Ch 12

• Tobacco
• Alcohol
• Caffeine
• Over-the-counter medications/herbal supplements
• Sexual and street drugs

• Onset- When did this begin
• Provokes- Does anything make it better or worse
• Quality- What is the pain like
• Radiation- Where does it hurt/does the pain move
• Severity- On a scale 1-10 Describe
• Timing- Has this been constant or come and go?
• Interventions- Have you taken anything to try and make it better

• Hep A- Fecal-Oral, Infected food or drink
• Hep B- Blood, Sexual contact, Saliva, Breast Milk
• Hep C- Blood, Sexual Contact
• Hep D- Blood, Sexual Contact

• 1. The Patients blood is splashed or sprayed into your eyes, nose, or mouth, into cut/sore.
• 2. You have blood from the infected patient on your hands and then touch your own eyes, nose, mouth.
• 3. A needle used to inject the patient breaks your skin. Risk is slim but most dangerous.
• 4. Broken glass at a motor vehicle collision or other incident may penetrate your glove, which could have blood from an infected patient.

Hantavirus- rare but deadly virus carried by rodent urine and droppings.

West Nile Virus- Comes from mosquitos and it affects birds and humans.

SARS- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome- flulike symptoms, respiratory failure, etc.

Avian Flu- Bird Flu- cause by birds that naturally occurs in birds.

H1N1- Swine Flu- Been in animals for years, new to humans.