intro to health chp. 3 Flashcards
P.P.E.
Personal Protective Equipment
C.I.S.D.
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing ( free, voluntary, others have been there, have to go within 72 hours, & you don’t have to talk)
Standard precautions that involves the philosophy that all patients are considered infectious until proven otherwise
Universal Precautions
B.S.I.
Body Substance Isolation
O.S.H.A.
U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration
C.D.C.
Center of Disease and Control and prevention
Pathogen
germ
Patho-
suffer
-gen
create
in blood
Bloodborne
Inflammation of the liver or brain (especially for kids)
Meningitis
Disease effecting the lungs
Tuberculosis (TB)
M.R.S.A.
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus staff
Always First
Scene Safety
Hang of emotion
Stress
Causes stress
Stressor
C.V.D.
Cardio Vascular Disease
Extreme emotional state characterized by emotional exhaustion (can make you loose sleep, enthusiasm, & energy, cause illness, and draw you to alcohol and drugs)
Burn out
Diseases EMRs are afraid of:
1) Human Immunodeficiency Virus (H.I.V,)
2) Hepatitis
3) Tuberculosis
4) Meningitis
4 routes of exposure
1) Ingestion: by swallowing
2) Injection: by sting, needle, stick, bite
3) Absorption: through the skin
4) Inhalation: breathed in through the lungs
Causes of stress
1) M.I.C.: Multiple Casualty Incident
2) Pediatric Patients (kids getting injured)
3) Untimely death (young people)
4) Violence
5) abuse/neglect
Recognizing Patient Needs
1) recognize needs
2) remain tolerant
3) listen empathetically
4) don’t give false hope
Death and Dying grief stages
1) denial
2) anger
3) bargaining
4) depression
5) acceptance
C.I.S.M.
Critical Incident Stress Management
