Answers to the Test questions

Here are the answers to the test from a few days ago. I know you are all dying to know.
Barefoot Doctors Mid term Questions With Answers


1. A 47 yr old male just started TB treatment. He comes to you very worried that his urine is bloody and red. What is the most likely cause?
A: Rifampicin
2. 12 yr old girl had a sore throat and fever 2ws ago. She now has joint pain, fever, shortness of breath, and chest pain. What are you most worried that might be damaged?
A: Heart
3. Children should be vaccinated against measles at what age?
A: 12 months
4. You are seeing a child with a cold, fever, headache, and sore throat. There is a yellow-grey membrane in the back of his throat. What do you suspect?
A: Diphtheria
5. A Breast-feeding woman who develops a hot, swollen and painful lump on her breast. True or False: she should stop breast-feeding?
A: False
6. When would you not use an Artemisinin?
A: During the 1st three months of pregnancy.
7. If you suspect you have been bitten by a rabid dog you should kill the dog immediately? True or False?
A: False
8. If a baby has high fever, stiff neck, and convulsions and you suspect he has meningitis, What antibiotic would you use? How much? How often.?
A: Inject Ampicillin, 500mg. Every 4hrs. Or inject crystalline penicillin 1,000.000U. Every 4hrs. if possible, also give chloramphenicol
9. For treatment of snakebite you should…. Pick the correct answer below.
a. Wrap up the limp with a bandage?
b. Cut the skin around the bite to drain the venom?
c. Tie anything tight around the bite?
d. Try to suck the blood and venom out of the bite?
A: a.
10. Write down a normal pulse for
a. Adults . . . . 60-80
b. Children. . . . 80-100
c. Babies . . . 100-120

Extra Credit

11. How long after the bite of an infected mosquito does it take for dengue fever to begin?
A: 3-15 days. Usually 5-8 days.
12. An eight month old child weighs 6 kg. Is he on the “road to health?”
A: No