Risk Management & Emergency Management and Disaster Planning Flashcards
What’s a hospital acquired infection?
An infection that you get while in the hospital. Precautions are taken to minimize these infections.
What are the risks for medication administration?
- verbal orders
- high patient loads
- multiple distractions
- transcription errors
What is a sentinel event?
Any unanticipated event in a healthcare setting resulting in death or serious physical or psychological injury to a patient or patients, not resulting to the natural course of the patient’s illness
What is root-cause analysis?
A problem solving method which is used to pinpoint the exact cause of a problem or event
What happens when you remove the cause from a specific problem?
It removes the undesirable effect from occurring
What is alarm fatigue?
Ignoring the machines beeping or alarming
How much more likely are IV medications to harm patients?
Twice more likely
What are some risk management strategies for falls?
- beds in low position
- call bell in reach
- identification of high risk patients
- improve proximity to nurses station
What can cause pressure ulcers?
- age
- medications
- immobility issues
What are some risk management strategies for pressure ulcers?
- assessment and documentation of skin upon arrival to the facility
- assessment and documentation of skin every shift
- turning and repositioning patients every 2 hours
- staff education
- nutrition and hydration
- moisture barriers
What is an emergency?
An event that requires a rapid and and skilled response to protect the health, safety, and wellness of individuals and to limit damage to property and the environment
What is a disaster?
An outcome of a natural hazard or event or the result of human action or error, whether malicious or unintentional, that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society
What are the two main approaches for disaster planning?
- Agent-Specific Approach
2. All-Hazards Approach
What is the agent-specific approach?
Planning for threats in a specific geographic area
What is the all-hazards approach?
A comprehensive strategy in which both natural and human-induced hazards are considered possibilities (fire, transportation mass casualties)
Is an all-hazards approach to emergency management used all across Canada?
Yes
What is a hazard?
Anything that has the potential to cause harm or loss, threaten the delivery of critical care services, cause social or economic disruption, property or environmental damage
What are 3 examples of hazards?
- substances
- human activities
- physical events
What is emergency preparedness?
Having plans of action, supplies, and resources in place to respond in a timely manner inevitable emergency events
What does EMO stand for?
Emergency Management Organization
Does every province have an emergency management organization in place?
Yes
What is an emergency management organization responsible for?
Developing, coordinating, training, and responding organizations in their jurisdiction
What is an emergency management organization composed of?
Government and non-government organizations
What scale of emergencies would the emergency management organization respond to?
Large scale
What government is more likely to respond to disasters?
Federal government
Who is responsible for addressing and responding to emergencies in First Nation’s communities?
The First Nation’s Government
What are the 3 phases of disaster management?
- Pre-Incident
- Incident
- Post-Incident
What is pre-incident?
Activities designed to plan, prevent, and mitigate emergencies or disasters
What is the incident phase?
All activities involved in the response and management of the emergency or disaster
What is post-incident?
Recovery and rehabilitation of the incident along with an evaluation of the response
What phase is mitigation involved in?
Pre-incident
What is mitigation?
- assessment of potential risks
- identify and implement advance long term strategies to reduce risks
- ex; research into influenza variation and vaccine development, identification of flood areas and limits to community development
What phase is preparedness involved in?
Pre-Incident