🦠INFECTION & ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS
A local sign of infection.
What is swelling?
The study of how diseases spread within populations.
What is epidemiology?
An increase in cell size due to increased workload.
What is hypertrophy?
This hormone causes vasoconstriction and increases blood pressure during stress.
What is epinephrine
An infection that spreads through the bloodstream to multiple organs.
What is a systemic infection?
A systemic sign of infection.
What is elevated ESR?
A measurable, objective finding observed by the healthcare provider.
What is a sign?
This cellular change is considered reversible if the stressor is removed early.
What is cellular adaptation?
Chronic stress most negatively affects this body system.
What is the immune system?
Prolonged exposure to cold can lead to this systemic effect.
What is decreased heart rate?
An infection acquired during hospitalization.
What is a nosocomial infection?
This term describes the body’s ability to adjust to internal or external stressors.
What is adaptation?
Loss of oxygen leads to failure of this cellular pump first.
What is the sodium-potassium pump?
This stress stage is associated with burnout.
What is the exhaustion stage?
Exposure to pesticides is classified as this environmental hazard.
What is a chemical hazard?
Extreme heat or cold is classified as this type of environmental hazard.
What is a thermal hazard?
This type of immunity results from receiving antibodies from breast milk.
What is passive natural immunity?
Severe cellular injury results in this irreversible form of cell death.
What is necrosis?
Stress-induced hyperglycemia occurs due to increased levels of this hormone.
What is cortisol?
Pain, redness, and swelling are examples of this type of infection sign.
What are local signs?
Hydration with cool fluids is the treatment for this condition.
What is heat exhaustion?
The branch of science that explains why symptoms occur in disease.
What is pathophysiology?
Cells that are replaced with fibrous tissue after injury undergo this process.
What is healing (scar formation)?
Long-term stress increases risk for this GI complication.
What are ulcers?
Heat exhaustion is best treated with this intervention
What is hydration with cool fluids?