Ebola Quiz ED

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Ebola Awareness Quiz

Test your knowledge on the Ebola virus and the necessary protocols for managing potential cases in the Emergency Department. This quiz will cover the characteristics of stable and unstable patients, the appropriate use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and the correct response to exposures.

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11 Questions3 MinutesCreated by CaringNurse42

Would you don/Doff Stable patient PPE or Unstable patient PPE? A Patient checks into the ED and states they have a fever and have recently traveled to The Democratic Republic of the Congo 2 weeks prior. Vitals: BP 128/74, Pulse: 113, Respirations: 21, Temp: 102.3, SPo2: 97%.

Stable

Unstable

Would you don/Doff Stable patient PPE or Unstable patient PPE? A patient arrives to the ED via private car to the squad bay and calls out to vomiting blood and fever. There is noted bright red blood on the patient’s shoes. The patient reports to a recent Travel to North Kivu Africa. Vitals: BP: 98/63, Pulse: 122, Respirations: 18, Temp: 100.5, Spo2: 95%.

Stable

Unstable

What PPE would you Don for an Unstable patient?

A. Gown, Gloves x1, surgical mask, Goggles, and Shoe Covers.

B. Fluid Resistant gown, Mid calve boot covers, Gloves with extended cuffs x2, N95, Face Shield, and Hood.

C. Fluid Resistant gown, Mid Calve boot covers, gloves, N95, goggles, and hood.

D. Gloves with extended cuffs, fluid resistant gown, face mask, and face shield.

4. What PPE would you don for a Stable Patient?

A. Fluid Resistant gown, Mid calve boot covers, Gloves with extended cuffs x2, N95, Face Shield, and Hood.

B. Gown, gloves, N95, boot covers, goggles

C. Gloves with extended cuffs , fluid resistant gown, face mask, and face shield

D. Fluid Resistant gown, gloves with extended cuffs, face mask, goggles.

5. What do you do if a patient has traveled to an Ebola area within the last 21 days and is febrile?

A. Notify the charge nurse-they will contact administrator on call.

B. Put the patient in a negative pressure room with a clean and soiled zone (follow as if they are an exposure to substance on flow to room) (Rooms adjacent will be cleared of any patients).

C. Print the Ebola Virus Disease Personal Protective Equipment Policy and prepare PPE carts/supplies.

D. Apply PPE with an observer for the Donning and Doffing Process

E. All of the Above.

6. What is a clinically Stable patient under investigation?

A. No obvious signs of bleeding

B. No vomiting or diarrhea

C. Will not require any invasive procedures (suctioning, intubation, resuscitation) or aerosol-generating procedures.

D. All of the Above

7. What is a clinically unstable patient under investigation?

A. Obvious signs of bleeding

B. Requiring invasive procedures

C. A person with confirmed Ebola

D. All of the Above

8. What PPE does the Train Observing Don?

A. Fluid resistant gown, surgical mask, face shield, gloves with extended cuffs, shoe covers

B. Gown, surgical mask, gloves, boot covers

C. Gown, N95, Face shield, extend cuff gloves, boot covers

D. None of the Above

9. You are in the Doffing Process, what will you do after you remove each item of PPE?

A. Throw it into the trash can

B. Wash your hands with alcohol hand sanitizer with and/or without gloves on.

C. Put the PPE in a Large Bio Bin lined with 3 biohazard bags

D. Remove your gloves and wash your hands and apply new gloves after each item you remove

E. B & C

F. D & A

G. A & B

10. What do you do if you are exposed to bodily fluids from the patient under investigation to your direct skin?

A. Freak out and shower and burn your clothing

B. Wash the area with bleach and go back to taking care of the other patients after that patient leaves.

C. Shower immediately and inform infection prevention and employee health

D. Wash the area with bleach wipes.

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