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Colorless, odorless reactive gas, life-supporting component of the air
What is Oxygen
A document that contains information on the potential hazards (health, fire, reactivity, and enviromental) and how to work safely with the chemical product
What is Material Safety Data Sheet
or currently known as Safety Data Sheet
Team of providers is summoned to the bedside to immediately assess and treat the patient with the goal of preventing intensive care unit transfer, cardiac arrest, or death
What is Rapid Response Team
Soft restraints or devices made of material that are designed to safely fit around the wrists, ankles, or chest of a patient, and or areas of patients
What are Soft Protective Device
A system that, when applied to the medical industry, ensures that a quality focus is maintained throughout evey step of healthcare delivery process
What is Total Quality Improvement
Helps to prevent pressure sores by making sure that one part of the body is not overloaded
What is Postural Support
Restraint
What is a Safety Device Reminder
Movement to and fro or around something, especially that of fluid in a closed system
Changing physical location or position
Physical feeling or perception resulting from something that happens when it comes into contact with the body
What is Circulation, Movement and Sensation
Must be kept away from heat and flames, no smoking around or near it, must have signs be posted that oxygen is in use and distance between oxygen and smoking, or an open flame
What is Oxygen Precautions
An actively maintained document containing procedures and informatin needed to prevent, mitigate, prepare for respond to and recover from emergencies
What is Disaster Plan
An act of restraining another person and causing that person to be confined in a bounded area
What is False Imprisonment
Help keep a person from getting hurt or doing harm to others, used as a last resort
What are Restraints
Types Physical, Chemical, Enviromental
Hospitals often use code names to alert staff to an emergency
What is Emergency Codes
Ex.
Code Blue- Medical Emergency
Code Red- Fire or Smoke
Code Black- Bomb threat
How to use the fire extinguisher
What is Pull, Aim, Squeeze and Sweep
Pull the Pin
Aim at the fire
Squeeze the Handle
Sweep at the base of the fire
A crash of a plane or major train derailment.
Occurs outside of a hospital or facility
What is External Disasters
(Tornados, cyclones, hurricanes and other severe storms and flooding- Both)
Ensures that employees work in a safe and healthful enviroment by setting and enforcing standards, and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance
What is OSHA- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
IMMEDIATELY, URGENT, RUSH
What is STAT
Events that occur within the walls of the hospital itself
Active shooter, power outage, fire, chemical spill, bomb threat
What is Internal Disaster
The maintenance of a desired level of quality in a service or product, especially by means of attention to every stage of the process of delivery or production
What is Quality Assurance
Steps in the event of a fire
What is Rescue, Alarm, Confine, Extinguish/Evacuate
Rescue the Residents
Alarm everyone
Confine/Contain the Fire
Extinguish/Evacuate the Fire
Any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation or other threatening disruptive behavior that occurs at the work site, from threats and verbal abuse, physical assault and even homicide
What is Workplace Violence