FIELDCRAFT 3 MAIN EXAMINATION SET QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Mites are generally found in - ✔✔tall grass or underbush close to watering holes and
resting places
✔✔Scabies - ✔✔contagious skin disease transmitted by the itch mite
✔✔Where are scabies found - ✔✔in skin folds, such as fingers, toe webs, axilla genital
area
✔✔Treatment of scabies - ✔✔Ointments and cleaning clothes
✔✔Prevention of scabies - ✔✔avoid people with scabies, handwashing, maintain good
hygine
✔✔Chiggers Bite signs - ✔✔itching and small welts
✔✔Three type of "louse" - ✔✔body louse, head louse, crab louse
✔✔Head lice transmission - ✔✔contact frequent in schools and institutions
✔✔Crab lice transmission - ✔✔sexual contact
✔✔BOdy lice transmission - ✔✔crowded living, unsanitary conditions, poor hygine
✔✔Prevention of Lice - ✔✔Thorough cleaning
a) All bedding, pillows
b) Clothing hats
c) Brushes combs etc.
d) Stuffed animals bagged for couple of weeks
e) clothes
Otherwise spread to others/ reinfect self
Do not share bedding or clothes
✔✔Scorpians are _________________ - ✔✔arachnid
✔✔How many species of scorpians are deadly to humans in the southwestern US -
✔✔1
✔✔Initial sting of scorpian - ✔✔very painful with little no swelling or redness
✔✔Scorpian treatment - ✔✔Refer to MO
,Ice application to relieve localized pain
✔✔How does the brown recluse spider look - ✔✔dark, violin shaped area on the back.
✔✔Where are brown recluse spiders found? - ✔✔woodpiles, garages, dark places
✔✔What does brown recluse spider bites do - ✔✔local tissue destruction
✔✔Signs and Symptoms of Brown Recluse Spider Bite - ✔✔Bite initially mild, or goes
unnoticed
Pain at site begins 1-4 hours later and a red area appears along with a pustule or
vesicle
Fever, myalgias, N/V
✔✔Healing speed for brown recluse spider bite - ✔✔slow
✔✔Tx of brown recluse spider bite - ✔✔Refer to Mo
Ice and Elevate
Tetanus
Anitbiotics if secondary infection exists
Occasional surgical excision of the ulcerated area is needed
✔✔How do female black widow spiders look like - ✔✔shiny black, red hourglass
marking on her abdomen
✔✔When do symptoms of a black widow spider start - ✔✔10-60 minutes after the bite
✔✔Black widow spider symptoms - ✔✔10-60 minutes- severe pain, muscle spasm of
abdomen and trunk
24-36 Hours- Headache, N/V
✔✔Treatment of black widow bites - ✔✔Refer to MO
Observation
Occasionally, antivenom
, ✔✔Consider all snake bites to be_______________ - ✔✔poisonous
✔✔Two types of poisonous snakes in the US - ✔✔Coral snake, pit viper
✔✔Symptoms of Snake BIte - ✔✔noticeable bite or scratch on the skin, pain and
progressive swelling, rapid pulse, labored breathing, N/V, weakness to
unconsciousness, anaphylaxis, anaphylactic shock
✔✔Field TX of Snake Bite - ✔✔Maintain ABC
Look for allergic/anaphylaxis
Start IV in unaffected extremity
Remove watches and jewelry from affected extremity
Reassure and keep calm
Gently clean site
Immobilize bitten side
✔✔What not to do when handling dead snakes - ✔✔do not touch head of snake as it
might still be venomous
✔✔What not to do for snake bites - ✔✔delay tx to capture the snkes
Suction or cut into the bite site
Place ice on bite site
✔✔Risk factors of heat and cold injury - ✔✔Very young, very old
Poor health
Fatigue
Predisposing medical conditions( atherosclerosis, hypovelemia, diabetes, alcohol,
previous weather related injury)
✔✔Medications that increase risk of weather related injury - ✔✔Peripheral vasodilator
Diuretics
Nicotine
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Mites are generally found in - ✔✔tall grass or underbush close to watering holes and
resting places
✔✔Scabies - ✔✔contagious skin disease transmitted by the itch mite
✔✔Where are scabies found - ✔✔in skin folds, such as fingers, toe webs, axilla genital
area
✔✔Treatment of scabies - ✔✔Ointments and cleaning clothes
✔✔Prevention of scabies - ✔✔avoid people with scabies, handwashing, maintain good
hygine
✔✔Chiggers Bite signs - ✔✔itching and small welts
✔✔Three type of "louse" - ✔✔body louse, head louse, crab louse
✔✔Head lice transmission - ✔✔contact frequent in schools and institutions
✔✔Crab lice transmission - ✔✔sexual contact
✔✔BOdy lice transmission - ✔✔crowded living, unsanitary conditions, poor hygine
✔✔Prevention of Lice - ✔✔Thorough cleaning
a) All bedding, pillows
b) Clothing hats
c) Brushes combs etc.
