Mart6kamaralicee Mart6kamaralicee 16-01-2017 Health contestada 4. One way that you can help protect yourself from catching a communicable disease from a vector is to wear insect repellent. drink lots of water. wash your hands before eating and after touching animals or being around an infected person. avoid sexual contact. 5. What are the most urgent medical emergencies? when you are in a rush to get home when the victim is scared when the victim is unable to speak when the victim is a friend 6. A preparation used to create disease-fighting antibodies in order for you to be protected from a disease is a vaccine. pathogen. fungus. protozoan.