tailieunhanh - Lecture Mosby's paramedic textbook (4th ed) - Chapter 28: Infectious and communicable diseases

This chapter include objectives: Identify the purpose of the patient care report; describe the uses of the patient care report; outline the components of an accurate, thorough patient care report; describe the elements of a properly written emergency medical services (EMS) document; describe an effective system for documenting the narrative section of a prehospital patient care report;. | 9/10/2012 1 Chapter 28 Infectious and Communicable Diseases 2 Lesson Health Principles 3 Copyright © 2013 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning Company 1 9/10/2012 Learning Objectives • Identify general public health principles related to infectious disease. • Describe the chain of elements necessary for an infectious disease to occur. 4 Learning Objectives • Explain how internal and external barriers affect susceptibility to infection. • Differentiate the four stages of infectious disease: the latent period, the incubation period, the communicability period, and the disease period. 5 Public Health and Infectious Disease • Infectious disease – Any illness caused by specific germ • Communicable disease – Infectious disease that can be passed from one person to another – Affect entire populations of people • Defined by location, age, socioeconomic status, and the relationships between groups • Display varying susceptibilities to infection and varying degrees of susceptibility 6 Copyright © 2013 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning Company 2 9/10/2012 Public Health and Infectious Disease • Factors that affect life cycle of infectious agent – International travel – Age distributions – Population settling and migration dictated by religion – Genetic factors – Effectiveness of treatment once infection established 7 Public Health and Infectious Disease • When disease outbreak occurs, local, state, private, and federal health agencies and other organizations become involved in prevention and management – Local agencies • First line of defense in disease surveillance and outbreak • Include municipal, city, and county agencies such as health departments, fire departments, and EMS agencies 8 Public Health and Infectious Disease • State agencies – Regulation and enforcement of federal guidelines – Required by statute or public law to meet or exceed federal guidelines – .