Food
A sickness that results from eating food that is not safe.
What is a food-borne illness?
When setting up a patient's meal, this is the perfect position for feeding.
What is upright?
RACE stands for this.
OSHA stands for this agency who oversees safety in the workplace.
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration?
The practices, policies, and procedures that ensure the health & safety of anyone in a specific environment.
Three organisms that can cause foodborne illnesses include these.
What are bacteria, viruses, and parasites?
When patients are unable to feed themselves, PCTs may need to cut food into small pieces, give small bites, and hold the utensil this way.
What is 90 degrees to the mouth?
The most important safety rule during a fire is to _.
What is stay calm?
These contain important information about the proper use of chemicals.
What are Safety Data Sheets or SDSs?
Two aspects of food safety are _ and _.
What are preparing food and feeding patients?
To survive and multiply, microorganisms need these three environmental qualities.
What are warmth, moisture, and oxygen?
Smelly odors can prevent patients from wanting to eat, so PCTs should do this first.
What is clean and deodorize the room?
This type of fire extinguisher can be used to put out many types of fires except for flammable metals.
What is Type ABC?
Do this if a product is expired.
What is dispose of it?
When in a fire, it is better to _ than to save the building.
What is evacuate yourself and patients?
What is chilling food promptly (not letting it warm up to room temperature)?
This is one way to allow patients to be in control even when they cannot feed themselves?
What is choose the food they want to eat and in what order they eat it?
What is oxygen fuels the flames?
SDSs are required to contain these instructions for taking care of minor injuries with that chemical.
What is first aid?
Most foodborne illness occurs within 4 to 48 hours, but can take up to this much time to manifest symptoms.
What is two weeks?
What is wash foods thoroughly that are consumed raw?
Having patients take sips of liquid between bites minimizes the risk of this happening and why.
What is choking because the liquid makes food go down more easily?
Two actions for successful fire prevention are _ and _.
What are:
Obey "No Smoking" signs,
Check electrical equipment for damaged cords,
Do not overload electrical outlets,
Dispose of waste material in proper containers,
Store flammable material in proper containers,
Clean up flammable liquid spills immediately, or
Keep hallways and doorways clear of clutter.
This would be a reason for consulting an SDS form.
What is inhaling, ingesting, or contacting a dangerous chemical?
What is Personal Protective Equipment or PPE?