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Disease and nonbattle injury (DNBI) |
A Soldier lost to a disease or injury who is not a battle casualty. |
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What does an FST consist of? |
1 nonecommissioned officer and one enlisted soldier. (If possible NCO should be medical) |
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What is an FST dependent on from brigade and higher? |
-certification and training -analysis/screening of water supplies -Basic pest management -limited pesticides -limited medical surveillance |
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8 health threats to soldiers in the field. |
Endemic Diseases Food and Waterborne diseases Hazardous plants and animals Entomological hazards (pests/disease-carrying vectors) Hazardous noise Toxic industrial materials Deployment related stress Climatic extremes |
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What are the principles of preventive medicine measures? |
Soldiers PREFORM individual techniques of preventative medicine FST train soldiers in preventative measures and advise the commander Chain of Command plans and enforces preventative medicine. |
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What are protective measures that are an individual soldiers responsibility? |
Heat injury Cold injury Arthropodborne diseases Enteric diseases (water purification) Skin disease Personal hygiene Sleep deprivation Hand washing Noise Hazards Toxic chemicals |
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What are the considerations to take when packing personal hygiene supplies? |
2 months supply of standard toiletry articles |
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Three components of the DoD insect repellent system |
Permethrin on uniforms and bed nets 33 percent DEET (N-diethyl-meta-tolide) Proper wear of the uniform |
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Toxic industrial materials |
Ammonia Chlorine Hydrogen cyanide |
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What are the injuries that carbon monoxide cause? |
Headache, sleepiness, coma, death |
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What are the injuries smoke causes? |
Coughing, wheezing, and lung damage |
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What injuries do bore/gun gases cause? |
Reacts with body fluids to produce hydrochloric acid Causes acid burns to tissues And flue like disease
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Injuries caused by fuel, solvents, grease, and oils |
Rashes, burns, drying, infections |
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Where should you put field Latrines? |
As far from food operations as possible (100 meters or more). Downwind and downslope Downslope from all water sources (30 meters or more) |
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What are the three considerations for the amount of water nessisarily to sustain soldiers? |
Season of the year Geo location Tactical situation |
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What are the rules of water discipline? |
Drink water from only approved sources Prevent water waste Protect water sources with good sanitary practices |
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What is water treatment and purification? |
One or more processes to improve the quality of water. Goal to make water potable and palatable. |
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Class 1 potable water uses |
Drinking water Brushing teeth/ hygiene DFAC operations Medical treatment Potable water hose and pipeline testing and flushing |
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Class 2 Disinfected filtered fresh water approved uses |
Decontamination of personnel Retrograde cargo washing Heat casualty body temp cooling Mortuary affairs personal sanitation Well development |
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Class 3 not potable untreated fresh water approved uses |
Vehicle coolant Aircraft washing Pest control Field laundry Concrete construction Well drilling |
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Class 4 not potable brackish water approved uses |
Vehicle washing Electrical grounding Fire fighting CBRN decontamination of materiel Dust control |
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What Chemicals are used to disinfect drinking water? |
Calcium hypochlorite Tablets Chlorine Tablets iodine |
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What are the 4 variables in determining the effectiveness of chlorine disinfection of drinking water? |
D dose D demand R residual concentration C contact time |
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How do you disinfect canteens with calcium hypochlorite? |
Fill canteen with clear water (leave an inch of space below the neck of the canteen) Fill canteen cup half full of water add one ample of calcium hypochlorite stir Fill cap of a canteen half full of solutions in the cup and add to canteen shake Loosen cap slightly invert and let treated water leak into threads Tighten cap on canteen and wait 30 minutes
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How to disinfect a five-gallon water can with iodine tablets? |
Fill container with with clear water Dissolve 40 iodine tablets in a canteen cup of water Add this solution to the five gallons agitate the solution Place cap on loosely. Wait five minutes, shake and let leakage rinse threads. Tighten cap and wait 25 minutes |
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How to disinfect a personal hydration system blatter. Iodine |
2 iodine tablets for 40-ounces. 4 iodine tablets for 70 or 72 ounces. 6 iodine tablets for 100 or 102 ounces. Allow 30 minutes of contact time. Double dosage or use chlorination kit if cloudy |
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Disinfect water in a canteen with iodine |
Fill canteen with clear water 2 tablets to each one-quart Put the cap on canteen. Shake Wait 5 minutes loose. Cap and allow leakage to clean canteen threads Tighten and wait 25 more minutes |
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How do FST assist commanders in preventing food borne illnesses? |
Inspecting..... Unit level food handling and facilities Procedures for food being transported to remote feeding sites Unit feeding sites Placement and maintenance of hand washing facilities |
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What are the 8 known pathogens that account for the majority of illnesses, hospitalizations and deaths? |
Campylobacter Clostridium perfringens Escherichia Coli Listeria Monocytogenes Toxoplasma gondii Notovirus Salmonella Staphylococcus aureus
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What are the 5 risk factors related to food handler behavior that contribute to foodborne illness? |
IICFP improper holding temp Inadequate cooking Contaminated equipment Foods from and unsafe sources Poor personal hygiene |
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What temp ranges should potentially hazardous foods be stored?
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Hot 135 Cold 41 |
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What is the role of FST in regards to wast management? |
Provide awareness on dangers associated with handling of hazard waste materials Monitor until level waste management programs/ facilities Provide training on appropriate use of PPE during waist management operations Assist commander in inspections |
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Disposal methods for non hazardous solid waste? |
3 B Burining Burial Backhaul |
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What are the disposal methods for wastewater? |
Soakage pit Soakage trench Evaporation bed |
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What are the 4 types of latrines that can be employed to meet the requirements of Soldiers in the field? |
Portable/disposable latrine. Chemical Latrine. Containerized latrine Improvised latrine. |
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Types of improvised latrines? |
Cat hole: 1ft by 1ft Mound latrine 12 ft hole with toilet top Straddle trench 4 ft (L) by 2.5 ft (H) by 1 ft (W) Deep pit latrine 8 by 2.5 6 ft deep Bored hole latrine 15-20 ft hole |
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What are the different types of urine disposal? |
Commercial urine collection and disposal Improvised urinal Urine soakage pit Pipe urinal Trough urinal Urinoil |
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3 most common rodents |
Norway (Rattus Norvegicus) Roof Rat (Rattus Rattus) House mouse (Mus musculoskeletal) |
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Diseases associated with rodents |
Leshmanisasi Lyme disease Plague Rate-bite fever Relapsing fever Schistosomiasis Trichinellosis |
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What are the 6 control techniques for rodents? |
1 survey 2 environmental sanitation 3 rodent proofing 4 rodent ectoparasite (flea) control 5 rodent killing 6 and maintenance |
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How long does it take to acclimatize to heat? |
10-14 days |
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What is the purpose of measuring the wet bulb-globe temperature? When should you do that? |
To determine the amount of heat stress on the body 1200 and 1600 |
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What are the cold and wet (nonfreezing/freezing) cold injuries? |
Nonfreezing Hypothermia Chilblain. Trench foot Freezing Frostbite |
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Toxic industrial materials can enter the body how? |
IAII Inhalation Absorption Ingestion Injection |
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Characteristics of noise |
Frequency, Intensity, Nature of noise, Exposure duration. CPT Anderson is Frequently Intense, and Naturally Exposed, to being Hooooooah. |
