If a patient tells his physician that he thinks he is sick from a biological or chemical agent, the physician should:
A.
Decline to treat him and refer him to the state department of health
B.
Alert the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
C.
Attempt to diagnose him
D.
Both A and B.
True or False: Physicians should take nasal swabs of patients to diagnose exposure to a biological or chemical agent.
True
False
Physicians should rely on the following to help rule out other diseases in patients before asking public health departments to screen for possible exposure to biological or chemical agents:
Clinical history
Physical examination
Lab analysis of cultures
All of the above.
True or False: Smallpox is transmittable only through the exchange of bodily fluids.
If a patient calls for help after having handled a suspicious substance, the physician should:
Tell the patient to call 911
Ask the patient to collect a sample of the substance and bring it in for analysis
Send the patient to the emergency room
Call the CDC.
True or False: Chills, fatigue, fever and a runny nose are symptoms consistent with anthrax.
In order to be prepared in the event of an attack, physicians should tell patients to:
Stockpile antibiotics
Buy gas masks
Stay alert and informed
Carry surgical masks.
True or False: A gas mask will not offer effective protection in the event of a biological or chemical attack.
The pathogen that causes the following has been identified as a potential biological warfare agent:
Hemorrhagic fever
Botulism
Tularemia
True or False: Anthrax may look like either a brownish, grainy substance or a very fine white powder.
