CH 7 Emergency Care and Disasters
When organs and tissues do not receive enough blood supply. Symptoms include pale or gray skin, low blood pressure and increased pulse.
Shock
A disease or illness that will eventually cause death.
Terminal Illness
An extra sheet folded and placed on top of the bottom sheet and used to prevent shearing when pulling a resident up in bed
A draw sheet
The science of designing equipment, areas and work tasks to make them safer and to suit the workerr's abilities.
Ergonomics
Midnight
2400
A burn that is partial thickness.
Second degree burn.
The last sense to leave the body
Hearing
Moving a resident as a unit and not disrupting the alignment of the body
Logrolling
Initial values that can be compared to future measurements.
Baseline
3 pm
1500
Insulin reaction is also known as this and is caused by too much insulin or too little food.
Hypoglycemia
Alternating rapid respirations with slow respirations or apnea.
Cheyne-Stokes Respirations
Prone
Hydraulic, Hoyer, Standing.
Types of mechanical lifts
12:30 am
0030
Too little insulin in the body or too much sugar in the body can lead to this. Symptoms are SOB/"air hunger" and fruity breath.
Diabetic Ketoacidosis.
The rigidity of the body that occurs 2-6 hours after death is called
Rigor Mortis
This large flat plastic device is used to transfer residents who cannot bear weight on their legs.
Slide board.
Fainting in medical terminology
Syncope
noon
1200
Acronym FAST stands for these 4 things to check to rule in or rule out a CVA or stroke.
Face, Arms, Speech, Time
Stages of grief according to Elizabeth Kubler Ross
Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance
This device is similar to others with the same last name. This one has a straight grip handle to improve grip control and provide more support.
Functional grip cane
A warning sign of a CVA. A temporary lack of blood supply to the brain
Transient Ischemic Attack
8:35 pm
2035