Deck 7: Public Health

Question 1

Local EMS is the primary source of public health policy and regulation.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The ____ is the most prominent and influential international public health agency.

A) United Health Organization
B) United Nations Children's Fund
C) International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
D) World Health Organization

Answer 2

World Health Organization

Question 3

It is only in the past 20 years that significant public health agendas have been aimed at reducing environmental pollution.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The practice of ____ means isolating diseased individuals from the larger community.

A) abstinence
B) delineation
C) separation
D) quarantine

Question 5

____ is defined as the practice and discipline of improving the health of communities, and is focused primarily on prevention of illness and injury.

A) Public policy
B) Public health
C) Health policy
D) Health services

Question 6

While social and behavioral health issues may initially seem out of place in the public health sector, addressing these issues is very important to a population's overall wellbeing.

Question 7

Because Paramedics are primarily a community-based health organization, they are in a position to assist public health officials with identification of infectious diseases and mass immunization of the public.

Question 8

Largely through the efforts of the PHS, smallpox was declared eradicated in 1979, and polio is on the horizon to follow suit in the next several years.

Question 9

The partnership between EMS providers and public health officials in preparation for and response to pandemics, natural disasters, and mass casualties is vital to reducing morbidity and mortality in these situations.

Question 10

The ancient Romans understood the importance of sanitation in preventing the spread of disease throughout the empire and developed separate sewers and water delivery systems.

Question 11

Founded in 1971 to reduce and prevent work-related injuries, illness, and death, ____ is responsible for developing and enforcing various standards of safety in the workplace.

A) CDC
B) APHA
C) DHHS
D) OSHA

Question 12

____, specifically human and consumer waste, is a branch of environmental health directed at preventing waste from polluting the soil and water.

A) Hygiene
B) Cleanliness
C) Sanitation
D) Public health

Question 13

____, outbreaks of diseases that spread throughout a country or a region, are a constant threat to public health.

A) Pandemics
B) Epidemics
C) Plagues
D) Contagions

Question 14

The Public Health Service is an international nongovernmental organization established in 1967 to bring together multiple international public health workers for professional exchange, collaboration, and action.

Question 15

The ____ provides logistical support to local, county, and state public health departments.

A) US PHA
B) US PHS
C) US WHO
D) US HSA

Question 16

____ developed four "postulates" to establish that an organism is the cause of a particular disease.

A) Koch
B) Moore
C) Potter
D) Jung

Question 17

The potential intersections between Paramedics and public health care are numerous.

Question 18

____ is defined as "the branch of medical science that deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in a population."

A) Histology
B) Epidemiology
C) Immunology
D) Liability

Question 19

Even without access to physicians and nurses, the public can receive immunizations, health education, and other preventive measures through paramedics.

Question 20

For many patients who do not have primary care physicians, the ____ serves as a site for preventive (primary) medical care.

A) emergency department
B) ambulance
C) rescue truck
D) local firehouse

Question 21

____________________ is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity."

Question 22

The ____________________ works to promote the health of American citizens through preventive efforts, research, and public health practice and policy.

Question 23

____________________ health is considered the physical, chemical, biological, and psychosocial well-being of a person as it is related to the natural environment.

Question 24

____________________ is the application of statistical analysis to biological data, and is the mathematical component of epidemiology.

Question 25

The IOM made specific reference to EMS as the "____________________" of the public's health, referring to the juncture where public health and clinical medicine meet.