Stress Reactions
Stress Management
Law Enforcement Terms
Mnemonic & Acronyms
EMS Terms
100

Elevated blood pressure is an example of this stress reaction

What is physical? 

100

CISM is this type of tool to assist with dealing with stressful, critical incidents. 

What is peer-driven? 
100

Unlawful killing of a human being.

What is homicide? 

100

Establish, maintain, and/or broadcast a description of persons or property of interest.

What is BOLO?

100

A secured area for landing emergency aircraft.

What is landing zone? 

200

Elation at survival is an example of this type of stress reaction.

What is emotional?

200

CISM is not this!

What is therapy? 

200

A division of a law enforcement agency that investigates citizen complaints of police misconduct, and handles internal disciplinary matters.

What is Internal Affairs? 

200

This agency houses 14 subcomponents like FEMA. One of its numerous responsibilities is to enforce US immigration laws. 

What is DHS? 

200

The measure of a person’s responsiveness to stimuli and arousability. Also used to reference loss of consciousness

What is Level of Consciousness (LOC)?

300

Decreased personal hygiene is an example of this type of stress reaction.  

What is behavioral? 

300

These are 4 of the 8 practices to manage personal stress. 

What are: 

Don't personalize, eat/drink right, frequent breaks, humor, talk to someone, exercise, avoid/limit alcohol, tobacco, nicotine, and use music, art, or other creative expressions

300

A criminal offense that is punishable by a term of imprisonment in a county correctional facility for up to a year.

What is a misdemeanor? 

300

An agency of DHS, its mission is to support citizens and first responders to ensure that, as a nation, we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards. 

What is FEMA?

300

An emergency technique that utilizes upward thrusts just below the rib cage, to force air from the lungs and up through the trachea in an attempt to dislodge a foreign body from a choking person’s airway.

What is the Heimlich Maneuver? 

400

Intrusive thoughts are an example of this type of stress reaction. 

What is cognitive? 

400

These are 5 of the "terrible ten" of public safety. 

What are:

Suicide of a colleague, line-of-duty-death, serious line-of-duty injury, disaster/multiple casualties, police/accidental killing or wounding of innocent person, significant events involving children, prolonged incidents, personally threatening situations, excessive media events, any event capable of causing significant emotional distress

400

A short narrative completed by field units after contact with citizens.

What is an FIR? 

400

Only this agency can require or enforce changes for the grounding of an aircraft. 

What is the FAA? 

400

A portable device which has the ability to analyze the heart rhythm and deliver an electrical shock (when necessary) to restore the heart to a normal rhythm.

What is AED? 

500

Withdrawal from practice is an example of this type of stress reaction. 

What is spiritual? 

500

Six stressors that are unique to PSTs are: 

What are:

They take on others problems, no one understands what they do for a living, shiftwork, overtime, lack of sleep, lack of proper nutrition, lack of exercise, needing to be perfect, saying the right thing, adrenaline dump

500

Florida’s central database for tracking crime-related data.

What is FCIC? 

500

While NIMS provides the template for the management of incidents, while the ______ provides the structure and mechanisms for national-level policy. 

What is NRF? 
500

The measurements of the body’s most basic functions include these four things.

What are blood pressure, heart rate (pulse), respiratory rate, and body temperature?

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