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1: The practice of medicine in disasters includes all of the following strategies, EXCEPT _____.: triage of victims
economizing resources
doing the greatest good for the individual patient
mass evacuation
2: Amantidine and neuramidinase inhibitors are administered to treat and prevent which of the following conditions?: influenza
hemorrhagic fever
smallpox
pneumonic plague
3: Which of the following conditions has a virus as the etiologic agent?: anthrax
pneumonic plague
smallpox
tularemia
4: Which of the following conditions can humans acquire from animals?: anthrax
tularemia
plague
all of the above
5: Strict isolation of victims is required for all of the following conditions, EXCEPT_____.: Marburg viral fever
smallpox
anthrax
influenza
6: Which of the following therapeutic procedures pose high risk to caregivers when they are applied to patients with communicable respiratory infections?: aerosol therapy
endotracheal intubation
noninvasive positive pressure ventilation
all of the above
7: Which type of chemical agent requires massive doses of atropine for treatment?: blister agents
nerve agents
blood agents
lung damaging agents
8: Victims of _____ are likely to require respiratory management for pulmonary contusions, bronchopulmonary fistulae and/or acute lung injury.: blast injuries
radiation injuries
blood agents
blistering agents
9: Which of the following statements does NOT correctly apply to Project XTREME?: Its goal is to replace respiratory therapists
Other healthcare providers are cross-trained in basic respiratory care procedures
It is a Federal Government project
Project training modules include mechanical ventilation
10: Which type of ventilator is NOT suitable as a contingency ventilator for mass-casualty events?: anesthesia ventilator
noninvasive positive-pressure ventilator
transport ventilator
bag-valve ventilator