front 1 coma | back 1 a state of being unaware of one's settings and being unable to react or respond to people, places or things |
front 2 dementia | back 2 the loss of cognitive and social function caused by changes in the brain |
front 3 disaster | back 3 a sudden, catastrophic event in which people are injured and killed and property is destroyed |
front 4 elopement | back 4 when a patient or resident leaves the agency without staff knowledge |
front 5 ground | back 5 that which carries leaking electricity to the earth and away from an electrical item |
front 6 hazard | back 6 any thing in the person's setting that could cause injury or illness |
front 7 hazardous chemical | back 7 any chemical that is a physical hazard or a health hazard |
front 8 hemiplegia | back 8 paralysis on 1 side of the body |
front 9 paralysis | back 9 loss of muscle function, sensation, or both |
front 10 paraplegia | back 10 paralysis in the legs and lower trunk |
front 11 quadriplegia | back 11 paralysis in the arms, legs, and trunk |
front 12 chemical restraint | back 12 any drug used for discipline or convenience and not required to treat medical symptoms |
front 13 convenience | back 13 any action taken to control or manage a person's behavior that requires less effort by the staff; the action is not in the person's best resident |
front 14 enabler | back 14 a device that limits freedom of movement but is used to promote independence, comfort, or safety |
front 15 freedom of movement | back 15 any change in place or position of the body or any part of the body that the person can control |
front 16 medical symptom | back 16 an indication or characteristic of a physical or psychological condition |
front 17 remove easily | back 17 the manual method, device material, or equipment used to restrain the person that can be removed intentionally by the person in the same manner it was applied by the staff |
front 18 antisepsis | back 18 the process, procedures, and chemical treatments that kill microbes or prevent them from causing an infection |
front 19 asepsis | back 19 the absence of a disease-producing microbes; a type of clean technique |
front 20 carrier | back 20 a human or animal that is a reservoir for microbes but does not develop the infection |
front 21 disinfectant | back 21 a liquid chemical that can kill many or all pathogens except spores |
front 22 medical asepsis | back 22 practices used to reduce the number of microbes and prevent their spread from 1 person or place to another person or place; another clean technique |
front 23 normal flora | back 23 microbes that live and grow in a certain area |
front 24 sterile | back 24 the absence of all microbes |
front 25 surgical asepsis | back 25 the practices use to remove all microbes; sterile technique |
front 26 vector | back 26 a carrier that transmits disease |
front 27 vehicle | back 27 any substance that transmits microbes |
front 28 biohazardous waste | back 28 items contaminated with blood, body fluids, secretions, or excretions |
front 29 communicable disease | back 29 a disease caused by a pathogen that spreads easily; contagious disease |
front 30 respiratory arrest | back 30 breathing stops but heart action continues for several minutes |
front 31 seizures | back 31 violent and sudden contractions or tremors of muscle groups caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain; aka convulsions |
front 32 shock | back 32 result when tissues and organs do not get enough blood |
front 33 sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) | back 33 the heart stops suddenly and without warning |