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2026 Review Guide
• Heard Immunity? -✓✓ Is when heaps of people are immune or vaccinated to a
virus, leaving it no where to go.
• Active immunity? -✓✓ A form of acquired immunity (natural/ vaccines) in which
the body produces its own antibodies against disease-causing antigens.
• Passive Immunity? -✓✓ Short-term immunity that results from the introduction
of antibodies from another person or animal, to protect against a virus (e.g breast
milk from mother to baby).
• Mental health act section 8a to 14? -✓✓ A last resort which can take away a
individuals rights who is mentally unwell.
• Mental health act section 8a? -✓✓ Application of assessment of an individual.
(this application can. be done by anyone who is 18+ and has seen the individual
within the last 3 days.)
• Mental health act section 8B? -✓✓ Application of assessment of a individual
which is done by a medical practitioner in support of 8a (practitioner must have
seen the individual within the last 3 days).
• Mental health act section 9? -✓✓ arrangement to attend preliminary assessment
examination (presented by Duty authorised officer (DOA) in presence of family,
career or justice of the peace). DAO gives the patient their rights.
,• Mental health act section 10? -✓✓ Psychiatrist assessment if indication of mental
instability, the patient then becomes under the mental health act. Certificate of
preliminary assessment.
• Mental health act section 11? -✓✓ Patient undergoes treatment and assessment
for 5 days.
• Mental health act section 12? -✓✓ Patient undergoes treatment and assessment
for a further 14 days, 5 days was not enough.
• Mental health act section 14? -✓✓ Final assessment of the patient. Application to
attend court (compulsory treatment order)
• Mental health act section 16? -✓✓ Review of patient's condition by judge after
requested by a patient who feels like they don't need to be under the act. if Judge
decides if patient needs further mental health treatment - if yes they can be held
inpatient for 3-6 months.
• 3 stages of wound healing? -✓✓ -inflammatory stage: controlling bleeding with
vasoconstriction & clot formation; delivering oxygen WBC & nutrients to the area
via blood supply
-proliferative stage: replacing lost tissue with connective tissue or granulated
tissue; contracting wound's edges, resurfacing of new epithelia cells
-remodeling stage: strengthening of collagen scar
• Crackles in the lungs mean? -✓✓ Fluid is in the lungs.
,• When is the best time to collect a sputum sample? -✓✓ Right after waking up in
morning.
• Rheumatic fever is what? -✓✓ An illness that happens after coming into contact
with a bacteria called streptococcus-A
• What does rheumatic fever effect? -✓✓ Heart and it's valves (aortic & mitral)
• How long does rheumatic fever take to manifest? -✓✓ About 1-5 weeks after
having strep throat or Scarlett fever or coming into contact with the streptococcus-
A bacteria.
• Signs and symptoms of rheumatic fever? -✓✓ Fever, painful joints, SOB, chest
pain, fatigue.
• Treatment of rheumatic fever? -✓✓ NSAID, antibiotics
• prevention of rheumatic fever? -✓✓ Hand washing and treating strep throat fast
with antibiotics
• Tuberculosis is what? -✓✓ An infectious disease caused by bacterium
mycobacterium
• Tuberculosis signs and symptoms? -✓✓ Chronic fever, weight loss, cough,
sputum production
, • Tuberculosis testing? -✓✓ TB Skin Testing (Manotoux PPD skin test - injecting
the fluid called tuberculin into the skin and looking for a reaction within 48-72
hours) or Blood Test
• Treatment for tuberculosis? -✓✓ antibiotics.
• Risperidone is what? -✓✓ An antipsychotic
• Why use a spacer for inhaled medications? -✓✓ It allows the user to have more
time to inhale making it easier for it to be delivered more efficiently to bronchioles
giving the medication more time to be absorbed smoothly.
• Salbutamol is what? -✓✓ It is a short acting bronchodilator
• Why change the site that insulin is administered? -✓✓ To prevent lipodystrophy
and bruising.
• lipodystrophy is what? -✓✓ A rare syndrome that can cause a person to lose fat
from some parts of the body such as particular subcutaneous adipose tissue
• what metabolism is effected by diabetes? -✓✓ Protein metabolism
• glucagon? -✓✓ A protein hormone secreted by pancreatic endocrine cells that
INCREASES BLOOD SUGAR levels; an antagonistic hormone to insulin.
