HL - Chapter 2 - First Aid - Unit 1 Lesson 5

Question 1

Bloodborne pathogens

Answer 1

microorganisms in human blood that can cause disease

Question 2

Airborne pathogens

Answer 2

microorganisms discharged from an infected person by coughing, sneezing, laughing, or close contact

Question 3

BSI

Answer 3

Body Substance Isolation

Question 4

Hepatitis B

Answer 4

Inflammation of the liver. Outside occupational settings, sexual
contact or sharing contaminated needles primarily transmits the hepatitis B virus

Question 5

Hepatitis C

Answer 5

Most common. Direct contact with human blood primarily transmits hepatitis C

Question 6

Signs and Symptoms of Hepatitis

Answer 6

flu-like symptoms, fever, body aches, fatigue, loss of appetite,
and weakness. Later stages of hepatitis include symptoms such as yellowing of the skin or eyes

Question 7

MRSA

Answer 7

Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. Wound site that is red, swollen, or painful, or an area that. is warm to the touch or is draining pus

Question 8

Hepatitis A

Answer 8

primarily spread through person-to- person contact through fecal contamination and oral ingestion