Ch 2- Well Being Of The EMT Flashcards
What is the first priority when on the scene
Scene safety
3 R’s of reacting to danger
Retreat, radio, reevaluate
Five stages of grief
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance
What is another name for a cumulative stress reaction
Burnout
What are the three stages of a stress reaction
Alarm reaction, stage of resistance, and exhaustion
Define distress
A negative form of stress
Define eustress
A good kind of stress
Give an example of a delayed stress reaction
PTSD
What act establishes exposure procedures
Ryan White care act
Define contamination
Introduction of bad things
Define critical incident stress management
A system to prevent and deal with stress appropriately
Define decontamination
Removal or cleansing of bad things
Define a hazardous material incident
Release of bad stuff into the environment
Define multiple casualty incident
Mergen see involving multiple patients
Define pathogen’s
Disease causing agents
Define personal protective equipment or PPE
Equipment to prevent personal exposure to substances
Define standard precautions
The assumption that all blood and body fluids are infectious
Define stress
Estate a physical and or psychological arousal to a stimulus
How is hepatitis B contracted
From body fluid contact
How is tuberculosis spread
Airborne droplets