• insulin? -✓✓ A hormone produced by the pancreas or taken as a medication by
many diabetics that DECREASES BLOOD SUGAR
and Updated Questions and Answers |
2026 Review Guide
• Heard Immunity? -✓✓ Is when heaps of people are immune or vaccinated to a
virus, leaving it no where to go.
• Active immunity? -✓✓ A form of acquired immunity (natural/ vaccines) in which
the body produces its own antibodies against disease-causing antigens.
• Passive Immunity? -✓✓ Short-term immunity that results from the introduction
of antibodies from another person or animal, to protect against a virus (e.g breast
milk from mother to baby).
• Mental health act section 8a to 14? -✓✓ A last resort which can take away a
individuals rights who is mentally unwell.
• Mental health act section 8a? -✓✓ Application of assessment of an individual.
(this application can. be done by anyone who is 18+ and has seen the individual
within the last 3 days.)
• Mental health act section 8B? -✓✓ Application of assessment of a individual
which is done by a medical practitioner in support of 8a (practitioner must have
seen the individual within the last 3 days).
• Mental health act section 9? -✓✓ arrangement to attend preliminary assessment
examination (presented by Duty authorised officer (DOA) in presence of family,
career or justice of the peace). DAO gives the patient their rights.
,• Mental health act section 10? -✓✓ Psychiatrist assessment if indication of mental
instability, the patient then becomes under the mental health act. Certificate of
preliminary assessment.
• Mental health act section 11? -✓✓ Patient undergoes treatment and assessment
for 5 days.
• Mental health act section 12? -✓✓ Patient undergoes treatment and assessment
for a further 14 days, 5 days was not enough.
• Mental health act section 14? -✓✓ Final assessment of the patient. Application to
attend court (compulsory treatment order)
• Mental health act section 16? -✓✓ Review of patient's condition by judge after
requested by a patient who feels like they don't need to be under the act. if Judge
decides if patient needs further mental health treatment - if yes they can be held
inpatient for 3-6 months.
• 3 stages of wound healing? -✓✓ -inflammatory stage: controlling bleeding with
vasoconstriction & clot formation; delivering oxygen WBC & nutrients to the area
via blood supply
-proliferative stage: replacing lost tissue with connective tissue or granulated
tissue; contracting wound's edges, resurfacing of new epithelia cells
-remodeling stage: strengthening of collagen scar
• Crackles in the lungs mean? -✓✓ Fluid is in the lungs.
,• When is the best time to collect a sputum sample? -✓✓ Right after waking up in
morning.
• Rheumatic fever is what? -✓✓ An illness that happens after coming into contact
with a bacteria called streptococcus-A
• What does rheumatic fever effect? -✓✓ Heart and it's valves (aortic & mitral)
• How long does rheumatic fever take to manifest? -✓✓ About 1-5 weeks after
having strep throat or Scarlett fever or coming into contact with the streptococcus-
A bacteria.
• Signs and symptoms of rheumatic fever? -✓✓ Fever, painful joints, SOB, chest
pain, fatigue.
• Treatment of rheumatic fever? -✓✓ NSAID, antibiotics
• prevention of rheumatic fever? -✓✓ Hand washing and treating strep throat fast
with antibiotics
• Tuberculosis is what? -✓✓ An infectious disease caused by bacterium
mycobacterium
• Tuberculosis signs and symptoms? -✓✓ Chronic fever, weight loss, cough,
sputum production
, • Tuberculosis testing? -✓✓ TB Skin Testing (Manotoux PPD skin test - injecting
the fluid called tuberculin into the skin and looking for a reaction within 48-72
hours) or Blood Test
• Treatment for tuberculosis? -✓✓ antibiotics.
• Risperidone is what? -✓✓ An antipsychotic
• Why use a spacer for inhaled medications? -✓✓ It allows the user to have more
time to inhale making it easier for it to be delivered more efficiently to bronchioles
giving the medication more time to be absorbed smoothly.
• Salbutamol is what? -✓✓ It is a short acting bronchodilator
• Why change the site that insulin is administered? -✓✓ To prevent lipodystrophy
and bruising.
• lipodystrophy is what? -✓✓ A rare syndrome that can cause a person to lose fat
from some parts of the body such as particular subcutaneous adipose tissue
• what metabolism is effected by diabetes? -✓✓ Protein metabolism
• glucagon? -✓✓ A protein hormone secreted by pancreatic endocrine cells that
INCREASES BLOOD SUGAR levels; an antagonistic hormone to insulin.
• insulin? -✓✓ A hormone produced by the pancreas or taken as a medication by
many diabetics that DECREASES BLOOD SUGAR
