Vocabulary Terms Unit Ii: N209

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Coma

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a state of being unaware of one's setting and being unable to react or respond to people, places, or things

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dementia

Back 2

the loss of cognitive and social function caused by changes in the brain

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disaster

Back 3

a sudden catastrophic event in which people are injured and killed and property is destroyed

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electrical shock

Back 4

when electrical current passes through the body

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ground

Back 5

that which carries leaking electricity to the earth and away from an electrical item

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hazard

Back 6

any thing in the person's setting that may cause injury or illness

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hazardous substance

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any chemical in the workplace that can cause harm

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hemiplegia

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paralysis on one side of the body

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incident

Back 9

Any event that has harmed or could hard a patient, resident,visitor, or staff memeber

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paralysis

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loss of muscle function, sensation, or both

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paraplegia

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paralysis in the legs and lower trunk

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poison

Back 12

any substance harmful to the body when ingested, inhaled, injected, or absorbed through the skin

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quadriplegia

Back 13

paralysis in the arms, legs, and trunk

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suffocation

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when breathing stops from the lack of oxygen

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tetraplegia

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quadraplega

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workplace violence

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violent acts directed toward persons at work or while on duty

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Bed rail

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a device that serves as a guard or barrier along hte side of the bed/side rail

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gait belt/transfer belt

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a device used to support a person who is unsteady or disabled

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chemical restraint

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any drug that is used for discipline or convenience and not required to treat medical symptoms

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enabler

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a device that limits freedom of movement but is used to promote independence, comfort and safety

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freedom of movement

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any change in place or position of the body or any part of the body that the person is able to control

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medical symptom

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an indication or characteristic of a physical or psychological condition

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physical restraint

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any manual method or physical or mechanical device, material, or equipment attached to or near the person's body that he or she cannot remove easily and that restricts freedom of movement or normal access to on'es body

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remove easily

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the manual method, decice, material, or equipment used to restrain the person that can be remved intentionally by the person in the same manner it was applied by the staff

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antibiotic

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a drug that kills certain microbes that cause infections

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asepsis

Back 26

being free of disease producing microbes

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biohazardous waste

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items contaminated with blood, body fluids, secretions, or excretions

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carrier

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a human or animal that is a reservoir for microbes but does not develop the infection

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clean technique/medical asepsis

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practices used to remove or destroy pathogens and to prevent their spread from one person or place to another person or place

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communicable disease/contagious disease

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a disease caued by pathogens that spead easily

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contamination

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the process of becoming unclean

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disinfection

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the process of destroying pathogens

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healthcare-associated infection HAI

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an ifection that develops in a person cared for in any setting where health care is given; the infection is related to receiving health care

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immunity

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protection against a certain diseas

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infection

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a disease state resulting from the invasion and growth of microbes in the body

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infection control

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practices and procedures that prevent the spread of infection

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microbe/microorganism

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a small libing thing seen only with a microscope

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non-pathogen

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a microbe that does not usually cause an infection

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normal flora

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microbes that live and grow in a certain area

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pathogen

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a microbe that is harmful and can cause infection

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reservoir

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the environment in whicha microbe lives and grows;host

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spore

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a bacterium protected by a hard shell

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sterile

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the absence of all microbes

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sterile field

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a work area freee of all pathogens and nonpathogens including spores

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sterile technique/surgical aspepsis

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the practices that keep items free of all microbes

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sterilization

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the process of destroying all microbes

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vaccination

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giving a vaccing to produce immunity against an infectious disease

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vaccine

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a preparation contina dead or weakened microbes

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vector

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a carrier (animal or insect) that transmits disease

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vehicle

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any substance that transmits microbes

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base of support

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the area on which an object rests

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body alignment/posture

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the way the head, trunk, arms and legs are aligned with one another

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body mechanics

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using the body in an efficient and careful way

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dorsal recumbent position/supine

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back-lying position

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ergonomics

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the science of designing a job to fit the worker

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fowler's position

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a semi-sitting position; the head of the bed is raised 45-60 degrees

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lateral position/side-lying position

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the person lies on ones side or the other

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prone position

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lying on the abdomen with the head turned to one side

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Sim's position/semi-prone position

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a left side lying position in which the upper leg(right leg) is sharply flexed so it is not on the lower leg (left leg) and the lower arem (left arm) is behind the person

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friction

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the rubbing of one surface against another

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log-rollig

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turning the person as a unit, in alignment, with one motion

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shearing

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when skin sticks to a surface while muscles slide in the direction the body is moving

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transfer

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moving the person from one place to another