What Is the First Priority for the Health Care Professional

question 15

Multiple Choice

What is the first priority for the health care professional in a biological terrorism situation?

• A)Identify the agent
• B)Stop the dissemination of the agent
• C)Report the attack to the Health Alert Network
• D)Personal safety

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Definitions:

Concrete Operational

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where children begin to think logically about concrete events.

Preoperational

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development (approximately ages 2-7) where children begin to use language and think symbolically, but lack logical operations.

Formal Operational

The stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where individuals learn to think logically about abstract concepts and hypothetical situations.

Division

A mathematical operation in which one quantity is divided by another, resulting in a quotient that shows how many times one number is contained within another.