BEC + Public Health

Question 1

4 Ps of BEC?

Answer 1

Preserve life, Prevent situations, Promote recovery and Phone 999

Question 2

Number to call for help if within Ninewells?

Answer 2

222

Question 3

AMPLE handover acronym?

Answer 3

Allergies, Medications, PMH, Last meal and Events leading up to injury

Question 4

Depth and rate of chest compressions?

Answer 4

5-6 cm and 2 per second

Question 5

How many seconds should you assess breathing for?

Answer 5

10

Question 6

Timing of rescue breaths and ABC assessment during respiratory arrest?

Answer 6

Breaths every 5-6 seconds and reassess ABC every minute

Question 7

After how long should a patient be turned over in the recovery position?

Answer 7

30 minutes

Question 8

What is communitarianism/community ethics?

Answer 8

Is an act good for everyone affected by the act?

Question 9

What is deontology?

Answer 9

Is an act right or wrong irrespective of effects/consequences?

Question 10

What is consequentialism/utilitarianism?

Answer 10

Is an act right or wrong depending on the consequences?

Question 11

What is the religious theory?

Answer 11

Does an act respect the sanctity of human life?

Question 12

What is virtue ethics?

Answer 12

Am I constantly upholding my morals and values

Question 13

What are the 4 ethical principles from Beauchamps & Childress?

Answer 13

Autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice

Question 14

What is the biomedical model?

Answer 14

The body acting as a machine and not taking into account the patient

Question 15

What is the biopsychosocial model?

Answer 15

Taking into account the biological, social and psychological factors of a patient when considering mental health

Question 16

What is epidemiology?

Answer 16

Study of frequency, distribution and determinants of disease in a population

Question 17

What is the epidemiological triangle?

Answer 17

Host, agent and environment

Question 18

How to calculate incidence + what it means?

Answer 18

No of new disease cases/ no of people at risk of getting the disease + number of new cases to develop

Question 19

How to calculate prevalence?

Answer 19

No of new and previous disease cases/ no of people in the population + number of people affected by the disease

Question 20

What is the negative predictive value vs specificity?

Answer 20

Probability the test result will be negative if the disease is not present vs probability the disease is not present if the test result is negative

Question 21

What is the positive predictive value vs sensitivity?

Answer 21

Probability the test result will be positive if the disease is present vs probability the disease is present if the test result is positive

Question 22

What is the yield of a screening test?

Answer 22

Number of previously diagnosed cases that are picked up

Question 23

What is primary + secondary prevention?

Answer 23

Preventing a disease + preventing a disease from getting worse

Question 24

What is he most commonly missed area in hand-washing?

Answer 24

Fingertips

Question 25

What does the Swiss Cheese model demonstrate?

Answer 25

Cheese is the barriers to prevent patient harm and holes are the cases that slip through due to error