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X Foundations - Ch 14, Safety Flashcards

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Highest Death Rates

Maternal/Fetal Health

A

Neonatal Infection

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

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Highest Death Rates

Childhood - Adolescent

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drugs, driving, STDs

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Highest Death Rates

Young Adulthood

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Suicide

Sports Injury

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Highest Death Rates

Middle Aged

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Chronic disease, plastic surgery, workplace injury

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Highest Death Rates

Elderly

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falls, choking, suicide

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JCAHO

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Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

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Sentinel Event

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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

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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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9
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SRD

A

Safety Reminder Devices

gait belt
Fall alert
Posey bath
bed alram
wheelchair alarm
thigh alarm
geri chair
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10
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How often should order for SRDs be written

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every 24 hrs

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Restrains - first option

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  • communication
  • make sure everything is in reach
  • speak to family
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12
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Last resort SRD

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Chemical restraints

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13
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Restraint Checkin

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  • 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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14
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Antigen

A

Foreign protein

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15
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Any of the ‘cillins’ are…. (amoxycyllin etc)

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Antigenic

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16
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Antigens cause what

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Mast cells to release himstamines

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17
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Histamines cause capillaries to become

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leaky (Edema)

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18
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Anaphylaxis

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Hypotension, low blood pressure

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19
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Hemorrhagic Shock

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Lots of blood loss (missing arm)

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20
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Ergonomic

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left handed, safety designed every day office products

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21
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Mercury

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severe heavy metal poisoning. nerve damage

22
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MRI

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

23
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Presbyopia

A

vision loss due to age

24
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Presby

A

elder

25
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Presbycussis

A

hearing loss due to age

26
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Flouroscopy

A

Xray video

27
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NIOSH

A

branch of CDC

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

28
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MSDS

A

Material Safety Data Sheet

29
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RACE PASS

A

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

30
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Syrup of Ipecac

A

to force vomiting (emesis)

31
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Emesis

A

Vomit

32
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Activated Charcoal

A

chelating agent to absorb poison in stoach

33
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Jaundice

A

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.

34
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RBC live for

A

128 days

35
Q

What is made in Bone Marrow

A

WBC
RBC
Platelets

36
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What kind of cells does radiation attack?

A

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

37
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Low RBC

A

Get pale

Anemic

38
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Low WBC

A

Neutropenia

Compromised immune system

39
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Low platelets

A

Thrombocytopenia

Thrombocytes clot with out them. Bleed out. No clotting

40
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Blood Clotting steps

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

41
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Types is Disaster

A

Internal- inside job

External-hurricane outside

42
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Hematophfoiesis

A

formation of blood

43
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Hematoamesis

A

Vomiting blood

44
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High Risk Syndromes

A

Anthrax
Botulism
Plague
Smallpox

45
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Endemic

A

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

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Epidemic

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

47
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Hematopoietic

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

48
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Gastrointestinal

A

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

49
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Cerebrovascular and CNS

A

Cerebral edema, hyperpyrexia, hypoetnsion, confustion and disorientation

50
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Skin

A

loss of epidermis

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