A patient is diagnosed with an ear infection and has been prescribed antibiotics. Which level of intervention has the patient received?
A patient is diagnosed with an ear infection and has been prescribed antibiotics. Which level of intervention has the patient received?
Correct Answer: 1
The secondary level involves activities that emphasize early diagnosis and treatment of an illness to stop the pathologic process and enable the person to return to his or her former state of health as soon as possible. This includes receiving treatment such as antibiotic therapy for an infection. Primary activities promote health and delay the occurrence of disease. Tertiary interventions focus on stopping the disease process and returning the individual to society within the constraints of a disability. There is no acute level of intervention.
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