Medical Emergencies
This is the first step when responding to someone having a seizure.
What is ensuring the person’s safety by removing nearby objects?
This document lists all medications a person takes.
What is a medication administration record (MAR)?
This type of documentation is required after any incident or injury.
What is an incident report?
The primary healthcare provider responsible for overseeing all medical care.
What is the primary care physician (PCP)?
This is one way to teach handwashing effectively.
What is demonstrating for 20 seconds with soap and water?
The universal number to call in a medical emergency.
What is 911?
Where can you find prescriptions that are sent to you?
What is Tarrytown Portal.
This law protects the privacy of health information.
What is HIPAA?
The act of communicating with this professional ensures proper medication prescriptions.
Who is the pharmacist?
This visual aid can be used to explain medication side effects.
What is a medication guide?
What to do if someone falls and hit their head?
What is call 911?
This is the action to take if a medication dose is missed.
What is consulting completing a verbal order form.
This is the term for ensuring timely updates to medical files.
What is maintaining accurate documentation?
This specialist provides dietary recommendations for residents.
What is a dietitian?
This is the minimum SPF recommended for daily sunscreen use.
What is SPF 30?
When someone is choking and cannot speak, this maneuver is performed.
What is the Heimlich maneuver?
How often are medications checked?
What is daily.
We often conduct these to ensure compliance every month.
What are audits?
A team meeting discussing a resident’s overall care is often referred to as this.
What is an interdisciplinary team (IDT) meeting?
This method involves teaching someone by showing, doing, and reviewing.
What is teach-back?
This law requires staff working with people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, or traumati
What is Danielle's Law.
The “5 Rights” of medication administration include these.
What are the right patient, medication, dose, route, and time?
This is the required time frame to update care plans after a major medical change.
What is 24–48 hours?
Scheduling this type of appointment ensures preventative care.
What is an annual physical?
This is the primary benefit of using visuals and demonstrations in staff training.
What is improving understanding and retention of information?