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Chapter 26 Vocab
Safety, Security, and Emergency Preparedness
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Nursing
Undergraduate 2
09/26/2012

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Poison Control Centers
Definition
Provide checklists for "poison proofing" a home and provide lists of toxic household items. 
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Asphyxiation
Definition
May occur at any age, but the incidence is greater in children. In suffication, are does not reach the lungs and breathing stops. 
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Intimate Partner Violence
Definition
Which is domestic violence or battering between two people in a close relationship. 
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Restraints
Definition
are physical devices used to limit a patient's movement. 
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Sentinel Event
Definition
is an unexpected occurrence involving death or servious physical  or psychological injury, or the risk of death or injury. 
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Ground
Definition
is a connection from an electricity source to the earth through which electric current leakage can be harmlessly conducted. 
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Safety Event Report
Definition
This is a confidential document, formerly referred to as a incident report, that objectively describes the circumstances of the accident or incident. 
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Disaster
Definition
is boradly defined as a tragic event of great magnitude that requires the response of people outside the involved community. 
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Bioterrorism
Definition
Involves the deliberate spread of pathogenic organisms into a community to cause widespread illness, fear, and panic. 
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Nuclear Terrorism
Definition
Involves intentional introduction of radioactive materials into the environment for the purpose of causing injury  and death. 
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Chemical Terrorism
Definition
Involves the deliberate release of a chemical compound that has the potential for harming people's health.
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