EMT Chapter 2 Definition Flashcards

State of exhaustion and irritability refers to…

Burnout

Stress reaction that occurs immediately/shortly after incident refers to…

Acute Stress Reaction

Stress reaction where symptoms due to high stress may not appear immediately refers to…

Ex. PTSD

Delayed Stress

Stress reaction due to constant exposure to stress that builds up and can lead to burnout refers to…

Cumulative Stress Reaction

Process to deal with stress by EMT that consists of debriefing and defusing, CISM, refers to…

Critical

Incident

Stress

Management

-CISM tactic

-24-72 hours of critical incident

-7 fazes

-anyone involved in the incident

-CISD, refers to…

Critical Incident Safety Debriefing

-Version of CISD

-8 hours after Critical Incident

-30-45 minutes

-Those most directly involved

refers to…

Defusing

Protect oneself from disease transmission through bodily fluid exposure refers to…

Standard Precautions

Equipment used for Standard Precautions, PPE, refers to…

Personal Protective Equipment

A way to screen for TB, PPD tuberculin test, refers to…

Purified Protein Derivative

The ability to cope with stress/adversity without suffering lasting physical/psychological harm refers to…

Resilience

Microorganisms that are visible through a microscope that cause disease refer to…

Pathogens

Process of washing soiled object with soap/water refers to…

Cleaning

Process of cleaning and using hospital-grade disinfectant/germicide refers to…

Disinfecting

The process of an object being burned to kill microorganisms refers to…

Sterilization

The mask used to combat TB, HEPA, stands for…

High

Efficiency

Particulate

Air