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Emotional health

The ability to deal with life effectively.

What separates us from other species?

Ability to feel emotions

Traits of emotionally healthy people

Self knowledge, stress management, assertive, altruistic

Define altruistic

Behaviors which contribute to the betterment of society.

Moderate degree of cynicism

Being too cynical or too idealistic can lead to stress, burn out, low job satisfaction.

Happiness

Feeling of contentment, gladness, feeling fortunate.

Coping with anger

Listening to both sides, venting your feelings, working out your frustrations

Frustration

Thwarted or defeated from needed or desired achievements

Three stressors of modern L.E.O.

Monotony, working conditions, job responsibilities

Essential ingredient to maintaining emotional health

Establish and maintain balance, set realistic goals, adjust your values and expectations, practice regular stress management techniques.

Alcoholics can....

Hide their problems and function within society

Signs if suspected alcohol abuse off duty

Lower quality of work


Abseentism


Unusual excuses for tardiness or abscense


Hangover


Shaking hands


Increased nervousness


Constantly late

Common responses/ reactions to critical incidents

Changes in physical functioning


Changes in thoughts


emotions

Ways to respond to colleagues who experience critical incidents

Active listening


Empathize


Provide support

Psychological stress

family disfunction


Recent personal losses or tragedy

Physical fitness

The ability to perform daily activities with vigor and alertness without undue fatigue and the energy to engage in leisure pursuits and be able to meet above average stresses in an emergency.

Elements of physical fitness

Muscular strength


Muscular endurance


Aerobic capacity


Flexibility


Body composition


Anaerobic

Muscular strength

Amount of tension in one contraction

Muscular endurance

Repeated movement with submaximal force for an extended period.

Aerobic capacity

Ability to take in, transport and utilize oxygen

Flexibility

Range of motion of a joint

Body composition

Relationship of fat to muscle

Anaerobic

Without oxygen, Sprint

Benefits of physical fitness

Reduced stress, increased energy from improved metabolism, reduced anxiety, better overall health, improved appearance, reduction of depression, improved self esteem.

Physical fitness helps prevent

Altercations, lower back syndrome, cardiovascular disease.

Healthy habits

Don't smoke, control weight, 7-8 hrs of sleep, exercise daily, eat breakfast, well balanced meals.

4 major cardiovascular disease

Coronary heart disease


Cerebrovascular disease


Congestive heart failure


Peripheral vascular disease

Aerobic fitness

Efficiency of the heart, lungs and blood vessels with oxygen.

5 "r's" of weight training

Range of motion


Resistance


Repetitions


Rest, 2 min of rest puts you back at full strength


Recovery

Major food groups

Fruits and vegetables, grains, carbs, meats, alternatives, dairy, protien and calcium

Metabolism

The sum total of how our body uses the food we consume to carry out daily life.

Basil metabolism

Rate of energy used by the body when lying quiet at relaxed room temperature

Calories

The amount of energy needed to raise one kilogram of water one degree centigrade

Hot weather

1 Heat cramps, salt loss from sweat


2 Heat exhaustion, fatigue and weakness due to water loss.


3 Heat stroke, extreme body temp from disturbance of sweating mechanism

Treatment of injury

Rest, ice, elevate, compress

Colder weather...

Hypothermia, body temp is sub normal, frostbite, freezing of tissue