EFMB Study Guide 2021/2022 Field San_
Answered.
What is a disease or nonbattle injury?
- An injury or disease that is not due to batle
How do FSTs assist commanders in maintaining of health and well being of
soldiers?
- 1. Performing pest management within unit area
2. Supervising disinfection of unit water supplies and monitoring the residual
chlorine levels.
3. Teaching Soldiers individual water
purification techniques and the dangers of consuming unapproved food and drinks
4. inspecting unit level food personnel feeding facilities and food service
equipment
5. Supervising field latrines and garbage disposal facilities.
What does an FST consist of and where are they assigned?
- One NCO and 1 Soldier. If in medical unit, nco should be medical nco. 6 months
remaining after cert.
What kind of support does an FST require from brigade level prev med personnel?
- 1. Cert Training
2. Field screening an Analysis of supplies
3. Basic Pest management
4. Pesticide use
5. Medical surveillance
What are the 8 Health threats to a soldier in the field?
- 1. Endemic disesases
2. Food and water diseases
3. Hazardous plants and animals
4. Entomylogical diseases(nuisance pests and disease carrying vectors)
5. Toxic Industrial diseases
6. Deployment related stress
, 7. Hazardous Noise
8. Climatic or Environmental Extremes
What are preventative medicine measures and their principals?
- Measures: are simple common sense actions that every soldier can perform.
Principals:
1. soldier performing individual techniques of prev med. 2. FST trains soldiers in
prev med and advise comander on implementation of unit level measures.
3.Chain of command(CoC) plans for and enforces the measures.
What are protective measures that fall under a individual soldiers responsibilities?
- 1. Heat Injury. By following work/rest cycles and water consumption guidelines.
2. Cold Injury. by wearing proper clothing and staying dry.
3. Bug bites and diseases. By using insect repellant.
4. Enteric diseases. By using water purification tablets and avoiding unapproved
food.
5. Skin diseases. By washing the body
What are considerations when packing personal hygiene supplies?
- Soldiers should consider a 2 month supply of standard toiletry articles that can
last until sustainment of these items are insured.
When is handwashing and sanitizing most effective?
- When to wash and/or sanitize hands at a minimum: 1. before/after eating or
snacking.
2. before/after handling food.
3. After using the latrine.
4. After handling anything that could potentially transfer germs.
5. Frequently during the workday.
6. After coming into contact with any local floral or fauna.
7. After coming into contact with any local nationals.
How can you avoid contracting water and foodborne disease?
- 1. Only eat and drink from US approved food and water sources.
Answered.
What is a disease or nonbattle injury?
- An injury or disease that is not due to batle
How do FSTs assist commanders in maintaining of health and well being of
soldiers?
- 1. Performing pest management within unit area
2. Supervising disinfection of unit water supplies and monitoring the residual
chlorine levels.
3. Teaching Soldiers individual water
purification techniques and the dangers of consuming unapproved food and drinks
4. inspecting unit level food personnel feeding facilities and food service
equipment
5. Supervising field latrines and garbage disposal facilities.
What does an FST consist of and where are they assigned?
- One NCO and 1 Soldier. If in medical unit, nco should be medical nco. 6 months
remaining after cert.
What kind of support does an FST require from brigade level prev med personnel?
- 1. Cert Training
2. Field screening an Analysis of supplies
3. Basic Pest management
4. Pesticide use
5. Medical surveillance
What are the 8 Health threats to a soldier in the field?
- 1. Endemic disesases
2. Food and water diseases
3. Hazardous plants and animals
4. Entomylogical diseases(nuisance pests and disease carrying vectors)
5. Toxic Industrial diseases
6. Deployment related stress
, 7. Hazardous Noise
8. Climatic or Environmental Extremes
What are preventative medicine measures and their principals?
- Measures: are simple common sense actions that every soldier can perform.
Principals:
1. soldier performing individual techniques of prev med. 2. FST trains soldiers in
prev med and advise comander on implementation of unit level measures.
3.Chain of command(CoC) plans for and enforces the measures.
What are protective measures that fall under a individual soldiers responsibilities?
- 1. Heat Injury. By following work/rest cycles and water consumption guidelines.
2. Cold Injury. by wearing proper clothing and staying dry.
3. Bug bites and diseases. By using insect repellant.
4. Enteric diseases. By using water purification tablets and avoiding unapproved
food.
5. Skin diseases. By washing the body
What are considerations when packing personal hygiene supplies?
- Soldiers should consider a 2 month supply of standard toiletry articles that can
last until sustainment of these items are insured.
When is handwashing and sanitizing most effective?
- When to wash and/or sanitize hands at a minimum: 1. before/after eating or
snacking.
2. before/after handling food.
3. After using the latrine.
4. After handling anything that could potentially transfer germs.
5. Frequently during the workday.
6. After coming into contact with any local floral or fauna.
7. After coming into contact with any local nationals.
How can you avoid contracting water and foodborne disease?
- 1. Only eat and drink from US approved food and water sources.
