Safety and Body Mechanics
The loss of ability to move all or part of the body.
What is paralysis?
What would you apply to a burn?
What is cool water?
Gown, Mask, Goggle, and Gloves
What is PPE?
Injury caused by professional misconduct through negligence, carelessness, or lack of skill.
What is malpractice?
Communication the use of words, spoken or written.
What is verbal communication.
The way parts of the body work together when a person moves.
What is body mechanics?
Method of attempting to remove an object from the airway of someone who is choking.
What is abdominal thrust?
Pink eye and C. diff infection is an example of what precaution?
What are Contact Precautions?
Emotional harm caused by threatening, scaring, humiliating, intimidating, isolating, or insulting a person.
What is psychological abuse?
Phrases that are used over and over again and do not really mean anything.
What are cliches?
A physical or chemical way to restrict voluntary movement.
What is a restraint?
Occurs as a result of decreased blood flow to the brain, causing temporary loss of consciousness.
What is fainting or syncope?
Tuberculosis is an example of what precaution?
What are Airborne Precautions?
Improper or illegal use of a person's money, possessions, property, or other assets.
What is Financial Abuse?
This information is something a person cannot or did not observe.
What is subjective?
Measures used in place of a restraint or that reduce the need for a restraint.
What is restraint alternatives?
Can result from either too much insulin or too little food.
What is hypoglycemia or insulin reaction?
Treating blood and the bodily fluids, nonintact skin and mucous membranes as if they were infected.
What are Standard Precautions?
Threat to harm a person, resulting in the person feeling fearful that they will be harmed.
What is assault?
A person shrugging their shoulders or pointing to an object is a form of this communication.
What is nonverbal?
Requires that all hazardous chemicals have a Safety Data Sheet.
Who is OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)?
The act of ejecting stomach contents through the mouth and/or nose.
What is vomiting or emesis?
Influenza is an example of what precaution.
What is Droplet?
Unlawful restraint that affects a person's freedom of movement.
What is false imprisonment?
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
What is empathy?