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CISM

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Critical incident stress management

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Well being

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Maintain solid relationships

Exercise

Sleep

Eating right

Limit alcohol and caffeine intake

Keep vaccinations up to date

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Pathogens

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Organisms that cause infection, such as viruses and bacteria

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Standard precautions

Or BSI

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Body substance isolation

Strict form of infection control with the assumption that all blood and other body fluids are infectious

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Diseases of concern

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Hep A B C
Tuberculosis
HIV/AIDS

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Emerging diseases

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Ebola
Avian flu
Influenza
MERS
SARS- severe acute respiratory syndrome
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What’s the Emergency response guidebook

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Coded colors and identification of placards

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Reaction to death and dying

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DABDA

Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression 
Acceptance
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CDC

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Center for disease control and preventions

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OSHA

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Occupational safety and health agency

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Dealing with grief

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Recognize the patients needs

Tolerant of angry patients of family

Listen empathetically

Don’t falsely reassure

Offer comforts as realistically can

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Causes of stress for EMTs

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Multiple casualty incident

Severe casualty

Call involving infants/ children

Abuse or neglect

Death of co worker

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Signs and symptoms of stress

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Irritability, inability to concentrate, changes in daily activities, anxiety, indecisiveness, guilt, isolation, loss of interest,

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Different types of masks

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Surgical

N-95

HEPA(high efficiency particulate air)

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CARE act

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Ryan white Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency

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Two different notification systems in the Ryan White Act

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Airborne disease exposure

Blood borne or other infectious disease exposure

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Acute stress reaction

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Link the catastrophe often immediately or shortly after event

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Delayed stress reaction

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Known as PTSD
Delayed symptoms
Triggered by a specific event

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Cumulative stress reaction

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Known as burnout

Not triggered from single event

Recurring low stressors over a period of years

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Different stages of stress

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First stage- alarm reaction

Second stage- stage of resistance

Third- exhaustion

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Stress

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State of physical and or psychological arousal to a stimulus

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Lifestyle changes for stress

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Work out
Diet
Time to relax

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Hazardous material incident

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Release of a harmful substance into the environment

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MCI

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Multiple-casualty incident

Emergency involving multiple patients

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