Chapter 2: Workforce Safety and Wellness

Question 1

Acute stress reactions

Answer 1

Reaction to stress that occurs during a stressful situation.

Question 2

Airborne transmission

Answer 2

The spread of an organism in aerosol form

Question 3

Blood-borne pathogens

Answer 3

Pathological microoganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans.

Question 4

CDC

Answer 4

The primary federal agency that conducts and supports public health activities in the United States.

Question 5

Communicable disease

Answer 5

A disease that can spread from one person or species to another.

Question 6

Contamination

Answer 6

The presence of infectious organisms on or in objects

Question 7

Cover and concealment

Answer 7

The tactical use of an impenetrable barrier for protection.

Question 8

Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)

Answer 8

A process that confronts the responses to critical incidents and defuses them, directing the emergency services personnel toward physical and emotional equilibrium.

Question 9

Cumulative stress reactions

Answer 9

Prolonged or excessive stress.

Question 10

Delayed stress reactions

Answer 10

Reaction to stress that occurs after a stressful situation.

Question 11

Designated officer

Answer 11

The individual in the department who is charged with the responsibility of managing exposures and infection control issues.

Question 12

Direct contact

Answer 12

Exposure or transmission of a communicable disease from one person to another by physical contact.

Question 13

Food-borne transmission

Answer 13

The contamination of food or water with an organism that can cause disease.

Question 14

General adaptation syndrome

Answer 14

The body’s response to stress that begins with an alarm response, followed by a stage of reaction and resistance, and then recover or, if the stress is prolonged, exhaustion.

Question 15

Hepatitis

Answer 15

Inflammation of the liver.

Question 16

HIV

Answer 16

Damages cells in the body’s immune system so that the body is unable to fight infection.

Question 17

Host

Answer 17

The organism or individual that is attacked by the infecting agent.

Question 18

Indirect contact

Answer 18

Exposure or transmission of disease from one person to another by contact with a contaminated object.

Question 19

Infection control

Answer 19

Procedures to reduce transmission of infection among patients and healthcare personnel.

Question 20

Infectious disease

Answer 20

A medical condition caused by the growth and spread of small, harmful organisms within the body.

Question 21

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Answer 21

The federal regulatory compliance agency that develops, publishes, and enforces guidelines concerning safety in the workplace.

Question 22

Pathogen

Answer 22

A microorganism that is capable of causing disease in a susceptible host.

Question 23

Personal protective equipment (PPE)

Answer 23

Protective equipment that OSHA requires to be made available to the EMT. PPE blocks entry of an organism into the body.

Question 24

PTSD

Answer 24

A delayed stress reaction to a prior incident.

Question 25

Transmission

Answer 25

The way in which an infectious disease is spread.

Question 26

Standard precautions

Answer 26

Protective measures that have traditionally been developed by the CDC for use in dealing with objects, blood, body fluids, or other potential exposure risks of communicable disease.

Question 27

Vector-borne transmission

Answer 27

The use of an animal to spread an organism from one person or place to another.