Chapter 2 Flashcards
The active pursuit of a state of good health
Wellness
A delayed stress reaction to a prior incident. Often the result of one or more unresolved issues concerning the incident, and may relate to an incident that involved physical harm or the threat of physical harm
Post traumatic stress disorder
The individual in the department who is charged with the responsibility of managing exposures and infection control issues
Designated officer
Any airway manipulation that induces the production of aerosols that may present a risk for airborne transmission of pathogens, such as CPR
Aerosol-generating procedure
The capacity of an individual to cope with and recover from distress
Resilience
The primary federal agent that conducts and supports public health activities in the United States. The CDC is part of the US department of Health And Human Services
Centers for disease Control and prevention
A medical condition caused by the growth and spread of small, harmful organisms within the body
Infectious disease
Squired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is caused by HIV, which damages the cells in the body’s immune system so that the body is unable to fight infection or certain cancers
Human immunodeficiency virus
Reactions to stress that occur during a stressful situation
Acute stress reactions
A negative response to a stressor
Distress
Exposure or transmission of a communicable disease from one person to another by physical contact
Direct contact
Procedures to reduce transmission of infection among patients and health care personnel
Infection control
Reactions to stress that occur after a stressful situation
Delayed stress reactions
Protective equipment that blocks exposure to a pathogen or a hazardous material
Personal protective equipment
A combination of exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced performance resulting from long-term job stresses in health care and other high-stress professions
Burnout
A process that confronts the responses to critical incidents and defuses them, directions the emergency services personnel toward physical and emotional equilibrium
Critical incident stress management
Exposure or transmission of disease from one person to another by contact with a contaminated object
Indirect contact
A beneficial response to a stressor
Eustress
Protective measures that have traditionally been developed by the centers of disease and prevention (CDC) for use in dealing with objects, blood, body fluids, and other potential exposure risks of communicable disease
Standard precautions
The presence of infectious organisms on or in objects such as dressings, water, needles, wounds, or a patients body
Contamination
The body’s ability to protect itself from acquiring a disease
Immune
A stress disorder characterized by gradual lessening of compassion over time
Compassion fatigue
Pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans. These pathogens include, but are not limited to, hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Blood borne pathogens
The use of an animal to spread an organism from one person or place to another
Vector-borne transmission
