Crash Course Outbreak Science Quiz

The video explores how hospitals and healthcare facilities adapt during outbreaks, emphasizing the need for additional resources and staff. It discusses the dual roles of hospitals, the importance of resilience, and strategies for managing resources and staff. Economic factors and inequalities in healthcare access are also addressed, highlighting the need for equitable healthcare distribution.

What dual roles do hospitals play during ordinary times and outbreaks?

• Educating medical students and treating patients

• Providing care and serving as emergency frontlines

• Treating patients and conducting research

• Conducting surgeries and developing vaccines

What is a key goal of healthcare facilities during an outbreak?

• To increase the number of surgeries

• To maintain and adapt their capacity

• To reduce the number of healthcare workers

• To focus solely on non-infectious diseases

Why is communication important in healthcare systems during an outbreak?

• To increase the cost of healthcare

• To limit the use of PPE

• To reduce the number of hospital beds

• To share patient records and test data

What is one strategy for ensuring healthcare facilities have necessary resources during an outbreak?

• Focusing only on non-infectious diseases

• Stockpiling supplies like PPE and medicines

• Decreasing hospital storage capacity

• Reducing the number of healthcare workers

How can hospitals increase their workforce capacity during an outbreak?

• By closing community health centers

• By reducing the number of doctors

• By asking retired healthcare workers to return

• By hiring more administrative staff

What is one way to manage healthcare resources effectively during an outbreak?

• By limiting the use of ICT

• By establishing relationships with distributors

• By reducing the number of hospital beds

• By focusing only on non-infectious diseases

How can community health centers help during an outbreak?

• By focusing only on infectious diseases

• By reducing their workforce

• By closing down temporarily

• By taking on minor medical cases

What role do economics and politics play in healthcare capacity during outbreaks?

• They determine the number of hospital beds

• They limit the use of ICT in hospitals

• They influence funding and resource allocation

• They decide the types of diseases treated

How can healthcare systems be made more resilient?

• By limiting access to public healthcare

• By reducing the number of healthcare workers

• By ensuring steady and sufficient funding

• By focusing only on private healthcare

What is a potential consequence of economic inequalities in healthcare?

• Increased healthcare capacity

• Inequalities in care and prevention

• Equal access to healthcare for all

• Decreased need for healthcare workers