FIELDCRAFT 3 FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔which diseased are a potential biowarfare agent and which insect carries them -
✔✔-Plague, Typhus, Tularemia.
-fleas
✔✔lyme disease
-what is it
-sign/symptom
-treatment - ✔✔what is it
-from ticks
sign/symptom
-red, slowly expanding "bulls-eye" rash or skin lesion (EM), tiredness, fever, headache,
stiff neck, muscle and joint aches.
-The illness typically presents in summer months.
treatment
-prevention
-remove tick: Gloves on, gentle steady traction with forceps or tweezers applied close to
the skin (Avoid leaving mouthparts in skn)
✔✔mites
-diseases
-habitat
-prevention - ✔✔active transmission
diseases
-scabies
-chiggers
habitat
-tall grass or underbrush near mammals.
prevention
-good personal hygiene and hand washing
✔✔scabies
-what is it
sign/symptoms
-treatment - ✔✔what is it
-from itch mites
sign/symptoms
,-Found in skin folds. (finger & toe webs, axilla, genital)
treatment
-apply ointments and clean clothes
✔✔chiggers
-what is it
-sign/symptom
-treatment - ✔✔what is it
-from immature stage of tiny red mite
sign/symptom
-Bites may continue to itch for 2-3 weeks.
-itching
-small welts
treatment
-Permethrin and DEET
✔✔lice
-species
-prevention - ✔✔species
-head lice: frequently found in schools and institutions
-crab lice: spread through sexual contact
-body lice: found in people living in crowded, unsanitary conditions and clothing is
infrequently changed or laundered.
prevention
-Good personal hygiene, regular changing of clothes, effective laundry procedures, not
sharing clothing or bedding
✔✔scorpion
-species/identification
-sign/symptom
-treatment - ✔✔active transmission
species
-Out of the almost 650 species of scorpions in the world and 40 species in the
Southwest US, only 1 type can cause death.
sign/symptom
-initial sting is very painful with little or no swelling or redness
treatment
-MO evaluation (in case of a severe reaction) and ice application to relieve localized
pain
, ✔✔brown recluse spider
-identification
-habitat
-sign/symptom
-treatment - ✔✔identification
-dark, violin shaped area in back
habitat
-Woodpiles, garages and dark places.
sign/symptom
-initial bite is mild, normally goes unnoticed.
-Pain begins 1-4 hours post bite.
-A red area will appear along with a central pustule.
-pustule may grow and form a crater over 3-4 days.
-The venom causes local tissue destruction.
-Healing is slow
treatment
-mostly supportive
-Ice for the pain.
-Antibiotics for secondary infections.
-Surgical excision of ulcerated area, if necessary
✔✔black widow spider
-identification
-sign/symptom
-treatment - ✔✔identification
-female: shiny black, red hourglass marking on abdomen
sign/symptom
-occur within 10-60min
-1st Hour: Pain of the bitten extremity & muscle spasms of the trunk.
-Over First 1.5 Days: headache, nausea and vomiting.
treatment
-Evac and MO evaluation for 12-24 hours.
-Pain management. In rare cases the MO may order antivenom
✔✔snakes
-poisonous species
-sign/symptom
-treatment - ✔✔-consider all snake bites to be from a poisonous snake
species
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔which diseased are a potential biowarfare agent and which insect carries them -
✔✔-Plague, Typhus, Tularemia.
-fleas
✔✔lyme disease
-what is it
-sign/symptom
-treatment - ✔✔what is it
-from ticks
sign/symptom
-red, slowly expanding "bulls-eye" rash or skin lesion (EM), tiredness, fever, headache,
stiff neck, muscle and joint aches.
-The illness typically presents in summer months.
treatment
-prevention
-remove tick: Gloves on, gentle steady traction with forceps or tweezers applied close to
the skin (Avoid leaving mouthparts in skn)
✔✔mites
-diseases
-habitat
-prevention - ✔✔active transmission
diseases
-scabies
-chiggers
habitat
-tall grass or underbrush near mammals.
prevention
-good personal hygiene and hand washing
✔✔scabies
-what is it
sign/symptoms
-treatment - ✔✔what is it
-from itch mites
sign/symptoms
,-Found in skin folds. (finger & toe webs, axilla, genital)
treatment
-apply ointments and clean clothes
✔✔chiggers
-what is it
-sign/symptom
-treatment - ✔✔what is it
-from immature stage of tiny red mite
sign/symptom
-Bites may continue to itch for 2-3 weeks.
-itching
-small welts
treatment
-Permethrin and DEET
✔✔lice
-species
-prevention - ✔✔species
-head lice: frequently found in schools and institutions
-crab lice: spread through sexual contact
-body lice: found in people living in crowded, unsanitary conditions and clothing is
infrequently changed or laundered.
prevention
-Good personal hygiene, regular changing of clothes, effective laundry procedures, not
sharing clothing or bedding
✔✔scorpion
-species/identification
-sign/symptom
-treatment - ✔✔active transmission
species
-Out of the almost 650 species of scorpions in the world and 40 species in the
Southwest US, only 1 type can cause death.
sign/symptom
-initial sting is very painful with little or no swelling or redness
treatment
-MO evaluation (in case of a severe reaction) and ice application to relieve localized
pain
, ✔✔brown recluse spider
-identification
-habitat
-sign/symptom
-treatment - ✔✔identification
-dark, violin shaped area in back
habitat
-Woodpiles, garages and dark places.
sign/symptom
-initial bite is mild, normally goes unnoticed.
-Pain begins 1-4 hours post bite.
-A red area will appear along with a central pustule.
-pustule may grow and form a crater over 3-4 days.
-The venom causes local tissue destruction.
-Healing is slow
treatment
-mostly supportive
-Ice for the pain.
-Antibiotics for secondary infections.
-Surgical excision of ulcerated area, if necessary
✔✔black widow spider
-identification
-sign/symptom
-treatment - ✔✔identification
-female: shiny black, red hourglass marking on abdomen
sign/symptom
-occur within 10-60min
-1st Hour: Pain of the bitten extremity & muscle spasms of the trunk.
-Over First 1.5 Days: headache, nausea and vomiting.
treatment
-Evac and MO evaluation for 12-24 hours.
-Pain management. In rare cases the MO may order antivenom
✔✔snakes
-poisonous species
-sign/symptom
-treatment - ✔✔-consider all snake bites to be from a poisonous snake
species
