Safety Needs
Clutching at the throat is often a called the...
Universal Sign of choking
Gown, Mask, Gloves and Goggles
PPE
Place where most falls occur in a nursing home
Patient/Resident Room
Passage of hard, dry stool
Constipation
Study of the aging process
Gerontology
P.A.S.S. stands for
Pull pin, Aim low, Squeeze lever, Sweep back and forth
Process of killing pathogens
Disinfection
Provides support to get up or down in bathrooms and shower rooms
Grab Bars
To hurt, ache, or be sore
Pain
Intense fear
Phobia
Some of these items can cause suffocation
Restraints
Process of Destroying All Microbes
Sterilization
Where instructions to use a bed safely and properly are found
Manufacturers Instruction Manual
Temperature range used for perineal care (F°)
105°-109°F
Disorder of the mind
Paranoia
_______ _____ are used to relieve severe airway obstruction
Abdominal Thrusts
A disease caused by pathogens that spread easily; a contagious disease
Communicable Disease
Provides support when walking in a hallway (no personal equipment)
Hand rails
Used for elimination purposes on people who have recently had hip surgery.
Fracture pan
Location where digestion begins
Mouth
An _____ is any event that has harmed or could harm a patient, resident, visitor or staff member
Incident
Needles, Suction Equipment, Soiled Linens, Dressing and other Care Items
Other Potentially Infectious Materials (OPIM)
A person is falling, when does a person not use the procedure: "Helping a Falling Person"
Bariatric Person
Center that regulates that nursing homes/centers should maintain a temperature of 71°-81° F
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Substance in red blood cells that carries oxygen and gives blood its red color.
Hemoglobin