Chapter 12

Question 0

Dementia

Answer 0

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

Question 1

Coma

Answer 1

A state of being unaware in one setting in being unable to react or respond to people, places, or things

Question 2

Disaster

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Electrical shock

Answer 3

Electrical current passes through the body

Question 4

Ground

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Hazard

Answer 5

Anything in the person setting that may cause injury or illness

Question 6

Hazardous substance

Answer 6

Any chemical in the workplace that can cause harm

Question 7

Hemiplegia

Answer 7

Paralysis on one side of the body

Question 8

Incident

Answer 8

In the event that has harmed or could harm a patient, resident, visitor, or staff member

Question 9

Paralysis

Answer 9

Loss of muscle muscle function, sensation, or both

Question 10

Paraplegia

Answer 10

Paralysis in the legs and lower trunk

Question 11

Poison

Answer 11

Any substance harmful to the body when ingested, and healed, injected, or absorbed through the skin

Question 12

Quadriplegia

Answer 12

Relisys in the arms, legs, and trunk

Question 13

Suffocation

Answer 13

When breathing stops from the lack of oxygen

Question 14

Tetraplegia

Answer 14

See “quadriplegia”

Question 15

Workplace violence

Answer 15

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