A monthly quiz to test your ambulance knowledge:
Quiz 8
1) The principal source of infection for hepatitis B is:
a: cough paticles
b: urine
c: blood
e: faeces
2) Using the "rule of nines" the percentage of body area represented by the head is:
a: 9%
b: 5%
c: 18%
d: 10%
3) The nerve that controls the diaphragm is called:
a: glossopharyngeal
b: phrenic
c: gastric
d: hypoglossal
4) The term used to indicate that there are always cases of disease in one area
at any given time is:
a: sporadic
b: pandemic
c: endemic
d: epidemic
5) The position used to assist blood flow back to the head is:
a: fowler
b: trendelenburg
c: recumbent
d: prone
6) When estimating burns, the percentage area of the body represented by two arms is:
a: 9%
b: 18%
c: 36%
d: 10%
7) The body weight is made up of water to a level of:
a: 60%
b: 70%
c: 80%
d: 90%
8) The international definition for the weight of a premature baby is:
a: 3kg
b: 2.5kg
c: 4.5kg
d: 5kg
9) The incubation period of an infectious disease is:
a: the period which the infected person is kept apart from other persons
b: the period during which contacts are isolated
c: the period between entry of the body by invading germs and the first signs and symptoms
of the disease:
d: the building of the body's defences against the disease
10) The position most favoured for the transportation of an acute abdominal condition is:
a: fowler
b: semi-recumbent
c: recumbent
d: trendelenburg
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