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1. The rules and regulations under which nurses Law
must carry out their professional duties.
2. What most people commonly think of as "law" are Statutes
what lawyers call
3. It is when an individual may be required to pay Civil liability
monetary damages to another individual, or in
some cases to the government, for failure to com-
ply with a legal obligation
4. A law that the nurses and other healthcare Good Samaritan law
provider from liabilities for their good deeds dur-
ing a sudden emergency, but not always during a
disaster.
5. It refers to the examination of what it means to live Ethics
a moral life.
6. It encompasses the norms people adopt to direct Morality
right and wrong conduct
7. It proscribes the ethical obligations of nurses, ANA Code of Ethics for
and expresses the profession's commitment to Nurses
society
8. A circumstance in which a person finds himself Dilemma
or herself choosing between two or more actions
he or she is morally required to perform, but the
actions are actually incompatible with one anoth-
er
9. What are the two disclosure of health informa- Privacy and Confeden-
tion? tiality
10. It is usually considered to be the restriction of Quarantine
the activities of a healthy person who has been
exposed to a communicable disease, usually for
the period of time necessary for the disease to
reveal itself through physical symptoms
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11. It is usually defined to mean the separation of a Isolation
person known to have a communicable disease
for the period of time in which the disease re-
mains communicable.
12. It is often associated today with proceedings in Civil commitment
the mental health system to forcibly confine per-
sons who are mentally ill and a danger either to
themselves or to others.
13. It is usually refers to a medical procedure to test Testing
whether an individual has a disease.
14. It might be thought of as testing all the members Screening
of a particular population.
15. Despite preparation, a bioterrorist attack or a dis- Resource allocation
aster involving a large number of casualties or ca-
sualties in excess of personnel and resources will
challenge providers to justly allocate resources.
16. It involves such issues as the fair and equitable Distributive justice
allocation of scarce resources.
17. one mechanism for allocating scarce resources triage
in emergency situations.
18. Triage is a french word means _____? to sort
19. Triage levels: Traige level 1
Those people who have major injuries and will die
without immediate help
20. Triage levels: Traige level 2
Those whose treatment can be delayed without
immediate danger
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21. Triage levels: Traige level 3
Those with minor injuries
22. All healthcare professionals, including nurses, Professional liability
are subject to civil liability for providing substan-
dard healthcare
23. Generally a matter of state law, although the law Malpractice liability
of malpractice liability is very similar in all of the
states.
24. May provide immunity from civil liability for per- Good Samaritan
sons when they render care in emergency situa-
tions.
25. A level of medical care which is used for patient BLS
with illness or injury until full medical care can be
given.
26. An immediate or emergency treatment given to First aid
a person who has been injured before complete
medical and surgical treatment can be secured
27. Any catastrophic situation in which the normal Disaster
patterns of life (or ecosystems) have been dis-
rupted and extraordinary, emergency interven-
tions are required to save and preserve human
lives and/or the environment
28. Intentional or unintentional wounds/injuries on Trauma
the human body from particular mechanical
mechanism that exceeds the body's ability to pro-
tect itself from injury
29. Traditionally refers to care given to patients with Emergency manage-
urgent and critical needs ment
30. process of assessing patients to determine man- triage
agement priorities.
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31. Set of clinical interventions for the urgent treat- ACLS
ment of cardiac arrest and often life threatening
medical emergencies as well as the knowledge
and skills to deploy those interventions.
32. Restoration of normal rhythm to the heart in ven- Defibrillation
tricular or atrial fibrillation
33. A situation in which the number of casualties Mass casualties inci-
exceeds the number of resource dent
34. A characteristic of symptoms after a psycholog- PTSD
ically stressful event was out of range of an nor-
mal human experience
35. The e initial emergency care given immediately First aid
upon arrival at the scene to an ill or injured per-
son.
36. your level of training. Treatment should always be Preserve life
guided by the 3Ps. What are the 3ps? Prevent further injury
Promote recovery
37. Aims when conducting primary emergency care? Protection against fur-
What are those 5ps? ther injury.
Preservation of life.
Promotion of recovery.
Prevention of injuries
for people at any age.
Promotion of healthy
lifestyles.
38. If the patient has no breathing, what should be teh Cardiopulmonary re-
first aider will do? suscitation or CPR
39. What are the focus of emergency care Preserve or Prolong
Life
Alleviate Suffering
Do No Further Harm
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Restore to Optimal
Function
40. What are the four stages of crisis? Anxiety and Denial
Remorse and Guilt
Anger
Grief
41. Stages of Crisis: Anxiety and Denial
Encouraged to recognize and talk about their feel-
ings and asking questions is encouraged.
42. Stages of Crisis: Grief
Help family members work through their grief
43. Stages of Crisis: Grief
Letting them know that it is normal and accept-
able
44. Stages of Crisis: Remorse and guilt
verbalize their feelings
45. Stages of Crisis: Anger
Way of handling anxiety and fear
46. Stages of Crisis: Anger
allow the anger to be ventilated
47. Stages of Crisis: Anxiety and denial
Prolonged denial is not encouraged or supported
48. Hhighest priority, conditions are life threatening Emergent
and need immediate attention
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49. Airway obstruction, sucking chest wound, shock, Emergent
unstable chest and abdominal wounds, open frac-
tures of long bones
50. have serious health problems but not immediate- Urgent
ly life threatening ones. Must be seen within 1
hour
51. Maxillofacial wounds without airway compro- Urgent
mise, eye injuries, stable abdominal wounds with-
out evidence of significant hemorrhage, fractures
52. patients have episodic illness than can be ad- Non-urgent
dressed within 24 hours without increased mor-
bidity
53. Upper extremity fractures, minor burns, sprains, Non-urgent
small lacerations without significant bleeding, be-
havioral disorders or psychological disturbance.
54. A way of breathing air to person's lungs when Artificial respirations
breathing ceased or stopped function
55. A condition when the respiration or breathing Respiratory arrest
pattern of an individual stops to function, while
the pulse and circulation may continue.
56. A condition when the persons breathing and cir- Cardiac arrest
culation/pulse stop at the same time
57. Consist of rhythmic application of pressure over External Chest Com-
the lower portion of the sternum just in between pression
the nipple
58. What are the 4 Chain of Survivals? EARLY ACCESS
EARLY BLS
EARLY DEFRIBILLA-
TION
EARLY ACLS
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59. CHAIN OF SURVIVAL: Early access
early recognition of cardiac arrest, prompt activa-
tion of emergency services
60. CHAIN OF SURVIVAL: Early BLS
prevent brain damage, buy time for the arrival of
defibrillator
61. CHAIN OF SURVIVAL: Early ACLS
technique that attempts to stabilize patient
62. CHAIN OF SURVIVAL: Early defibrallation
7-10% decrease per minute without defibrillation
63. What is the estimated blood pressure in radial? > 80
64. What is the estimated blood pressure in femoral? > 70
65. What is the estimated blood pressure in carotid? > 60
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