d) Stuffed animals bagged for couple of weeks
e) clothes
Otherwise spread to others/ reinfect self
Do not share bedding or clothes
✔✔Scorpians are _________________ - ✔✔arachnid
✔✔How many species of scorpians are deadly to humans in the southwestern US -
✔✔1
✔✔Initial sting of scorpian - ✔✔very painful with little no swelling or redness
✔✔Scorpian treatment - ✔✔Refer to MO
,Ice application to relieve localized pain
✔✔How does the brown recluse spider look - ✔✔dark, violin shaped area on the back.
✔✔Where are brown recluse spiders found? - ✔✔woodpiles, garages, dark places
✔✔What does brown recluse spider bites do - ✔✔local tissue destruction
✔✔Signs and Symptoms of Brown Recluse Spider Bite - ✔✔Bite initially mild, or goes
unnoticed
Pain at site begins 1-4 hours later and a red area appears along with a pustule or
vesicle
Fever, myalgias, N/V
✔✔Healing speed for brown recluse spider bite - ✔✔slow
✔✔Tx of brown recluse spider bite - ✔✔Refer to Mo
Ice and Elevate
Tetanus
Anitbiotics if secondary infection exists
Occasional surgical excision of the ulcerated area is needed
✔✔How do female black widow spiders look like - ✔✔shiny black, red hourglass
marking on her abdomen
✔✔When do symptoms of a black widow spider start - ✔✔10-60 minutes after the bite
✔✔Black widow spider symptoms - ✔✔10-60 minutes- severe pain, muscle spasm of
abdomen and trunk
24-36 Hours- Headache, N/V
✔✔Treatment of black widow bites - ✔✔Refer to MO
Observation
Occasionally, antivenom
, ✔✔Consider all snake bites to be_______________ - ✔✔poisonous
✔✔Two types of poisonous snakes in the US - ✔✔Coral snake, pit viper
✔✔Symptoms of Snake BIte - ✔✔noticeable bite or scratch on the skin, pain and
progressive swelling, rapid pulse, labored breathing, N/V, weakness to
unconsciousness, anaphylaxis, anaphylactic shock
✔✔Field TX of Snake Bite - ✔✔Maintain ABC
Look for allergic/anaphylaxis
Start IV in unaffected extremity
Remove watches and jewelry from affected extremity
Reassure and keep calm
Gently clean site
Immobilize bitten side
✔✔What not to do when handling dead snakes - ✔✔do not touch head of snake as it
might still be venomous
✔✔What not to do for snake bites - ✔✔delay tx to capture the snkes
Suction or cut into the bite site
Place ice on bite site
✔✔Risk factors of heat and cold injury - ✔✔Very young, very old
Poor health
Fatigue
Predisposing medical conditions( atherosclerosis, hypovelemia, diabetes, alcohol,
previous weather related injury)
✔✔Medications that increase risk of weather related injury - ✔✔Peripheral vasodilator
Diuretics
Nicotine
