Chapter 2 - Workplace Safety and Wellness

What are the 4 components of wellness

Physical, Emotional, Mental, and Spiritual

What is one the most common infectious diseases in the world?

Tuberculosis

Standard Precautions

Protective measures developed for use in dealing with potential exposure risks of communicable diseases.

Infection Control

A disease caused by microorganisms that can be transmitted with or without direct contact.

Aerosol Generating Procedures (ASGs)

Procedures that increase risk of airborne infections.

What is the proper dilution for bleach when cleaning?

1:10

Turnout gear

PPE commonly used by firefighters.

What is the organization that requires all EMS professionals to utilize high-visibility vest when on or near a roadway?

American National Standards Institute

Fall zone

An area where you are most likely to encounter falling objects.

(True / False) Construction helmets are well-suited for rescue situations and can be used in place of fire helmets.

False

The danger zone around down power lines should be _ distance.

One span of the power poles distance.

Stress

Any event that causes you to react physically, emotionally, or mentally.

Stressor

Any agent or situation that causes stress.

Eustress

Positive stress; stress that motivates a person to achieve.

Distress

Negative stress; stress that finds overwhelming and debilitating.

Acute stress reaction

stress reaction that occurs during a situation.

Delayed stress reaction

stress reaction that manifest after a stressful event.

Cumulative stress reaction

stress reaction that occurs when exposed to prolonged or excessive stress.

Compassion Fatigue

A disorder characterized by a gradually lessening of compassion over time.

What is the alternative name for compassion fatigue?

Secondary Stress Disorder

Burn-Out

Exhaustion of physical or emotional strength.

(True / False) Those grieving go through all stages of the grieving process.

False

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

A delayed stress reaction to a previous incident.

Critical Incident

An incident that overwhelms the ability of an EMS worker or EMS system.

Critical Incident Stress Management

A resource available to emergency personnel after a traumatic call or incident.

Employee Assistance Program

A counseling program to help with situations that may affect an EMS professional’s health and/or well-being.

Blind panic

A fear reaction in which a persons judgement seems to disappear and can cause mass panic.

Bloodborne Pathogens

Pathogenic microorganisms that are present in blood and can cause disease.

Airborne Transmission

spread of an organism in aerosol form.

Conversion Hysteria

A reaction in which a person’s anxiety is subconsciously transformed into a bodily dysfunction.

Communicable Diseases

Diseases that can be spread from person-to-person or animal-to-person.

Defense mechanisms

Psychological ways a person releases stress.

Displacement

A defense mechanism in which a person redirects emotion from one person onto another.

Fight-or-Flight Response

Physiologic response to a profound stressor that helps a person deal with the situation at hand.

(True / False) Fight-or-Flight reponses result in a decreased sympathetic tone.

False

Indirect Contact

Exposure or transmission of disease that is spread from one person to another through contact of a shared inanimate object.

Infection Control

Procedures that reduces transmission of disease.

Projection

A defense mechanism that is characterized by blaming unacceptable feelings, motives, or desires onto others.

Regression

A defense mechanism that is characterized by a return to a child-like state under stress.