Questions and CORRECT Answers
DD Form 689 - CORRECT ANSWER - Individual sick call slip
What is a DD Form 689 used for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pt who request or receives
medical/dental evaluation or tx at an MTF
The DD Form 689 may be used as means of what? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Communication between medical personnel and the pt commander
What is a SF 600 - CORRECT ANSWER - Chronological Record of Medical Care
Each entry on the SF 600 needs to show what 3 things? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Date/time
MTF involved
Signature of person making entry
How do you correct an error on a SF 600? - CORRECT ANSWER - Draw a single line
through the info write "ERROR" and your initials
What does HIPPA stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act
Personnel not involved in a pt care or in medical research will not have access to pt info unless
the following situations apply: - CORRECT ANSWER - Access is required by law,
Access is needed for hospital accreditation
Access is authorized by pt
,Disclosure of medical info - CORRECT ANSWER - Handled by the patient administrator.
Who will establish a protocol for how much of a medical history and physical examination the
combat medic will elicit prior to the patient being evaluated by a medical officer - CORRECT
ANSWER - Medical officer
The term Quarters means what? - CORRECT ANSWER - Rest in the patients place or
domicile this freedom of movement also extends to the dining facility and medical treatment
facility as well.
Bed rest - CORRECT ANSWER - Patient is restricted to their bed with allowances for
necessary, travel to the dining facility and latrine.
Who is able to decide the successful completion of a mission requires a soldier to break their
profile - CORRECT ANSWER - Commander
What is a microorganism - CORRECT ANSWER - Microscopic living cells found almost
everywhere in the environment
Microorganisms that caused disease are called what? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pathogens
What is the condition in which a pathogen invades the body and begins to multiply? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Bacterial infection
What five environmental factors affect the growth of microorganisms? - CORRECT
ANSWER - O2, nutrients, temp, moisture, PH, Light
What are two common techniques used to kill pathogenic microorganisms? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Steam sterilization and boiling h2o
, What is algae? - CORRECT ANSWER - Resemble plant cells found on sunlit water and
rarely cause human disease.
What is Fungi? - CORRECT ANSWER - yeasts and molds
What is Protozoa? - CORRECT ANSWER - Called microscopic microorganisms.
What is bacteria? - CORRECT ANSWER - Celled organisms without a nucleus.
What are spores? - CORRECT ANSWER - The most difficult to destroy.
What is pathogenic bacteria? - CORRECT ANSWER - Drug resistant bacteria example
MRSA.
What is a virus? - CORRECT ANSWER - To use the host ability to make protein and
energy.
What is the chain of infection? - CORRECT ANSWER - infectious agent, reservoir, portal
of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
What is a communicable disease? - CORRECT ANSWER - a disease that is spread from
one person to another
What is a contagious disease? - CORRECT ANSWER - Which are transmitted to many
individuals quickly and easily.
What is an epidemic? - CORRECT ANSWER - Number of people in the same area are
infected in a relatively short time.