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Any activity that involves the evaluation or comparison or risks and the development, selection, and implementation of control measures that change, reduce, or eliminate the probability of the consequences of harmful actions is known as what? |
Risk Management |
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_____________ is not just about monetary losses, it is about preventing disability, loss of life, and irreparable business damage as a result of the provision of patient care. |
Risk Management |
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What is the the overall goal of Risk Management? |
To reduce the frequency and severity of preventable adverse events that create losses. |
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How many strategies are there for managing risk?
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5
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Which of these is not a method for managing risk? A. Avoidance of risk activity B. Reduction or transfer of the degree or severity of risk C. Accept the risk and then insure or pool resources D. Regulate the amount through education and workshops E. Insurance |
D. |
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This type of management involves employing a system of layers that makes an attempt to trap human errors at various levels by employing a system to reduce risk. |
Crew Resource Management |
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Which one is NOT a key component of Crew Resource Management?
A. Communication B. Situational Awareness C. Planning D. Decision Making E. Teamwork F. Barriers
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C.
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How have the NHTSA and IAFC reduced medical and operational errors? |
With Crew Resource Management |
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___________ is a retrieval process that draws on past experiences, recalling an incident and responding in a successful way based on what the outcomes were from a previous experience |
Recognition-Primed Decision Making (RPDM) |
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High frequency events create many problems. True or False? |
False. It is the low frequency events that lead to problems |
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Where higher forms of reasoning and learning occur, the brain is wired with much ______ conduits that communicate with each other to access stored reasoning.
A. Larger B. Faster C. Smaller D. None of the above |
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the answer is Slower. |
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What part of the brain processes reflexes and emotions?
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Midbrain
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The midbrain is wired for ____-speed communication |
High |
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What is the best way to deal when confronted with a stress or event that produces a stimulus with a strong emotional response? |
Take a short pause in the decision making process to allow the brain to engage its higher reasoning abilities and make a better decision. |
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A ________ is a biological agent that causes disease or illness in a person. |
Pathogen |
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What are the 5 primary routes of exposure? |
1. Inhalation 2. Contact w/ blood or other bodily fluids 3. Ingestion 4. Fecal-oral 5. An intermediate carrier or vector |
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What is a communicable disease? |
A disease that can be readily spread from one person to another. |
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What are the sequence of events that must occur for an infection to occur? |
There must be a pathogen - a mode of transmission - a route of exposure - and a susceptible host. |
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What is the difference between being exposed and being infected? |
Exposure- When a host comes into contact with a pathogen.
Infected- When the pathogen has entered the host and resulted in disease. |
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A host becoming infected depends on what? |
Dose- the amount of organisms that enter the body.
Virulence- The strength of the organism.
Host Resistance- the ability of the body's immune system to fight the infection. |
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What are the two modes of transmission? |
Direct and Indirect |
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_______ transmission occurs when an agent that causes disease is transmitted directly from an infected individual to one who had not been infected? |
Direct transmission |
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a person becomes infected by coming into contact with equipment that has dried infectious blood. What type of transmission is this? |
Indirect transmission |
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risk management has two primary focuses?
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organizational and operational
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