Nursing 3310A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ebola Virus Disease, Unwell, Notifiable Disease
24 Apr 2018
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1. understanding of definitions: catastrophe, epidemic, pandemic, health security. 2. review various examples of catastrophes in the world today. Sample multiple choice question 1: which organization is the local lead on emergency preparedness, a)middlesex london health unit, b)south west local health integration network c)london health sciences centre, d)london intercommunity health centre. You are following up on a case where a walk-in clinic nurse was found to have active tuberculosis. Types of catastrophe: natural disaster, ex. earthquake, hurricane, flood, forest fires, snowstorms, etc. Technological and human-made: ex. conflict, pollution, famine (relationship b/w natural and human-made; most often related to human causes and conflict) Epidemic is the rapid spread of infectious disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period or time, usually two weeks or less. For example meningococcal infection, an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered an epidemic.
