Ch. 2 Workforce Safety and Wellness

Question 1

Acute Stress Reactions

Answer 1

Reaction to stress that occurs during a stressful situation.

Question 2

Airborne Transmission

Answer 2

The spread of an organism in aerosol form

Question 3

Bloodborne Pathogens

Answer 3

Pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans. These human immunodeficiency virus.

Question 4

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Answer 4

The primary federal agency that conducts and supports public health activities in the United States. The CDC is part of the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Question 5

Communicable Disease

Answer 5

Any disease that can be spread from person to person or from animal to person.

Question 6

Concealment

Answer 6

The use of objects such as shrubs or bushes to limit a person’s visibility of you.

Question 7

Contamination

Answer 7

The presence of infectious organisms on or in objects such as dressings, water, food, needles, wounds, or a patient’s body.

Question 8

Cover

Answer 8

The tactical use of an impenetrable barrier to conceal EMS personnel and protect them from projectiles (for example bullets, bottles, and rocks)

Question 9

Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)

Answer 9

A process that confronts responses to critical incidents and defuses them.

Question 10

Cumulative Stress Reactions

Answer 10

Prolonged or excessive stress

Question 11

Delayed Stress Reactions

Answer 11

Reaction to stress that occurs after a stressful reaction

Question 12

Designated Officer

Answer 12

The person in the department who is charged with the responsibility of managing exposures and infection control issues.

Question 13

Direct Contact

Answer 13

Exposure to or transmission of a communicable disease from one person to another by physical contact

Question 14

Exposure

Answer 14

A situation in which a person has had contact with blood body fluids, tissues, or airborne particles that increases the risk of disease.

Question 15

Foodborne Transmission

Answer 15

The contamination of food or water with an organism that can cause disease.

Question 16

General Adaption Syndrome

Answer 16

The body’s three-stage response to stress. First stress causes the body to trigger an alarm response, followed by a stage of reaction and resistance, and then recovery, or, if the stress is prolonged, exhaustion.

Question 17

Hepatitis

Answer 17

Inflammation of the liver, usually caused by a virus that causes fever, loss of appetite, jaundice, fatigue, and altered liver function.

Question 18

Host

Answer 18

The organism or person attacked by infecting agent.

Question 19

Human immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Answer 19

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is caused by HIV, which damages the cells in the body’s immune system so that he body is unable to fight infection or certain cancers

Question 20

Immunity

Answer 20

The body’s ability to protect itself from acquiring a disease.

Question 21

Indirect Contact

Answer 21

Exposure or transmission of disease from one person to another by contact with a contaminated object.

Question 22

Infection

Answer 22

The invasion of a host or host tissues by organism such as bacteria, viruses, or parasites, with or without signs or symptoms of disease.

Question 23

Infection Control

Answer 23

Procedures to reduce transmission of infection among patients and health care personnel.

Question 24

Infectious Disease

Answer 24

A disease that is caused by infection or one that is capable of being transmitted with or without direct contact.

Question 25

Morbidity

Answer 25

The number of non fatally injured or disable people. Usually expressed as a rate, meaning the number of nonfatal injuries in a certain population in a given time period divided by size of the population.

Question 26

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Answer 26

The federal regulatory compliance agency that develops, publishes, and enforces guidelines concerning safety in the workplace.

Question 27

Pathogen

Answer 27

A microorganism that is capable of causing disease in a susceptible host.

Question 28

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Answer 28

Protective equipment that OSHA requires to be made available to EMS providers. In the case of infection risk, PPE blocks entry of an organism into the body.

Question 29

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Answer 29

A delayed stress reaction to a previous incident. This delayed reaction is the result of one or more unresolved issues concerning the incident.

Question 30

Standard Precautions

Answer 30

Protective measures that have traditionally been developed by the CDC for use in dealing with objects, blood, bodily fluids, or other potential exposure risks of communicable disease.

Question 31

Transmission

Answer 31

The way in which an infectious agent is spread; contract airborne, by vehicles (for example, food, or needle or by vectors)

Question 32

Tuberculosis

Answer 32

A chronic bacterial disease caused by Myobacterium tuberculosis that usually affects the lungs but also can affect other organs such as the brain or kidneys.

Question 33

Vector-borne Transmission

Answer 33

The use of an animal to spread an organism from one person or place to another