NURA 305 Final Exam Questions And Correct
Answers 2024-2025
Diagnosis of anthrax
Diagnosed by culture of infected tissue, blood tests, or PCR. Symptoms depend on the
form: cutaneous (skin), inhalation (lungs), or gastrointestinal (digestive tract)
What are the antibiotics that treats Anthrax
Ciprofloxacin, doxycycline, or penicillin
Post-Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
Antimicrobial treatment and possibly anthrax vaccine.
Patient Education if someone has anthrax
The affected individual should complete the entire course of the prescribed antibiotics.
Side effects of Ciprofloxacin, doxycycline, or penicillin
Look out for gastrointestinal distress or allergic reaction.
What is smallpox?
An now-extinct viral disease of the skin and body organs caused by a complex DNA virus
and accompanied by bleeding skin pustules, disfigurements, and multiple organ
involvements.
How do you diagnose smallpox?
Clinical diagnosis with confirmation via viral culture or PCR.
How do you treat smallpox?
○ Antivirals: tecovirimat or cidofovir (very limited efficacy, mainly for severe cases).
How do we care someone who has smallpox?
Isolation and symptom management.
How do you prevent smallpox?
vaccination
, Possible side effects of small pox vaccine
Advise on the possible side effects of the vaccine such as fever and rash.
What is a nerve agent?
A substance interfering with the transmission of nerve impulses, especially one causing
unconsciousness or convulsions and asphyxiation or cardiac arrest and having been
developed as a chemical warfare agent.
How is a nerve agent diagnosed?
Clinically by the presentation and history of exposure. Blood or urine test for
cholinesterase levels.
Emergency Response: Immediate treatment is crucial. Follow decontamination
procedures.
Radiation Diagnosis
: Clinical symptoms and exposure history
Why do we need potassium iodide for radiation treatment?
Protect the thyroid gland from radioactive iodine
Safety measures for radiation treatment
stay away from the area of exposure, protective gear.
What is gout?
Gout: uric acid crystals deposit in the joints. (Typically just one joint, but can be more.)
how to diagnose gout
Joint aspiration: under polarized light will see needle-shaped crystals with negative
birefringence
Radiographs
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