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Chapter 2 Workforce Saftey And Wellness Flashcards

1
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Acute stress reactions

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Occur during event

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Aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs)

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Treatment that increases risk for transmission of infectious disease.

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Airborne transmission

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The spread of infectious agent via droplets or dust.

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Bloodborne pathogens

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Pathogens located in the blood

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5
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Burnout

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Exhaustion from chronic or unrelieved stress.

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Communicable disease

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A disease that can be spread

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Compassion fatigue

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Stress disorder characterized by diminishing compassion.

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Contamination

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Presence of infectious organisms on a surface

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Critical incident stress management (CISM)

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Process of diffusing stress caused by critical incidents.

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Cumulative stress reactions

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Exposure to prolonged stress

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Delayed stress reaction

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Stress occurring after incident.

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Designated officer

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Person responsible for managing exposure and infection control issues.

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Direct contact

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Exposure to disease by physical contact.

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Exposure

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Contact with blood, body fluids, tissues or airborne particles that contain disease agents

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15
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Foodborne transmission

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Contamination of water or food

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General adaptation syndrome

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Stress response seen from alarm, reaction and then resistance and on to recovery or exhaustion.

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Hepatitis

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Liver inflammation caused by viral infection.
Fever, loss of appetite, jaundice, and fatigue

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Host

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Organism that contains infectious agent.

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19
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

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Damage to bodies cells caused by a virus

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20
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Immune

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Resistant to disease

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21
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Indirect contact

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Infection from one person to another through an object

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22
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Infection

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Invasion of a pathogen.

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23
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Infection control

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Procedures to reduce transmission

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24
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Infectious disease

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Condition caused by pathogens

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25
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Occupational safety and health administration OSHA

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Federal body that enforces safety protocol

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Pathogen

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Microorganism capable of causing disease

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27
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Personal protective equipment PPE

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Equipment to block pathogen exposure

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28
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Posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD

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Continued stress reaction from a particular incident

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29
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Standard precautions

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Body isolation that has become recommended

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30
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Transmission

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Pathway of the Spread of pathogen

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31
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Tuberculosis

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Bacterial disease that affects lungs but also brain and kidneys. Can be dormant

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32
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Vector-borne transmission

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Animal carriers.

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33
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Brus/o and dors/o

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Back

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34
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Chloecyst/faci

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Face

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Gloss/lingua

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Tongue

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Hepat/mamo

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Breast

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nephr/ren

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Kidney

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Eu-

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Good

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dextro-

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Right

40
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ad-

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Toward

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Mal-

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Bad

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Sinistro-

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Left

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Ab-

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Away

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Pulmon/pneum

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Lung

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Mammo/masto

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Breast

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Cardio/coron

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Heart

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angi/vaso

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Vessel

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Erythro-

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Red

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Cirrh-

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Yellow/orange

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melan-

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Black

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Alb-

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White

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Chlor-

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Green

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Cyan-

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Blue

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Leuk-

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White

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Brachi-

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Arm

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Carp-

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Wrist

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Cephal-

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Head

58
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Cervico-

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Neck

59
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encephal-

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Brain

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Nas-

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Nose

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Ot-

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Ear

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Pil-

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Hair

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Steth-

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Chest

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Thorac-

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Chest thorax

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Thyr-

A

Thyroid gland

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trache-

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Trachea

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ureter-

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Ureter

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Vesic-

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Bladder

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Viscer-

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Viscera

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Abduction

A

Movement of a limb away from the body

71
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Adduction

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Movement of limb toward midling

72
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Anatomic position

A

Face forward, arms at side, palms up

73
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anterior

A

The front surface of body

74
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Anteroposterior axis

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Perpendicular to coronal plane

75
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Bilateral

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On both sides of midline

76
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Contralateral

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Opposite side of body

77
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Coronal plane

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Front and back

78
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Deep

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Further away from skin

79
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Distal

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Further from trunk

80
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Dorsal

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Posterior surface of body, back of hands

81
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Extension

A

Straightening of joint

82
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External rotation

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Rotating away form midline

83
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flexion

A

Bending of joint

84
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Fowler position

A

Sitting with head straight up

85
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Horizontal axis

A

Plane pe

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