lo1 Flashcards
what is a hazard?
anything with the potential to cause harm
what is a risk?
the chance of harm occurring
what are the different types of hazards?
- health hazards
- safety hazards
- security hazards
what is a health hazard?
an incident or event leading to illness
what is a safety hazard?
incidents leading to personal injury or damage to equipment or premises
what is a security hazard?
intruders, theft of property or information, kidnapping of individuals or individuals leaving without consent or supervision
what are the different types of settings and give examples for them?
- health environment e.g. hospital or GP surgery
- care environment e.g. residential care home, individuals home
- childcare environment e.g. nursery, school
- public environment e.g. shopping centre, park
- transport e.g. minibus, ambulance
what are the 9 different types of care setting hazards?
- environmental
- biological
- chemical
- psychological
- physical
- musculoskeletal
- working conditions
- working practices
- lack of security
what is an example of a environmental hazard?
- wet floors
- uneven surfaces
- trip hazards
what is an example of biological hazards?
- bodily fluids
- waste
- infection
what is an example of chemical hazards?
- unlabelled cleaning fluid
- hot oil
- medicines
what is an example of psychological hazards?
- stress
- tiredness
what is an example of physical hazards?
- noise
- radiation
what is an example of musculosketal hazards?
- manual handling
what is an example of working condition hazards?
- poor lighting
- cold
- travel
what is an example of working practices hazards?
- long hours
- lack of training
what is an example of lack of security hazards?
- faulty smoke alarms
- broken locks
- alarm systems
what hazards can impact on individuals?
- injury or harm
- illness
- poor standards of care
- financial loss
what do harm and abuse hazards include and name the examples of each one?
- physical e.g. hitting, biting
- sexual e.g. unwanted contact
- emotional and psychological e.g. verbal abuse
- financial exploitation e.g. withholding or taking money
- neglect e.g. not meeting needs
How can harm and abuse by unintentional?
result of poor care such as care practitioners not following infection control procedures and infecting their service users
what are the reasons why harm and abuse may occur?
name 4
- carers are too stressed
- resentment towards a vulnerable person
- prejudice and hostility
- financial dependency
- inadequate level of carer support
- failure to monitor caregivers
- lack of carer training
- location of carer
how can harm and abuse by intentional?
an individual intends to inflict pain on another person or cause them harm
what are some examples of high profile cases of child abuse?
- victoria climbie
- baby p
how are care practitioners at risk of harm through working practices?
- biological: dealing with bodily fluids means that they are at risk of developing infections
- musculosketal: risk from lifting and moving patients as a considerable number of staff develop bad backs or have injuries
what are the short term effects of abuse?
- bruise, cuts, broken ribs
- pregnancy or STI
- lack of confidence and poor self esteem
- challenging or needy behaviour
- depression, anxiety or loneliness
- guilt, fear and blame
what are the long term effects of abuse?
- low self esteem
- mental health issues such as depression, self harm or suicidal thoughts/attempts
- inability to sleep, angry, upset
- anorexia or obesity, high stress levels
- inability to form relationships and trust others
- addictions such as alcohol or drugs
