Chapter 2: Workforce Safety and Wellness Flashcards
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Reactions to stress that occur during a stressful situation.
Acute Stress Reactions (ASR)
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Treatments that increase the risk for transmission of infections that are spread through the air or by droplets; CPR is an example.
Aerosol-Generating Procedure
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The spread of an organism via droplets or dust.
Airborne Transmission
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Pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans. These pathogens include, but not limited to, hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Bloodborne Pathogens
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A combination of exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced performance resulting from longterm job stresses in health care and oather high stress professions.
Burnout
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CDC
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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The primary federal agency that conducts and supports public health activities in the United States. Part of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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CISM
Critical Incident Stress Management
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A disease that can be spread from one person or species to another.
Communicable Disease
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A stress disorder characterized by gradual lessening of compassion over time.
Compassion Fatigue
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The use of objects to limit a person’s visibility of you.
Concealment
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The presence of infectious organisms on or in objects such as dressings, water, food, needles, wounds, or a patient’s body.
Contamination
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The tactical use of an impenetrable barrier for protection.
Cover
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A process that confronts the responses to critical incidents and defuses them, directing the emergency services personnel toward physical and emotional equilibrium.
Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)
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Prolonged or excessive stress.
Cumulative Stress Reactions
List warning signs of Cumulative Stress.
- Irritability toward coworkers, family, and friends
- Inability to concentrate
- Difficulty sleeping, increased sleeping, or nightmares
- Feelings of sadness, anxiety, or guilt
- Indecisiveness
- Loss of appetite (GI Disturbances)
- Isolation
- Loss of interest in work
- Increased use of alcohol
- Recreational drug use
- Physical symptoms such as chronic pain (headache, backache)
- Feelings of hopelessness
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Reactions to stress that occur after a stressful situation.
Delayed Stress Reactions
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The individual in the department charged with the responsibility of managing exposures and infection control issues.
Designated Officer
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Exposure or transmission of a communicable disease from one person to another by physical contact.
Direct Contact
What are five ways diseases can be transmitted?
- Direct Contact
- Indirect Contact
- Airborne Transmission
- Foodborne Transmission
- Vector-Borne Transmission
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A negative response to a stressor.
Distress
List examples of events that are likely to cause distress.
- Death of a family member or friend
- Divorce
- Financial Problems
- Interpersonal Conflict
- Health Issues
- Responding to a scene of violence
- Responding to a mass-casualty incident
- Responding to the death of a child
- Illness or injury of a friend or coworker
When should gloves be worn?
- For touching blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions, or contaminated items.
- For touching mucous membranes and nonintact skin.
- When patient has a confirmed or is suspected of having a highly communicable disease.
When should a gown be worn?
- During procedures and patient care activities when contqact of the EMT’s clothing / exposed skin to blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions, or contaminated items is anticipated.
- When patient has a confirmed or is suspected of having a highly communicable disease.
When should a mask and eye protection or face shield be worn?
- During procedures and patient care activities likely to generate splashes or sprays of blood, body fluids, secretions, or excretions.
- When patient has a confirmed or is suspected of having a highly communcicable disease. N95 or higher respirator, or powerd air-purifying respirator should be worn.
Describe environmental controls that reduce disease transmission.
- Have procedures for the routine care, cleaning, and disinfection of environmental surfaces.
- Pay special attention to frequently touched surfaces within the ambulance (handrails, seats, cabinets, doors).
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A beneficial response to a stressor.
Eustress
List examples of events that are likely to cause eustress.
- Receiving a promotion
- Taking a vacation
- Moving
- Participating in a culture of challenge and debate
- Undertaking a physical fitness regimen
- Receiving an award or recognition
- Giving birth
- Taking a new certification class
- Taking a new job or joining a new organization
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A situation in which a person had contact with blood, body fluids, tissues, or airborne particles in a manner that suggests disease transmission may occur.
Exposure
Describe the actions an AEMT should take when exposed to patient blood or bodily fluids.
- Turn over patient care to another EMS provider.
- When safe, clean the exposed area with soap / water. If eyes were exposed, flush for at least 20 minutes.
- Activate the department’s infection control plan. Contact supervisor or the infection control officer who will advise on next steps.
- Complete an exposure report.
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The contamination of food or water with an organism that can cause disease.
Foodborne Transmission
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The body’s response to stress that transitions through alarm, reaction and resistance, recovery and if stress is prolonged, exhaustion.
General Adaptation Syndrome
When should hand hygiene be performed?
- After touching blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions, or contaminated items.
- Immediately after removing gloves.
- Between patient contacts.
- Before putting gloves on if patient has a confirmed or is suspected of having a highly communicable disease.
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Inflammation of the liver, usually by a viral infection causing fever, loss of appetite, jaundice, fatigue, and altered liver function.
Hepatitis
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HIV
Human Immunodeficiency Virus