Chapter 17 Flashcards
an injury that occurs when no harm is intended
- accounts for more years of potential life lost than any other cause of death
Unintentional injury
one that is purposely inflicted by yourself or by another person
intentional injury
What causes an injury?
- human factors: risk-taking behavior, emotional factors
- environmental factors: natural, work-related
are the result of poisonings, falls, fires, choking, drownings, and unintentional shootings
Home injuries
Poisoning comes in many forms…
national poison hotline:
- prescription medications
- carbon monoxide poisoning
- 800-222-1222
Most deaths from ? occur on stairs, and alcohol is often a factor
Falls
Cooking is the leading cause of home ? injury
Careless smoking is the leading cause of ? death
Fire
- Suffocation and choking
- particular danger to children:
- small items
- getting tangled in crib bedding
- becoming trapped in airtight appliances
used to help force an obstruction from the airway
Heimlich maneuver
- always treat a gun as if it were loaded
- inspect ? carefully before handling
Firearms
In 2016, 37,461 Americans were killed and over 2 million injured in ?crashes
-distracted driving
fatigue and sleepiness
motor vehicle
Preventing motor vehicle injuries
- check rearview and side mirrors frequently
- don’t follow others too closely
- Motorcycles are involved in about ? in ? traffic fatalities
- Motor scooter have less power for ? especially in an emergency
- wear a helmet with the ? symbol
- 1 in 7
- maneuverability
- DOT
- Bicycle injuries are most often the result of:
- helmet use reduces risk of a head injury by ? to ?%
not understanding the rules of the road
being intoxicated
66 to 88
- About 1 in 7 motor vehicle deaths involves pedestrians, and over ? pedestrians are injured each year
- Pedestrians are more likely hit ? on than at the ? or sides
-66,000
head, rear
are a significant health-related problem
Leisure injuries
in water activities, don’t swim alone, under the influence of alcohol, or for an unusual length of time, and ?
personal flotation devices
? is the leading weather-related killer
- cold can also be ?
- hypothermia
- ?
- extreme heat
- deadly
- frostbite
In extreme eind, move to the ? point or an ? room
lowest
interior
- although nonfatal ? decreased slightly in 2016, the number of fatalities rose
- involve repeated strain on a body part
- one type that has increased in recent years
- work injuries
- repetitive strain injuries (RSIs)
- carpal tunnel syndrome
Social factors of violence and intentional injuries:
rates of ? vary by geographic region, neighborhood, and ? level
-college campuses can contribute because they are ? communities
- violence, socioeconomic
- transitory
Violence in the media plays a major role:
because of ?, people come to see violence as an effective means of solving problems
-gender: violence is most often committed by ?
- exposure
- men
- Interpersonal factors: majority of victims are ? with their attacker
- alcohol and other drugs: consistently associated with ? and ?
- on college campuses, alcohol is involved in about ? of all violent crimes
- acquainted
- violence and suicide
- 95%
- Firearms: high rate of ? is directly related to widespread gun ? and relative ease of obtaining firearms
- use of a handgun can change a suicide attempt to a ? suicide and a violent assault to a murder
- homicide, ownership
- completed
use of physical force to inflict injury or death on another
*ex: homicide, ?, and robbery
- assault
- aggravated assault
_Homicide: poverty and ? are key factors
-most ? are committed with a firearm
About ? of family homicides are committed by male spouses
- unemployment
- homicides
- 40%
Gang-related violence
•Most common in places that are ?, have high
?, and are population-dense
•When a bias against another person’s race or ethnicity,
national origin, religion, sexual orientation, or disability
motivates a criminal act?
•Many go unreported
•Frequently associated with groups that have extremist
ideologies, such as the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi groups
- poor, unemployment
- hate crimes
School violence
•Has resulted in over ? violent deaths of students, faculty,
and administrators in the past decade
Workplace violence
•Has decreased ?% over the last decade; but still, nearly
2 million Americans workers are victims of workplace violence
•? and corrections are the most dangerous jobs
Terrorism
•Use of violence to intimidate or ? in furtherance of a
political or social objective
- 450
- 35%
- policing
- coerce
-physical, social, or
psychological harm imposed by a current or former
partner or spouse
-harmful contact without consent
*need to control another person is at the root
- intimate-partner violence (IPV)
- battery
-harassing behaviors such as following or spying on a
person and making verbal, written, or implied threats
-stalking via the internet, email, chat rooms, and
social media
- stalking
- cyberstalking
-Violence against children:
•In 2015, an estimated ? children were abused or
neglected in the United States
•External stressors are most closely associated with ?
•Interpersonal stressors are more closely associated with
physical abuse
Elder abuse
•Most ? are family members serving as caregivers
- 683,000
- neglect
- abusers
? is any unwanted sexual contact
•? is one form of sexual assault
•? victim is younger than the age of consent
•? or acquaintance rape
•Who commits rape?
•Men may be any ? from any socioeconomic group
•Usually someone a woman ?
•Factors contributing to date rape
•Men and women interpret certain behaviors differently
•Rapists may be hostile toward women and accept ideas of ?
and sexual violence
- sexual assault
- rape
- statutory rape
- date rape
- age, knows
- dominance
Date rape drugs •About 5% of ? (DFSA) victims are given date-rape drugs, or predator drugs •Rohypnol, GHB, and ? (“Special K”) Dealing with a sexual assault •There is ? over whether women should fight back or not •Tell the ? friendly person you meet what happened Effects of rape •Physical and ? injury
- drug-facilitated sexual assault
- ketamine
- disagreement, first
- psychological
Recommendations for dealing with sexual assault, from (WOAR):
Women Organized Against Rape
-Any sexual contact between and adult and child who is
below the legal age of consent
—sexual activity between people too closely related to
legally marry—is highly traumatic
•Child sexual abuse is often ?
•Victims bear lasting ? scars
- child sexual abuse
- incest
- unreported
- psychological
-is unwelcome sexual advances,
requests for sexual favors, and other conduct of a
sexual nature, if such conduct explicitly or implicitly:
-sexual harassment
What You Can Do about Violence
Training in ?
Reducing ? injuries
•Adoption of consumer safety standards for guns
- conflict resolution
- gun-related
Knowing first aid can help you respond appropriately
•Learning what not to do in certain situations
•? maneuver
•Pulmonary ?
•(CPR)
•(CAB) sequence
•Use of automated external ? (AEDs)
- Heimlich
- resuscitation
- cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- compressions-airway breathing
- defibrillators
You are the first link to the ? system, which is designed to network
community resources for providing emergency care
-emergency medical services
