- Eyes - every 15 min - Check - every 30 min - Release - every 2 hrs, do range of motion exercises on limbs that were restrained

X Foundations - Ch 14, Safety Flashcards by trudie tapper

Highest Death Rates

Maternal/Fetal Health

Neonatal Infection

Infant Toddler: choking, poison, pulling down items, burns

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Highest Death Rates

Childhood - Adolescent

drugs, driving, STDs

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Young Adulthood

Suicide

Sports Injury

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Middle Aged

Chronic disease, plastic surgery, workplace injury

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Elderly

falls, choking, suicide

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JCAHO

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

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Sentinel Event

any unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury, or the risk thereof.

Reported to The Joint Commission (JCAHO)

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Gait Difficulties

Age/weakness
weakness/ilness
weakness/medication
opiates/antihypertensives
amputation
orthopedic injuries
paralysis/quadriplegic (4 limbs)
Paraplegic (waist and below)
hemiplegic (L or R side)

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SRD

Safety Reminder Devices

gait belt
Fall alert
Posey bath
bed alram
wheelchair alarm
thigh alarm
geri chair

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How often should order for SRDs be written

every 24 hrs

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Restrains - first option

communication
make sure everything is in reach
speak to family

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Last resort SRD

Chemical restraints

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Restraint Checkin

Eyes - every 15 min
Check - every 30 min
Release - every 2 hrs, do range of motion exercises on limbs that were restrained

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Antigen

Foreign protein

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Any of the ‘cillins’ are…. (amoxycyllin etc)

Antigenic

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Antigens cause what

Mast cells to release himstamines

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Histamines cause capillaries to become

leaky (Edema)

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Anaphylaxis

Hypotension, low blood pressure

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Hemorrhagic Shock

Lots of blood loss (missing arm)

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Ergonomic

left handed, safety designed every day office products

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Mercury

severe heavy metal poisoning. nerve damage

MRI

create high level magnetic field. no metal allowed in room. Machine usually in separate building.

Presbyopia

vision loss due to age

Presby

elder

Presbycussis

hearing loss due to age

Flouroscopy

Xray video

NIOSH

branch of CDC National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

MSDS

Material Safety Data Sheet

RACE PASS

R - rescue A - alarm C - contain fire, confine E - extinguish, evacuate P - pull pin A - aim at base of fire S - squeeze handle S - sweep hose

Syrup of Ipecac

to force vomiting (emesis)

Emesis

Vomit

Activated Charcoal

chelating agent to absorb poison in stoach

Jaundice

Liver manages bilirubin Bilirubin in the walls of dead, burst RBC. Liver processes bilirubin to become bile. Problems when billiruben backs up into blood and leads to yellow tint.

RBC live for

128 days

What is made in Bone Marrow

WBC RBC Platelets

What kind of cells does radiation attack?

Rapidly multiplying cells. Cancer cells and side effect mucous membranes since they rapidly multiply.

Low RBC

Get pale | Anemic

Low WBC

Neutropenia Compromised immune system

Low platelets

Thrombocytopenia Thrombocytes clot with out them. Bleed out. No clotting

Blood Clotting steps

1) baso constricting 2) platelet aggregation- become sticky and make a damn 3) clotting factors-fibrin formation

Types is Disaster

Internal- inside job | External-hurricane outside

Hematophfoiesis

formation of blood

Hematoamesis

Vomiting blood

High Risk Syndromes

Anthrax Botulism Plague Smallpox

Endemic

the expected or normal incidence native to or occurring naturally to a specific area of environment

Epidemic

a disease that emerges rapidly at an uncharacteristic time or in an unusual pattern

Hematopoietic

Deficiency of WBC and platelets, which leads to bleeding, anemia, infections, impaired would healing and immunodeficiency

Gastrointestinal

loss of mucosal barrier and cells linig the intesting result in electrolyte loss, vomiting, hematemesis, diarrhea, melena

Cerebrovascular and CNS

Cerebral edema, hyperpyrexia, hypoetnsion, confustion and disorientation

Skin

loss of epidermis