Safety
Restraints
Patient Adverse Events
Prefixes, Roots and Suffixes
Abbreviations
100

The way the parts of the body work together when a person moves

Body mechanics

100

A physical or chemical way to restrict voluntary movement or behavior 

Restraint

100

The inhalation of food, fluid or foreign material into the lungs

Aspiration

100

dys

Bad, painful

ex: Dysuria= painful urination

100

O2

oxygen

200

The process of burning

Combustion

200

Measures used in place of a restraint or that reduce the need for a restraint

Restraint Alternatives

200

Difficulty swallowing

Dysphagia

200

a, an

without, not, lack of

analgesic=without pain

atrophy=lack of nourishment/growth

200

CO2

Carbon Dioxide

300

The stoppage of breathing

suffocation

300

Any method, device, material or equipment that restricts a person's freedom of movement

Physical Restraint

300

Blue or pale/dusky skin and/or mucus membranes due to decreased oxygen in the blood

Cyanosis

300

-osis

condition

Cyanosis- condition of being blue

300

PASS

Pull Aim Squeeze Sweep

400

Easily Ignited and capable of burning

flammable

400

An environment in which restraints are not kept or used for any reason

Restraint- free care

400

Weakening or wasting away of muscles

Atrophy

400

-phagia

to eat

Dysphagia-poor eating/difficulty eating

400

RACE

Rescue Activate Contain Extinguish

500

Collecting and putting things away in a guarded way

Hoarding

500

Medications used to control a person's mood or behavior 

Chemical restraint

500

The permanent and painful shortening of a muscle, tendon or ligament that can restrict movement.

Contracture

500

dis

free from or apart

disinfected-free from microorganisms

500

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration