Chapter 3

Question 1

Baseline health status

Answer 1

A pre-employment medical examination to determine the over health status prior to starting a job.

Question 2

Body Substance Isolation precautions (BSI)

Answer 2

The practice of using specific personal protective equipment to minimize contact with a patient’s blood and bodily fluids

Question 3

Burnout

Answer 3

an extreme emotional state characterized by exhaustion, a diminished sense of personal accomplishment, and cynicism

Question 4

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Answer 4

U.S. government agency charged with identifying, preventing, and controlling diseases and other health problems

Question 5

Critical Incident

Answer 5

any experience that causes a responder to experience unusually strong emotions that interfere with their ability to function either during an incident or after a highly stressful incident.

Question 6

Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)

Answer 6

a formal process in which professional and team counselors provide emotional and psychological support for those who have been involved in a critical incident

Question 7

Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)

Answer 7

a broad-based approach involving several strategies designed to help emergency personnel cope with critical incident stress.

Question 8

Exposure

Answer 8

a condition of being subjected to a fluid or substance capable of transmitting an infectious agent

Question 9

Hazardous Materials Incident

Answer 9

The release of a harmful substance into the environment

Question 10

Infection

Answer 10

The condition in which the body is invaded by a disease-causing agent

Question 11

Multiple Casualty Incident

Answer 11

a single incident that
involves multiple patients. Also
called a mass-casualty incident.

Question 12

NFPA

Answer 12

National Fire

Protection Association

Question 13

OSHA

Answer 13

U.S. Occupational
Safety and Health
Administration

Question 14

Pathogen

Answer 14

a disease-causing
organism such as a virus or
bacterium

Question 15

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Answer 15

equipment such as
gloves, mask, eyewear, gown,
turnout gear, and helmet
that protects rescuers from
infection and/or from exposure
to hazardous materials and the
dangers of rescue operations

Question 16

Standard Precautions

Answer 16

steps
to take to protect against
exposure to body fluids

Question 17

Stress

Answer 17

an emotionally
disruptive or upsetting
condition that occurs in
response to adverse external
influences. Stress is capable
of affecting physical health. It
can increase heart rate, raise
blood pressure, and cause
muscular tension, irritability,
and depression

Question 18

Stressor

Answer 18

  any emotional or
physical demand that causes
stress

Question 19

Universal Precautions

Answer 19

a
component of standard
precautions that involves the
philosophy that all patients
are considered infectious until
proven otherwise