Nursing: Unit 2: Chapter 11: Safety Needs

Coma

Prolonged state of unconsciousness

Dementia

Loss of cognitive and social function caused by changes in the brain

Elopment

When a patient or resident leaves the agency without the stagg knowing

Hazardous chemical

Any chemical that is a physical hazard or health hazard

Hazard

Anything in the person’s setting that could cause injury or illness

Disaster

A harmful event that can affect the agency, patient, or resident population, community or larger geographic area.

Incident

Any event that has harmed or could harm a patient, resident, visitor, or staff member

Paralysis

Loss of muscle function

Poison

Any substance harmful to the body when ingested, inhaled, injected, or absorbed through the skin

Suffocation

When breathing stops from the lack of oxygen, aphyxia

Name and date, ID bracelet

To identify a person, you look at their chart, which contains their ____ and ____, and also their _______. You cannot take their information from them personally

Unconscious

Being unaware of one’s setting and being unable to react or respond to people, places, or things

Superficial (1st)

Type of burn that involves the epidermis

Partial thickness (2nd)

Type of burn that involves the epidermis and the dermis

Full-thickness (3rd)

Type of burn that involves the epidermis, dermis, fat, muscle, and bone may be injured or destroyed.

Identification

ID abbreviation

Occupational safety and health administration

OSHA abbreviation

Pull safety pin, aim low, squeeze lever, sweek back and forth

PASS abbreviation

Rescue, alarm, congine, extinguish

RACE abbreviation

Rapid response system

RRS abbreviation

Safety data sheet

SDS abbreviation

Paint

How do you get lead poisoning

Choking

Foreign bodies obstruct the airway (FBAO) and air cannot pass through the lungs, not enough oxygen 

Side

When a person is choking and you' see the object and try to remove it, make sure to put the person on their ______

Cardiac Arrest

What can choking lead to?

Heart Attack

Occurs when blood flow to the heart is blocked (ex: blood clot)

Cardiac Arrest

Happens when the heart stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood

Medical Safety Data Sheets

MSDS abbreviation

OSHA

Called when something hazardous is spilled; health care workers are supposed to be aware of the procedure in what to do in case a situation occurs, and provides training.

Code Grey

A code for shelter in place like thunderstorms”

Code Yellow

Code for missing person

Code Black

Code for a bomb threat

Code Blue

Code for heart attack

Code red

Code for fire

Red

What is the color of a wristband for an allergy alert

Yellow

Color of the wristband for a person considered a fall risk

Purple

Wristband color for those people who are not to be resuscitated (DNR)

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

CPR abbreviation

Emergency medical services

EMS abbreviation

Personal Protective Equipment

PPE Abbreviation

Disoriented

This person lacks at least one of the following: awareness in self, others, time, location, or surroundings

Name, Number, Room, Bed, DOB, age, Doctor

The bracelet each person has when admitted to an agency includes the person’s _____, ID _____, _____ and ____ number, _____, _____, and _____.

Medical record number

This is used to identify a person’s medical record

2

In order to give care, you need to use the ID bracelet, but you also need ___ identifiers.

Room Bed

You cannot use a person’s _____ or _____ number in order to identify the person

Mild airway obstruction

This is when a person is choking but some air still moves in and out of the lungs; the person is usually conscious and can speak, and if they’re breathing and coughing, abdominal thrusts aren’t needed

Severe airway obstruction

This is when a person is choking and air does not move in and out of the lungs. There would be no noise or high pitched noise when the person breathes in and abdominal thrusts are usually needed.

Heimlich Maneuver

This is another word for abdominal thrusts which is used when a person is choking

Obese pregnant

For ____ and ____ persons, chest thrusts are performed instead of abdominal thrusts

navel

For abdominal thrusts, make a fist with one hand and place the thumb side of the fist above the _____ and below the lower part of the sternum

SDS

These are used for hazardous chemicals in order to provide information about its name and common names, hazards, ingredients, emergency measures, fire-fighting measures, accidental release measures, and personal protection measures.

Centers for medicare and medicaid services (CMS)

The ___ requires that health agencies have an emergency preparedness program which include planning for disasters with an emergency plan where: potential hazards are identified, policies and procedures are formed and implemented, communication plan formed, and staff are trained and plan is tested.