Helgerson - EMT Ch. 2 Vocab
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| show | A chronic bacterial disease that usually affects the lungs, but can also affect other organs such as brain or kidneys.
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| show | An infection control concept and practice that assumes that all body fluids are potentially infectious.
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| show | A condition of chronic fatigue and frustration that results from mounting stress over time.
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| show | An animal or person who is infected with and may transmit an infectious disease but may not display any symptoms of it; also known as a vector.
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| Communicable Disease | show 🗑
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| show | An infectious disease that is capable of being transmitted from one person to another.
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| Contamination | show 🗑
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| Cover and Concealment | show 🗑
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| Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) | show 🗑
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| Critical Incident Stress Management | show 🗑
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| Designated Officer | show 🗑
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| show | A comprehensive plan that helps employees to reduce their risk of exposure to or acquisition of communicable diseases.
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| General Adaptation Syndrome | show 🗑
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| show | The virus that can cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
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| show | Caused by infection, in contrast to on caused by faulty genes, metabolic or hormonal disturbance, trauma, or something else.
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| show | An inflammation of the meningeal coverings of the brain and spinal cord; it is usually caused byu a virus or a bacterium.
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| show | The federal regulatory compliance agency that develops, publishes, and enforces guidelines concerning safety in the workplace.
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| show | A microorganism that is capable of causing disease in a susceptible host.
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| show | Protective equipment that OSHA requires to be made available to the EMT. In the case of infection risk, it blocks entry of an organism into the body.
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| Sever Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) | show 🗑
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| show | The way in which an infectious agent is spread: contact, airborne, by vehicles, or by vectors.
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