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15 Cards in this Set
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The study of factors that influence the frequency, distribution, and causes of injury, disease, and other health-related events in a population. |
Epidemiology |
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Intentional or unintentional injury to a person resulting form acute exposure to thermal, mechanical, electrical or chemical energy. Or from the absence of such essentials as heat and oxygen. |
Injury |
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A hazardous or potentially hazardous situation that puts people at danger of sustaining injury. |
Injury Risk |
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The ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of injury data essentil to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health practice. |
Injury Surveillance Program |
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Keeping an injury from ever occurring. |
Primary Prevention |
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The science and practice of protecting and improving the health of a community through the use of preventative medicine, health education, control of communicable diseases, appliction of sanitary measures, and monitoring of environmental hazards. |
Public Health |
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Medical care after an injury or illness that helps to prevent further problems from occurring. |
Secondary Prevention |
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Rehabilitation after an injury or illness that helps prevent further problems from occurring. |
Tertiary Prevention |
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A calculation made by subtracting the age at death from 65. (in cases of early or accidental death) |
Years of Productive Life |
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Public Health laws |
-Illness and Prevention -Police powers for public health agencies -Epidemiological tools
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EMS roles in public health |
-Disease prevention -Disease surveillance -Disaster management -Injury prevention ** The primary tenet of public health is to identify and prevent injury and illness. |
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Six mjor roles of epidemiology in public health |
-Public health surveillance -Field investigation -Analytic studies -Evaluation -Linkage -Policy development |
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Commitment of the organization to the EMS provider |
-Protection -Education -Data collection -Financial support -Empowerment |
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Areas where EMS can be active in prevention of illness/injury |
-Infants and children -Motor vehicle collisions -Geriatric patients -Work and recreational hazards -Medictions -Early discharge |
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Prevention strategies for EMS personnel |
-Preserve response team safety -Recognize scene hazards -Document findings -COnduct on-scene education -Know your community resources -Assess community needs |
