Environmental Threats 68W LPC Practice Questions and Answers

Disease non battle injuries impact-combat power -effectiveness -morale of healthy troops Principles of preventive medicine-soldiers perform individual tech. of preventive medicine measures -field sanitation teams train soldiers in preventive medicine measures and advise commander and unit leaders on implementation of unit-level preventive medicine measures -chain of command plans for and enforces preventive medicine measures passive transmission /mechanical transmissionarthropod carries pathogen form one host to another. Causes GI issuses ex. cockroaches Active transmission / biological transmissiondisease causing agent undergoes some changes in body of the arthropod. pathogen may multiply or simply develop into an infectious form. there are four ways a pathogen can be passed to humans via active transmission "FRIC "F- fecal contamintion R-regurgitation I-inoculation C-crushing the vector 4 ways pathogen can be transmitted to humans via Active transmission/biological transmissionFRIC what is the most important arthropod to military for number reasonsmosquitos DEETapplied to skin surface Permethrinused on fabrics malariabite of malaria infected femal mosquito