NURS 221 Bioterrorism & MCIs (A+ Graded already)

level I correct answers local response adequate to manage disater level II correct answers regional efforts capable of providing needed resources level III correct answers local and regional assets are not sufficient; state or federal assistance is required 5 correct answers Local communities must be prepared to act independently for ___ days after a disaster ICS correct answers Incident command system. A center of operations for organization planning and research distributions and also determines when a MCI has ended CISM correct answers Critical Incident Stress Management Anthrax correct answers Ingested, skin contact and inhaled Smallpox correct answers Airborne and contact precautions Chemical Agents correct answers Vesicants, nerve agents, blood agents and pulmonary agents Nerve agents correct answers result in cholinergic crisis Blood agents correct answers cyanide - not enough blood to the body pulmonary agents correct answers affect the lungs Vesicants decontamination correct answers done with soap and water Nerve Agents - Sarin & VX correct answers Inhibit cholinesterase - acetylcholine is not broken down blood agents - hydrogen cyanide & cyanogen chloride correct answers direct affect on cellular metabolism, resulting in asphyxiation through alterations in hemoglobin respiratory correct answers blood agents - hydrogen cyanide & cyanogen chloride lead to _________ muscle failure, respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, and death Pulmonary Agents correct answers Phosgene and Chlorine - both vaporize rapidly causing pulmonary injury pulmonary membrane correct answers pulmonary agents destroy the ____ ______ that separates the alveolus from the capillary bed, disrupting the alveolar-capillary oxygen transport mechanisms. Capillary leakage results in fluid-filled alveoli