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increase reliability.
increase reliability.
Effectiveness:
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Implement this Announcement
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Allocate Resources to Team
Each team member will now receive five more Resource
Chips.
You have six more chips to allocate. Decide how to distribute all of them.
You have six more chips to allocate. Decide how to distribute all of them.
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Extent of Disease Knowledge:
Public Concern
Social Disruption
Public Education
Control Measures
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Briefing:
Task:
Create Symptom Profile
Step 1: Find Common Symptoms
First, review the symptom cards and decide which symptoms are most common. Then
mark which patients show those symptoms.
Each "YES" costs 1
Resource Chip.
Resource Chip.
Task:
Create Symptom Profile
Step 2: Choose Best Match
Now choose the best match between patients' symptoms and symptoms of known
diseases.
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You've made a preliminary identification!
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Task:
Create Symptom Profile
Step 3: Report Findings
Share your findings with your team members and request next steps.
Share
with Environmental Health Scientist
Share
with Public Health Officer & Community Health Educator
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Task:
Create Symptom Profile
Step 3: Report Findings
Share with Public Health Officer
You can recommend several public
service announcements (PSAs). If you are confident of the source, you can recommend alerting the
public to health risks a these sites.
Each requires you send 1 Resource Chip
to the PHO.
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Does this patient show the
common symptoms?
NO
NO
YES
YES
Now click
another card
to review it.
to review it.
Done Choosing
Choose the best match for symptoms:
Gastrointestinal:
Nausea
Vomiting
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Abdominal pain
Abdominal pain
Respiratory:
Fever
Cough
Fatigue
Cough
Fatigue
Headaches
Sore throat
Nasal congestion
Muscle aches
Sore throat
Nasal congestion
Muscle aches
Neurological:
Fever
Malaise
Malaise
Headaches
Seizures
Seizures
Disease Info
Extent of Disease Knowledge:
Control Measures
DNA Fingerprint
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Your Teammates have
received your messages.
received your messages.
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Task:
Request Lab Analysis
Choose which samples to send to the lab for
DNA fingerprinting.
Each fingerprint costs 2 Resource Chips. Choose Yes or No for each sample.
Order DNA Fingerprint of this
sample?
NO
NO
YES
YES
Done Choosing
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Another Player
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Good work! The lab has received
your samples.
You will be notified when the
DNA analysis is ready.
your samples.
You will be notified when the
DNA analysis is ready.
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Task:
Identify Source
Revise Source ID
Identify Pathogen
Step 1 of 3
Step 2 of 3
Step 3 of 3
Compare DNA fingerprints of sick people with those of field
samples and identify matches.
Decide if you need more samples to get more matches.
- Request more environmental samples
- Assign resources to collect more samples
Identify DNA fingerprints of the sick people with similar
diseases and choose the one that is the closest match.
Now allocate resources to pursue treatments for the
disease.
Drag Resource Chips to the most likely sources of the disease. You can assign all your chips to one source, or spread them out among all the matching sources. Use your best judgment!
The more chips you assign to a source, the more effort devoted to that treatment.
You can use all your chips!
Drag Resource Chips to the most likely sources of the disease. You can assign all your chips to one source, or spread them out among all the matching sources. Use your best judgment!
The more chips you assign to a source, the more effort devoted to that treatment.
You can use all your chips!
Now decide on the source of the disease. Drag one Resource Chip
to the best match!
Source
Is this a match?
NO
MAYBE
YES
Your Matches
Request More Environmental Samples
Assign Resources to These Sources
Identify Pathogen Causing Disesase
The Microbiologist says: I don't think that
DNA matches the patients' DNA. Why don't you ask the EHS for
more samples?
Request More Samples
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Resources
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Your teammates have received
your pathogen ID.
your pathogen ID.
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Your Teammate has
received your message.
received your message.
Good Work!
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Choose PPE:
More PPE reduces your chances of exposure but could slow you down and
increase fear among the public.
Continue
Continue
Decide how to sample
You can sample either:
Widely
(one type of sample from many spots)
(one type of sample from many spots)
OR
Deeply
(many types of samples from fewer spots)
(many types of samples from fewer spots)
Take Samples
Epidemiologist Samples Requested:
Each sample costs 1
Resource Chip.
Resource Chip.
SAMPLES COLLECTED
Done Collecting Samples
Assist at Triage Center
Several people here have problems or
concerns. Visit each one and try to resolve them.
Your Health
You need to deal with your own
health before you can assist anyone else.
IMPACT OF
TODAY'S DECISIONS
TODAY'S DECISIONS
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Control Measures:
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Done at
Screening Center
Screening Center
Drinking Fountain
Cafeteria
Football Field
Bathrooms
Pool
Drinking Fountain
Food Vendors
Bathrooms
Food Vendors
Pool
Drinking Fountain
Bathrooms
Pond
Drinking Fountain
Food Vendors
Bathrooms
Bathrooms
Food Prep
Bar
Food Storage
Hand Washing Stations
Sick Toddler
Sick Nurse
Line Cutters
Pets
Too Many People
Absent Inspector
Waiting in the Rain
Portable Toilets
Blocked Access
Choose Site for Screening Center
Parking Problems
Safety Issues
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Chips from
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Show Disease Info
Drive Yourself
1 Resource Chip
Drive Yourself
1 Resource Chip
Use Police Escort
2 Resource Chips
Use
Police Escort
2 Resource Chips
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CONTENT
There isn't enough
evidence for this choice.
You'll have to wait until the Epidemiologist has made more progress in identifying the disease.
You'll have to wait until the Epidemiologist has made more progress in identifying the disease.
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Extent of Disease Knowledge:
Extent of Disease Knowledge:
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Epi-Curve
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of New
Cases
of New
Cases
Illnesses
Deaths
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Public health saves lives—your life, the lives of your family and friends, and the lives
of people around the world. In fact, public health workers have
saved more lives than any other group. Working within communities, public health professionals prevent illness
and injury, control deadly diseases, help people through disasters,
deliver health care, educate people about healthy lifestyles, and keep the environment—including our food,
air and water—safe and clean.
An environmental health scientist (EHS) protects people's health and safety by:
- Identifying and addressing risks from hazards in the environment
- Educating people about the risks of exposure to disease and hazards
- Preventing air and water pollution, toxic chemical contamination and unsafe waste disposal
- Teaching people how to care for the environment
An epidemiologist investigates and reduces the spread of disease by:
- Collecting and analyzing data about public health and diseases
- Understanding demographic and social trends that affect disease
- Studying the causes and risks of medical conditions and disease outbreaks
- Working with other public health workers to control the spread of disease
A public health officer (PHO) leads other professionals to protect the public's
health and safety by:
- Managing policies and procedures
- Planning and delivering programs
- Consulting with government and elected officials
- Making announcements to the press and general public
- Working with others to minimize public concern and social disruption during emergencies
A community health educator (CHE) works directly with community members to:
- Inform the public about health issues and risks
- Identify people at risk for disease
- Teach people how to prevent and treat illness and protect the health of their families
- Provide information and services to individuals and families
This number represents how much your actions have helped control the epidemic.