
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heat
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What are the 3 principles of PMMs?
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Soldiers perform individual PMMs
Chain of command pland and enforces PMMs Field Sanitation teams train soldiers in PMMs |
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What are the individual PMMs for heat injuries?
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Acclimatization
drink plenty of h20 use work/rest cycles eat all meals recognize MOPP risks modify uniform |
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Water discipline is especially important in hot weather, what steps of h20 discipline should you follow?
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Drink extra water before starting any mission
Drink small quantities frequently Drink water even if you are not thirsty Refill your canteen at every opportunity |
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What is a good general guide to water comsumption?
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1/2-1 1 /4 quarts per hour
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What are the 6 sources of water?
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Surface, ground, snow, ice, rain and sea water
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How can you modify your uniform to reduce heat stress and protect against UV radiation?
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unblouse pants/ cover all exposed skin/ wear sunglasses/ seek shade/ keep clothing loose
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What 5 factors should be considered when selecting a water source?
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military situation/ quantity of h20 needed/ accessibility to source/ general quality/ type of purification levels avail.
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What are the 3 rules of h20 discipline?
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Drink only approved h20
conserve h20 protect h20 with good field sanitation Gatorade is better |
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Heat condition information is determined using what 2 scales?
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By heat category
Wet bulb globe index |