Chapter 11

Question 1

anticoagulant

Answer 1

Blood-thinning medication

Question 2

coma

Answer 2

A state of being unaware of one’s surroundings and being unable to react or respond to people, places, or things

Question 3

dementia

Answer 3

The loss of cognitive and social function caused by changes in the brain

Question 4

disaster

Answer 4

A sudden catastrophic event in which people are injured and killed and property is destroyed

Question 5

electric shock

Answer 5

When electric current passes through the body

Question 6

ground

Answer 6

That which carries leaking electricity to the earth and away from an electrical item

Question 7

hazard

Answer 7

Anything in the person’s setting that may cause injury or illness

Question 8

hazardous substance

Answer 8

Any chemical in the workplace that can cause harm

Question 9

hemiplegia

Answer 9

Paralysis on one side of the body

Question 10

hemorrhage

Answer 10

The excessive loss of blood in a short time

Question 11

incident

Answer 11

Any event that has harmed or could harm a resident, visitor, or staff member

Question 12

paralysis

Answer 12

Loss of muscle function, loss of sensation, or loss of both

Question 13

paraplegia

Answer 13

Paralysis in the legs and lower trunk

Question 14

quadriplegia

Answer 14

Paralysis in the arms, legs, and trunk; tetraplegia

Question 15

suffocation

Answer 15

When breathing stops from the lack of oxygen

Question 16

tetraplegia

Answer 16

See “quadriplegia”

Question 17

workplace violence

Answer 17

Violent acts (including assault and threat of assault) directed toward persons at work or while on duty

Question 18

AED

Answer 18

Automated external defibrillator

Question 19

C

Answer 19

Centigrade

Question 20

CPR

Answer 20

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Question 21

EMS

Answer 21

Emergency Medical Services

Question 22

F

Answer 22

Fahrenheit

Question 23

FBAO

Answer 23

Foreign-body airway obstruction

Question 24

ID

Answer 24

Identification

Question 25

OSHA

Answer 25

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Question 26

PASS

Answer 26

Pull the safety pin, aim low, squeeze the lever, sweep back and forth

Question 27

RACE

Answer 27

Rescue, alarm, confine, extinguish

Question 28

SDS

Answer 28

Safety Data Sheet