X Foundations - Ch 14, Safety Flashcards
Highest Death Rates
Maternal/Fetal Health
Neonatal Infection
Infant Toddler: choking, poison, pulling down items, burns
Highest Death Rates
Childhood - Adolescent
drugs, driving, STDs
Highest Death Rates
Young Adulthood
Suicide
Sports Injury
Highest Death Rates
Middle Aged
Chronic disease, plastic surgery, workplace injury
Highest Death Rates
Elderly
falls, choking, suicide
JCAHO
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Sentinel Event
any unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury, or the risk thereof.
Reported to The Joint Commission (JCAHO)
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)
SRD
Safety Reminder Devices
gait belt Fall alert Posey bath bed alram wheelchair alarm thigh alarm geri chair
How often should order for SRDs be written
every 24 hrs
Restrains - first option
- communication
- make sure everything is in reach
- speak to family
Last resort SRD
Chemical restraints
Restraint Checkin
- Eyes - every 15 min
- Check - every 30 min
- Release - every 2 hrs, do range of motion exercises on limbs that were restrained
Antigen
Foreign protein
Any of the ‘cillins’ are…. (amoxycyllin etc)
Antigenic
Antigens cause what
Mast cells to release himstamines
Histamines cause capillaries to become
leaky (Edema)
Anaphylaxis
Hypotension, low blood pressure
Hemorrhagic Shock
Lots of blood loss (missing arm)
Ergonomic
left handed, safety designed every day office products
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
