AMSA BASIC NURSING EXAMS SCRIPT UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Helminths - ✔✔Parasitic worms or flukes belonging to the animal kingdom
✔✔Portal of exit (link three) - ✔✔How the pathogen escapes the reservoir host
✔✔Exits include: - ✔✔(1) Mouth, nose, eyes, ears
(2) Intestines
(3) Urinary tract
(4) Reproductive tract
(5) Open wounds
✔✔Modes of transmission (link four) - ✔✔(A) Contact (ex. Direct, Indirect)
(B) Droplet
(C) Vector
(D) Vehicles
✔✔Droplet - ✔✔Expelled from coughing, sneezing, or talking
✔✔Direct contact - ✔✔Contact with an infected person or discharges such as urine or
feces from an infected person
✔✔Indirect contact - ✔✔Contact with contaminated objects such as needles, drinking
and eating utensils, dressings, and hospital equipment
✔✔Vector - ✔✔Ticks, fleas, or mosquitoes
✔✔Vehicles - ✔✔Water, blood, or food
✔✔Sterilization - ✔✔Eliminates and destroys all forms of microbial life (non-pathogens
and pathogens), including spores
✔✔Semi-critical items (must be high-level disinfected (HLD) or sterilized) - ✔✔(1)
Respiratory and anesthesia equipment
(2) Endoscopes, endotracheal tubes, GI endoscopes, diaphragm fitting rings
✔✔Hand washing involves? - ✔✔Washing the hands with soap & water for 20 seconds
followed by rinsing under a stream of water
✔✔Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - ✔✔Pieces of equipment that prevent the
transmission of disease, and protect gassing exposure to pathogens
, ✔✔Types of PPE vary depending on? - ✔✔Whether there are.. airborne, contact, or
droplet precautions
✔✔When is hand hygiene performed? - ✔✔Before gloving and immediately after the
removal. (Gloves are NEVER reused or washed)
✔✔If exposed to an infectious hazard, who should all personnel immediately notify? -
✔✔Immediate supervisor
✔✔What is public health responsible for? - ✔✔Identifying and preparing a list of
diseases that must be reported under federal, state, and local laws
✔✔When do you change the sharps container? - ✔✔3/4 full
✔✔If crash cart/procedure chart is used? - ✔✔Needs to be inventoried and re-stocked
immediately
✔✔If crash cart/procedure chart is unused? - ✔✔Inventory must be performed monthly
✔✔Electronic health record (EHR) - ✔✔An enterprise-wide clinical information
management system that provides secure online access to AD members, retirees and
their beneficiaries' health care records
✔✔ASIMS - ✔✔Aeromedical Services Information Management Systems
✔✔What does ASIMS do? - ✔✔Help bases keep their population current on all required
immunizations, medical readiness requirements, and occupational health requirements
✔✔What does ASIMS allow? - ✔✔Input, tracking, and history of all immunizations
✔✔When must PHAs be accomplished? - ✔✔12 month intervals (not to exceed 15
months)
✔✔Work excuse (Quarters) - ✔✔A full duty excuse provided to AD members receiving
medical or dental treatment for a disease or injury that does not require inpatient care
✔✔How long do work excuses last? - ✔✔Generally 24-72 hours depending on the
providers prescribed rest/recovery period
✔✔What forms will the technician ensure are completed - ✔✔AF form 469 & 618
✔✔AF form 469 - ✔✔Duty limiting condition report
✔✔AF form 618 - ✔✔Medical Board Report
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Helminths - ✔✔Parasitic worms or flukes belonging to the animal kingdom
✔✔Portal of exit (link three) - ✔✔How the pathogen escapes the reservoir host
✔✔Exits include: - ✔✔(1) Mouth, nose, eyes, ears
(2) Intestines
(3) Urinary tract
(4) Reproductive tract
(5) Open wounds
✔✔Modes of transmission (link four) - ✔✔(A) Contact (ex. Direct, Indirect)
(B) Droplet
(C) Vector
(D) Vehicles
✔✔Droplet - ✔✔Expelled from coughing, sneezing, or talking
✔✔Direct contact - ✔✔Contact with an infected person or discharges such as urine or
feces from an infected person
✔✔Indirect contact - ✔✔Contact with contaminated objects such as needles, drinking
and eating utensils, dressings, and hospital equipment
✔✔Vector - ✔✔Ticks, fleas, or mosquitoes
✔✔Vehicles - ✔✔Water, blood, or food
✔✔Sterilization - ✔✔Eliminates and destroys all forms of microbial life (non-pathogens
and pathogens), including spores
✔✔Semi-critical items (must be high-level disinfected (HLD) or sterilized) - ✔✔(1)
Respiratory and anesthesia equipment
(2) Endoscopes, endotracheal tubes, GI endoscopes, diaphragm fitting rings
✔✔Hand washing involves? - ✔✔Washing the hands with soap & water for 20 seconds
followed by rinsing under a stream of water
✔✔Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - ✔✔Pieces of equipment that prevent the
transmission of disease, and protect gassing exposure to pathogens
, ✔✔Types of PPE vary depending on? - ✔✔Whether there are.. airborne, contact, or
droplet precautions
✔✔When is hand hygiene performed? - ✔✔Before gloving and immediately after the
removal. (Gloves are NEVER reused or washed)
✔✔If exposed to an infectious hazard, who should all personnel immediately notify? -
✔✔Immediate supervisor
✔✔What is public health responsible for? - ✔✔Identifying and preparing a list of
diseases that must be reported under federal, state, and local laws
✔✔When do you change the sharps container? - ✔✔3/4 full
✔✔If crash cart/procedure chart is used? - ✔✔Needs to be inventoried and re-stocked
immediately
✔✔If crash cart/procedure chart is unused? - ✔✔Inventory must be performed monthly
✔✔Electronic health record (EHR) - ✔✔An enterprise-wide clinical information
management system that provides secure online access to AD members, retirees and
their beneficiaries' health care records
✔✔ASIMS - ✔✔Aeromedical Services Information Management Systems
✔✔What does ASIMS do? - ✔✔Help bases keep their population current on all required
immunizations, medical readiness requirements, and occupational health requirements
✔✔What does ASIMS allow? - ✔✔Input, tracking, and history of all immunizations
✔✔When must PHAs be accomplished? - ✔✔12 month intervals (not to exceed 15
months)
✔✔Work excuse (Quarters) - ✔✔A full duty excuse provided to AD members receiving
medical or dental treatment for a disease or injury that does not require inpatient care
✔✔How long do work excuses last? - ✔✔Generally 24-72 hours depending on the
providers prescribed rest/recovery period
✔✔What forms will the technician ensure are completed - ✔✔AF form 469 & 618
✔✔AF form 469 - ✔✔Duty limiting condition report
✔✔AF form 618 - ✔✔Medical Board Report
