Pandemic Influenza Prevention

1. Pandemic Influenza Prevention Shawanna Wilder RN, MSN PhD Candidate April 21, 2013

2. Learning Objectives • The learner will be able to define Pandemic Influenza • How to recognize, assess and address health effects • Define how Influenza spreads • How to prevent Influenza

3. Influenza Background • Different disease from one year to the next • Responsible for 20 million deaths in 1918-1919 • Asian flu emerged in 1957 • Hong Kong flu 1968 • 3 year old in Hong-Kong in 1997 died from a strain that infects chickens • 2003 bird flu emerged Schneider 2011

4. Types of Influenza virus • Type A • Widespread epidemics and pandemics • Type B • Regional or widespread epidemics • Type C • Sporadic and minor localized outbreaks Lundy & James, 2009

5. What is Pandemic Influenza • A contagious respiratory illness • Type A virus • Hybrid virus Novick, Morrow & Mays

6. Who is at risk? • Babies and young children • Elderly • Immunosuppressed • Chronic health conditions • Residents in nursing homes • Health-care personnel • Prisoners Centers for Disease Control and Prevention n.d.

7. Is it Influenza? Fever** Cough Sore throat Runny nose Centers for Disease Control and Prevention n.d.

8. Is it Influenza continued….. • Stuffy nose • Headaches • Fatigue • Vomiting • Diarrhea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention n.d.

9. Health effects Influenza complications Bacterial pneumonia Ear infections Sinus infections Dehydration Centers for Disease Control and Prevention n.d.

10. Health Effects continued…. • Congestive heart failure • Asthma • Diabetes • Death Centers for Disease Control and Prevention n.d

11. Spreading the Influenza • Droplets • Physical contact • Infected birds Centers for Disease Control and Prevention n.d

12. Gaps in Prevention • Surveillance • Training • Communication Centers for Disease Control and Prevention n.d

13. Prevention of Influenza • Vaccinations • http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/vaccination/index.htm Centers for Disease Control and Prevention n.d

14. Vaccinations • Injection • Nasal spray Centers for Disease Control and Prevention n.d

15. Who should not receive the Influenza virus injection vaccine • Allergy to eggs • Allergic reaction to influenza vaccine • History of Guillain-Barre Syndrome • People who are severely ill Centers for Disease Control and Prevention n.d

16. Prevention is KEY! • School Closing • Self Quarantine • Patient and household isolation • Flu/pandemic-resources/tools/downloads/communityflu.zip Centers for Disease Control and Prevention n.d

17. Prevention is the focus • Face mask Centers for Disease Control and Prevention n.d

18. CDC 3 Steps to Fighting Influenza • http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/index.htm • http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/habits/index.htm • http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/habits/index.htm Centers for Disease Control and Prevention n.d

19. The future of Influenza Prevention: Environmental Perspective • Environmental Conditions • Cold-dry • Humid-rainy (National Institute of Health [NIH], n.d.)

20. QUESTIONS

21. Contact Information Shawanna Wilder RN MSN shawanna.wilder@waldenu.edu

22. References Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Key Facts about Influenza (Flu) & Flu Vaccine. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/flu/keyfacts.htm Lundy, K. S., & James, S. (2009). Community Health Nursing: Caring for the Public’s Health (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett. National Institute of Health. (n.d.). Does Climate play a role in influenza transmission? Retrieved from Fogart International Center: http://www.fic.nih.gov/ Novick, L. F., Morrow, B. C., & Mays, G. P. (2008). Public Health Administration (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett. Schneider, M. (2011). Introduction to Public Health (3rd ed.). Sudburry, Ma: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.