Question

Download Community Case: Environmental Health Food Safety Case fait Columbia General Hospital, located in Johnson County, has observed 10 cases of smdar client symptoms in its emergency room in the past 10 hours Client ages range from 220 67 years old Chest symptoms consist of nausea, vomiting severe abdominal cramps headache, and dianbea Questions for students 1 What is your initial needs assessment of this situation? 2 Why might it be important to contact the Johnson County Health Depan 3. What are the duties and role of the local health depatment? 4. What aspects of vulnerable poprations could be factors in thus outbreak:

Answer 1

From the symptoms mentioned above the diagnosis could be Stomach Flu.

1. Initial assessments include:

To get patient past history like travels, contact with other sick people, current and past medical conditions, prescriptions & over the counter medications that the patient took.

Blood pressure monitoring, pulse check, signs of fever and dehydration, auscultation of abdomen, Retal check for blood in stool

2. it is important to inform about this flu outbreak to local health department as they investigate, interview patients, and perform diagnostic testing etc.

3. They will provide epidemiologic consultation and tools. provide lab support, they will check for other state outbreak events etc. may recall food involved in outbreaks.

4. Since the age ranges from 2 years & 67 years ,  they involve other adults for their support. so the flu can spread easily to other adults . This age aspect pose others vulnerable.