Across
- 2. A sample of urine, blood, or tissue taken for medical testing.
- 3. An epidemic that has spread over several countries or continents.
- 6. Essential life-sustaining liquid that Public Health works to keep "potable."
- 9. The state of being free from illness or injury.
- 12. To separate a person or group of people known or reasonably believed to be infected with a communicable disease.
- 13. The study of how often diseases occur in different groups of people and why.
Down
- 1. Resistance to the spread of a contagious disease within a population that results if a sufficiently high proportion of individuals are immune.
- 4. An EMS provider with the highest level of pre-hospital certification, able to administer drugs and perform intubation.
- 5. The "father" of modern epidemiology who traced a cholera outbreak to a water pump.
- 7. This type of care, received during pregnancy, is vital for the health of both the mother and the baby.
- 8. The practice of keeping oneself and one's surroundings clean to prevent disease.
- 10. The primary tool used to provide immunity against a specific disease.
- 11. A disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans.