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Chapter 17 Flashcards

1
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an injury that occurs when no harm is intended

- accounts for more years of potential life lost than any other cause of death

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Unintentional injury

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one that is purposely inflicted by yourself or by another person

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intentional injury

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What causes an injury?

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  • human factors: risk-taking behavior, emotional factors

- environmental factors: natural, work-related

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are the result of poisonings, falls, fires, choking, drownings, and unintentional shootings

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Home injuries

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5
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Poisoning comes in many forms…

national poison hotline:

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  • prescription medications
  • carbon monoxide poisoning
  • 800-222-1222
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Most deaths from ? occur on stairs, and alcohol is often a factor

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Falls

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7
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Cooking is the leading cause of home ? injury

Careless smoking is the leading cause of ? death

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Fire

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  • Suffocation and choking

- particular danger to children:

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  • small items
  • getting tangled in crib bedding
  • becoming trapped in airtight appliances
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9
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used to help force an obstruction from the airway

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Heimlich maneuver

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  • always treat a gun as if it were loaded

- inspect ? carefully before handling

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Firearms

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11
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In 2016, 37,461 Americans were killed and over 2 million injured in ?crashes
-distracted driving
fatigue and sleepiness

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motor vehicle

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12
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Preventing motor vehicle injuries

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  • check rearview and side mirrors frequently

- don’t follow others too closely

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  • Motorcycles are involved in about ? in ? traffic fatalities
  • Motor scooter have less power for ? especially in an emergency
  • wear a helmet with the ? symbol
A
  • 1 in 7
  • maneuverability
  • DOT
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  • Bicycle injuries are most often the result of:

- helmet use reduces risk of a head injury by ? to ?%

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not understanding the rules of the road
being intoxicated
66 to 88

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  • 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
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-66,000

head, rear

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16
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are a significant health-related problem

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Leisure injuries

17
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in water activities, don’t swim alone, under the influence of alcohol, or for an unusual length of time, and ?

A

personal flotation devices

18
Q

? is the leading weather-related killer

  • cold can also be ?
  • hypothermia
  • ?
A
  • extreme heat
  • deadly
  • frostbite
19
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In extreme eind, move to the ? point or an ? room

A

lowest

interior

20
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  • 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
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  • work injuries
  • repetitive strain injuries (RSIs)
  • carpal tunnel syndrome
21
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Social factors of violence and intentional injuries:
rates of ? vary by geographic region, neighborhood, and ? level
-college campuses can contribute because they are ? communities

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  • violence, socioeconomic

- transitory

22
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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 ?

A
  • exposure

- men

23
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  • 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
A
  • acquainted
  • violence and suicide
  • 95%
24
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  • 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
A
  • homicide, ownership

- completed

25
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use of physical force to inflict injury or death on another

*ex: homicide, ?, and robbery

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  • assault

- aggravated assault

26
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_Homicide: poverty and ? are key factors
-most ? are committed with a firearm
About ? of family homicides are committed by male spouses

A
  • unemployment
  • homicides
  • 40%
27
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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

A
  • poor, unemployment

- hate crimes

28
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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

A
  • 450
  • 35%
  • policing
  • coerce
29
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-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

A
  • intimate-partner violence (IPV)

- battery

30
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-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

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  • stalking

- cyberstalking

31
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-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

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  • 683,000
  • neglect
  • abusers
32
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? 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

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  • sexual assault
  • rape
  • statutory rape
  • date rape
  • age, knows
  • dominance
33
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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
A
  • drug-facilitated sexual assault
  • ketamine
  • disagreement, first
  • psychological
34
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Recommendations for dealing with sexual assault, from (WOAR):

A

Women Organized Against Rape

35
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-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

A
  • child sexual abuse
  • incest
  • unreported
  • psychological
36
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-is unwelcome sexual advances,
requests for sexual favors, and other conduct of a
sexual nature, if such conduct explicitly or implicitly:

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-sexual harassment

37
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What You Can Do about Violence
Training in ?
Reducing ? injuries
•Adoption of consumer safety standards for guns

A
  • conflict resolution

- gun-related

38
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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)

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  • Heimlich
  • resuscitation
  • cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • compressions-airway breathing
  • defibrillators
39
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You are the first link to the ? system, which is designed to network
community resources for providing emergency care

A

-emergency medical services

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