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Emotional health |
The ability to deal with life effectively. |
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What separates us from other species? |
Ability to feel emotions |
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Traits of emotionally healthy people |
Self knowledge, stress management, assertive, altruistic |
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Define altruistic |
Behaviors which contribute to the betterment of society. |
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Moderate degree of cynicism |
Being too cynical or too idealistic can lead to stress, burn out, low job satisfaction. |
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Happiness |
Feeling of contentment, gladness, feeling fortunate. |
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Coping with anger |
Listening to both sides, venting your feelings, working out your frustrations |
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Frustration |
Thwarted or defeated from needed or desired achievements |
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Three stressors of modern L.E.O. |
Monotony, working conditions, job responsibilities |
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Essential ingredient to maintaining emotional health |
Establish and maintain balance, set realistic goals, adjust your values and expectations, practice regular stress management techniques. |
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Alcoholics can.... |
Hide their problems and function within society |
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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 |
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Common responses/ reactions to critical incidents |
Changes in physical functioning Changes in thoughts emotions |
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Ways to respond to colleagues who experience critical incidents |
Active listening Empathize Provide support |
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Psychological stress |
family disfunction Recent personal losses or tragedy |
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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. |
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Elements of physical fitness |
Muscular strength Muscular endurance Aerobic capacity Flexibility Body composition Anaerobic |
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Muscular strength |
Amount of tension in one contraction |
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Muscular endurance |
Repeated movement with submaximal force for an extended period. |
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Aerobic capacity |
Ability to take in, transport and utilize oxygen |
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Flexibility |
Range of motion of a joint |
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Body composition |
Relationship of fat to muscle |
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Anaerobic |
Without oxygen, Sprint |
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Benefits of physical fitness |
Reduced stress, increased energy from improved metabolism, reduced anxiety, better overall health, improved appearance, reduction of depression, improved self esteem. |
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Physical fitness helps prevent |
Altercations, lower back syndrome, cardiovascular disease. |
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Healthy habits |
Don't smoke, control weight, 7-8 hrs of sleep, exercise daily, eat breakfast, well balanced meals. |
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4 major cardiovascular disease |
Coronary heart disease Cerebrovascular disease Congestive heart failure Peripheral vascular disease |
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Aerobic fitness |
Efficiency of the heart, lungs and blood vessels with oxygen. |
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5 "r's" of weight training |
Range of motion Resistance Repetitions Rest, 2 min of rest puts you back at full strength Recovery |
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Major food groups |
Fruits and vegetables, grains, carbs, meats, alternatives, dairy, protien and calcium |
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Metabolism |
The sum total of how our body uses the food we consume to carry out daily life. |
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Basil metabolism |
Rate of energy used by the body when lying quiet at relaxed room temperature |
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Calories |
The amount of energy needed to raise one kilogram of water one degree centigrade |
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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 |
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Treatment of injury |
Rest, ice, elevate, compress |
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Colder weather... |
Hypothermia, body temp is sub normal, frostbite, freezing of tissue |