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| show | Nutrition, Exercise and Relaxation, Sleep, Balanced Lifestyle.
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| show | A disease caused by organisms within the body.
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| show | A disease that's spread from person to person and one species to another.
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| show | Direct Contact: Bloodborne Pathogens
Indirect: Needlesticks
Airborne: Sneezing, Coughing
Vector borne: Fleas, Mosquitos
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| Know the standard precautions used in treating patients to prevent infection: | show 🗑
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| Describe the routes of transmission and steps to prevent and/or deal with an exposure to Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS: | show 🗑
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| show | Gloves, Gowns, Mask, Eye Protection and Face Shields
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| show | Always wash hands before and after contact with patient.
Rinse hands using warm water. If running water isn't available use hand sanitizer. Apply soap, lather hands, rinse with warm/hot water. Dry hands with paper towel and use paper towel to turn off.
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| List the ways immunity to infectious diseases is acquired: | show 🗑
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| show | If you are exposed to a patients blood or bodily fluids: turn over patient care to another EMS provider, clean the exposed area with soap and water, if eyes were exposed rinse for 20 minutes, activate your departments ICP, and complete an exposure report.
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| show | Begin protecting yourself as soon as you're dispatched, wear seatbelts, don appropriate PPE, make sure scene is well marked, place warning devices to alert motorists of the scene, wear reflective clothing in the dark.
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| Describe the different types of protective clothing worn to prevent injury (1): | show 🗑
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| Describe the different types of protective clothing worn to prevent injury (2): | show 🗑
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| Explain the care of critically ill and injured patients: | show 🗑
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| show | Death may occur quite suddenly or after prolonged, terminal illness.
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| The grieving process: | show 🗑
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| show | EMS is a high stress job, and it's important to know the causes of stress and how to deal with stress. General Adaptive Syndrome and Physiologic Manifestations are both examples that can cause increased respirations, dilated pupils and perspiration.
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| show | PTSD can develop from any type of high levels of stress. They created CISM to reduce likelihood of PTSD by having people talk about their stressors in hopes to fix them or help with them.
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| show | Act calm and responsibly at all times, although it may be stressful.
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| Recognize the stress inherent in many situations, such as mass-casualty scenes: | show 🗑
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| show | Emergencies that don't have a clear physical cause. Most behavioral emergencies don't pose a threat but always ask yourself "how do they respond to you" "withdrawn or attached" "understand why you're there" look at how they're dressed and how they appear
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| Discuss workplace issues such as cultural diversity, sexual harassment, and substance abuse (1): | show 🗑
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| show | Substance Abuse: Increases risks of accidents and tension and causes poor treatment.
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