Chapter 12: Exam 2

Question 1

an injury to a person that occurs in a short period of time and for which there is no predetermined intent to injure another or oneself. Disproportionately affects the young and the impoverished. Ex: motor vehicle crashes, drowning, burns, falls. No predetermined intent. Often predictable and preventable, overall: -49.9 deaths per 100,000 population, and 3rd leading cause of death in the U.S.

Answer 1

Unintentional Injury

Question 2

occurs because of a deliberate act that causes harm either to the self or to others. Physical force used on on self or others to: violate, damage, or abuse. Intentional injuries in the U.S.: suicide and homicide is in the top five causes of death for those age 10-44 years old. Homicide is the third leading cause of death in those aged 1-9 years old. Suicide: 13.9 deaths per 100,000 population and homicide: 6.0 deaths per 100,000 population.

Answer 2

Intentional Injury

Question 3

What is LOP? Levels of prevention

Answer 3

Primary: before something occurs
Secondary: screening, early identification
Tertiary: return to highest level of functioning after something has occurred

Question 4

What are risk factors?

Answer 4

Behavioral factors: any behavior by an individual that threatens or actually harms or injuries the individual or others or destroys property.

Environmental factors: violent and permissive families, unstable neighborhoods, and delinquent peer groups.

Socioeconomic factors: property damage, restricting access to financial resources, education or the labour market, or not complying with economic responsibilities.

Question 5

What is your role as a nurse?

Answer 5

Use a collaborative approach:
Care provided: in the hospital setting
Interventions: injury prevention
Policies
Educating policy makers and the community
Roles on the local, state, national, and international levels.

Question 6

What are the top injuries?

Answer 6

MCV
Road Traffic Injury (RTI)
Alcohol Impaired driving and distracted driving
Burn-related injury
Drowning
Falls
Unintentional Poisoning
Self-directed violence (SDV)

Question 7

the collision of a motor vehicle with another vehicle, a stationary object, or a person, resulting in injury or death.

Answer 7

MCV

Question 8

an injury that occurs as the result of a collision on a public road with involvement of at least one vehicle.

Answer 8

Road traffic injury (RTI)

Question 9

Policy: laws related to seatbelt and care seat use, driving under the influence, and distracted driving (texting while driving)

Environment: improving roads, installing traffic lights, and installing pedestrian walkway signs.

Answer 9

Alcohol Impaired driving and distracted driving

Question 10

an injury to the skin or other organic tissue primarily cause by heat or due to radiation, radioactivity, electricity, friction, or contact with chemicals.

Answer 10

Burn-related injury

Question 11

the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion/immersion in liquid.

Answer 11

Drowning

Question 12

an event which results in a person coming to rest inadvertently on the ground or floor or other lower level.

Answer 12

Falls

Question 13

any substance, including medication, that is harmful to your body if too much is eaten, inhaled, injected, or absorbed through the skin. An unintentional poisoning occurs when a person taking or giving too much of a substance did not mean to cause harm.

Answer 13

Unintentional Poisoning

Question 14

anything a person does intentionally that can cause injury to self, including death.

Answer 14

Self-directed violence (SDV)

Question 15

Burn-Related Injury LOP:

Answer 15

Primary: environmental measures in the home and behavioral changes
Secondary: what to do in the event of a fire (for example: stop, drop, and roll)
Tertiary: improve treatment has led to a worldwide decline in fire-related mortality.

Question 16

Drowning LOP:

Answer 16

Primary: barriers, supervision, learning to swim, life jacket use, and no alcohol use.
Secondary: CPR: didn’t prevent the drowning
Tertiary: the person has already drowned

Question 17

Unintentional Poisoning LOP

Answer 17

labeling, put away, and child safety caps on containers

Question 18

SVD LOP:

Answer 18

upstream policies: reducing easy access to funs can help reduce the suicide rate. Family and community support.

Question 19

What groups are at greatest risk of unintentional injury?

Answer 19

Ages 4 and under are more likely than any other age group to sustain unintentional injury that result in health and stability. Injuries resulting from drowning and blocked airways are responsible for the majority of unintentional injury deaths among infants.

Question 20

Who is affected? Burn-related injury

Answer 20

adult women and children are particularly vulnerable to burns.

Question 21

Who is affected? Drownings

Answer 21

Top 10 leading causes of death in kids and young adults globally.

Question 22

Who is affected? Falls

Answer 22

Higher risk in children and older adults.

Question 23

Who is affected? Unintentional Poisonings

Answer 23

80% of all unintentional poisonings occur in low and middle income countries. Children younger than 6 years of age account for the most poisoning events (46%) followed by adults (39%) and teens (7%).

Question 24

Who is affected? SVD

Answer 24

refugees, migrants, indigenous people, prisoners, LGBTQ+ community, and veterans

Question 25

What are risk factors? Burn-related Injury

Answer 25

social (women and kids at increased risk), behavioral, and environmental

Question 26

What are risk factors? Drowning

Answer 26

age, environmental (outdoor pool/pond), and behavioral (alcohol in system, not watching kids around water)

Question 27

What are risk factors? Falls

Answer 27

environment, social, and developmental

Question 28

What are risk factors? SVD

Answer 28

complex and multifactorial

Question 29

physical force used to violate, damage, or abuse others or oneself.

Answer 29

violence

Question 30

What are the types of violence?

Answer 30

self-inflicted
interpersonal
collective

Question 31

suicide or cutting/self-mutilation

Answer 31

Self-inflicted violence

Question 32

family, community, acquaintance, or stranger

Answer 32

Interpersonal violence

Question 33

groups engage in types of violence: nations, communities, and gangs. Rape as a weapon of war, terrorism, and wars.

Answer 33

Collective violence

Question 34

What are the risk factors for violence?

Answer 34

Behavioral factors
Environmental factors
Socioeconomic factors

Question 35

Intimate partner violence, violence that occurs between two people in an intimate relationship. Includes: physical, sexual, psychological/emotional, and threats of physical and/or sexual violence.

Answer 35

IVP

Question 36

a pattern of harassing or threatening tactics used by a perpetrator that is both unwanted and causes fear or safety concerns in the victim.

Answer 36

Stalking

Question 37

How to work with victims of IVP.

Answer 37

If someone says they are abused, you can be a resource and provide empathy, you can NOT make them leave their partner, that is a decision that they must make on their own.

Question 38

How to work with victims of child abuse.

Answer 38

Teach safe and healthy relationship skills: parents have unrealistic ideas for their kids
Engage influential adults and peers
Disrupt the development pathways towards partner violence
Create protective environments
Strengthen economic supports for families
Support survivors to increase safety and lessen harm

Prevention:
Nurturing parenting skills
Promoting stable family relationships
Promoting household rules and child monitoring
Assisting with parental employment, adequate housing, or access to health care and social services.