🥼 PPE
What does PPE stand for?
Personal Protective Equipment.
Does donning mean putting PPE on or taking PPE off?
Means putting on PPE
Name two types of facilities that provide long-term care.
Nursing Home, Assisted Living Care
What does ambulatory generally mean in healthcare?
Care provided to patients who do not require an overnight hospital stay.
I'm used to measure body temperature. What am I?
Thermometer
Name two examples of PPE commonly used by healthcare workers.
Examples include gloves, gowns, masks, respirators, and eye protection.
Does doffing mean putting PPE on or taking PPE off?
Taking OFF PPE.
A resident lives in a nursing home for an extended period. Is the goal usually only to treat one short-term illness? Yes or No and WHY?
No. Long-term care often focuses on ongoing care, function, safety, quality of life, and management of chronic conditions.
Give one example of an ambulatory care setting.
A doctor's office, outpatient clinic, urgent care center, or outpatient surgery center.
Before I touch a patient, I should..."
Wash hands/ hand hygeine
You are caring for a patient and expect your clothing may come into contact with bodily fluids. What PPE should you consider wearing?
Gown, Lab Coat or Protective Covering
Does doffing mean putting PPE on or taking PPE off?
To reduce the risk of contaminating yourself, your clothing, your skin, or the surrounding environment.
A resident needs help with bathing, dressing, and eating. What type of care are these activities examples of?
Assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs).
What type of patients generally receive acute care?
Patients who need treatment for sudden, serious, or short-term medical conditions or injuries.
What could happen if a specimen is labeled incorrectly?
The specimen could be rejected, recollected, or—more seriously—the wrong patient could receive incorrect results or treatment.
You are assisting a patient who is coughing heavily and there is a possibility of respiratory droplets reaching your eyes. What additional PPE should you consider?
Eye protection, such as goggles or a face shield, along with appropriate respiratory protection based on the precautions.
What is the order of Donning PPE?
1) Wash hands
2) Put on Gown, Lab Coat
3) Mask
4)Goggles
5) Gloves
A resident with Alzheimer’s disease asks the same question every few minutes. The healthcare worker becomes frustrated. What is the most appropriate response?
Remain patient and calm, provide reassurance, and redirect the resident rather than arguing or becoming frustrated.
A patient needs urgent blood work inorder to begin her new job that starts next week. Does she need acute or ambulatory care.
Ambulatory Care such as a Urgent care, clinic or doctor's visit. Although, she needs it for a job oppurtunity it is NOT an EMERGENCY
What body system is responsible for transporting blood, oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and waste throughout the body?
Circulatory System
Scenario: You enter a patient's room wearing gloves. You touch the patient's bedrail, then your phone. What is the problem?
The gloves may have become contaminated, and touching the phone can spread contamination. Missing hand hygiene
What is the order of DOFFING PPE
3)Remove Goggles 4) Remove Mask
WASH HANDS AFTER ****
A family member says, “Why does my mother need long-term care if she isn't in the hospital?” What is the best explanation?
Long-term care provides ongoing assistance, supervision, safety, and support for people who have continuing care needs, even when they do not need hospital-level acute care.
A patient visits an outpatient surgery center for a procedure. The patient receives anesthesia, is monitored during recovery, and is discharged home the same day without being admitted to the hospital. What type of care is this?
Ambulatory Care
What condition occurs when the body’s core temperature drops dangerously low after prolonged exposure to cold, and can become life-threatening?
Hypothermia