Which of the following items is MOST important to be worn when treating a patient you suspect has tuberculosis?

All are routes of exposure EXCEPT:

Burnout can best be defined as:

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may be contracted by:

A little while after you arrive home from a traffic fatality accident, you receive a telephone call from your captain. A critical incident stress debriefing has been set up for your crew tomorrow. You know that your participation is on a completely voluntary basis, but you realize you should participate because:

You receive a call from a patient with the complaint of shortness of breath, fever, and coughing. The first priority for you in managing this situation should be to:

You receive a call from a patient with the complaint of shortness of breath, fever, and coughing. The appropriate protective equipment for caring for this patient would include all of the following EXCEPT:

In addition to gloves, Emergency Medical Responders recognize that when treating a patient with a cough it may be helpful to wear:

The governmental organization that sets strict standards for reducing the possibility of infectious exposure in the workplace is:

You are called to the scene of an overturned tanker truck. Arriving at the scene, you notice a fluid draining from the underside of the truck. You use your binoculars to look on the placard on the back of the vehicle so that you can identify the material from your:

Several weeks after a particularly difficult incident you are having trouble sleeping and find memories of the event intrude into your daily life. You may benefit from:

In a hazardous materials incident, the Emergency Medical Responder's primary responsibility would be to:

Which of the following situations presents the highest risk of exposure to an infectious disease?

As an Emergency Medical Responder, you are more at risk of contracting

You and your partner are responding to a call from a patient who has cut his leg with a chain saw. As you arrive, a friend is controlling the bleeding. Your first concern is

The single most effective means of preventing the spread of disease is:

You show up to work with low self-esteem and hopelessness. This is called

Signs of stress include all of the following EXCEPT:

You may not withold emergency care from a patient you think may have an infectious disease. With the proper precautions, you can safely provide emergency care to people infected with illnesses and diseases without putting your self at risk.

You are caring for a 6-year-old female who the family says has been very sick since last night. She had a high fever, but they felt it was just the flu. Today the child became worse and complained of her neck hurting and being stiff. The child is now unresponsive and is not breathing. You have been ventilating her with a bag-valve device attached to oxygen until ALS arrives and takes over care and transports.

Your first responsibility on this call should be to:

You are caring for a 6-year-old female who the family says has been very sick since last night. She had a high fever, but they felt it was just the flu. Today the child became worse and complained of her neck hurting and being stiff. The child is now unresponsive and is not breathing. You have been ventilating her with a bag-valve device attached to oxygen until ALS arrives and takes over care and transports.

Your patient may have a contagious disease that will require you to follow up with further treatment if exposed. You consider that the patient may be suffering from:

You are caring for a 6-year-old female who the family says has been very sick since last night. She had a high fever, but they felt it was just the flu. Today the child became worse and complained of her neck hurting and being stiff. The child is now unresponsive and is not breathing. You have been ventilating her with a bag-valve device attached to oxygen until ALS arrives and takes over care and transports.

The best protection from this disease is to use all the common personal protective equipment you have because this disease is contracted through:

You are caring for a 6-year-old female who the family says has been very sick since last night. She had a high fever, but they felt it was just the flu. Today the child became worse and complained of her neck hurting and being stiff. The child is now unresponsive and is not breathing. You have been ventilating her with a bag-valve device attached to oxygen until ALS arrives and takes over care and transports.

Early on in the call, the child coughed directly into your face. You were not wearing eye protection and think there might have been an exposure. You should:

For exposure to the skin, the EMR should immediately: