HOME SAFTEY
CARBON MONOXIDE FOOD POISONING PRIMARY SURVEY
* BINDS WITH HEMOGLOBLIN REDUCES CAUSED BY ECOLI, LISTERIA,
A * RAPID ASSESSMENT IN LIFE THREATENING SIT.
OXYGEN SUPPLIED TO BODY TISSUE
SALMONELLA SHOULD NOT TAKE LONGER THAN 60 SEC
* CANT BE SEEN SMELLED TASTED H CLIENTS @ RISK= LOW-MICROBIAL DIET
* BREATHING
# CIRCULATION
BASIC FIRST AID * DISABILITY
COMPLETE AFTER PRIMARY SURVEY Y EXPOSURE
BLEEDING
DONT REMOVE IMPALING OBJECTS: ALWAYS STABILIZE OBJECT
CPR
A
FRACTURES/SPLINTERS
*
APPLY SPLINTER TO IMMOBOLIZE FRACTURE 1. CHEST COMPRESSION
COVER OPEN AREA WITH STERILE CLOTH
2. AIRWAY
*
* REASSES NEUROVASCULAR STATUS
SPRAINS
3. BREATHING
RICE
Y
REFRAIN FROM WEIGHT BARING
IF ALONE USE AED
#
H
ICE
*
COMPRESSION
*
ELEVATE
HEAT STROKE
* BODY TEMP > 104F
*
HOT,DRY SKIN, HYPOTENSION, TACHYPNEA, TACHYCARDIA, ANXIETY, CONFUSION, SEIURE, COMA
Y CLIENT DOESNT SWEAT
FROSTNIP/FROSTBITE
YEARLOBE, TIP OF NOSE, FINGERS, TOES
*WHITE, WAXY AREA ON SKIN
WARM WITH 98.6-108F BATH WATER
*ADMIN TETANUS VACCINE
BURNS
* ADMIN FLUIDS & TETANUS TOXOID
ALTITUDE-RELATED ILLNESS
*HYPOXIC
CAN PROGRESS TO CEREBRAL/PULONARY EDEMA
·ADMIN OXYGEN, STERIODS, DIURETICS
, ERGONOMIC PRINCIPLES
CENTER OF GRAVITY AVOID
UPRIGHT POSITION= COG IS PELVIS TWISTING
TO LOWER COG BEND THE HIPS AND KNEES LIFTING IN SMALL SPACES
SPREAD FEET APART AND BROADEN YOUR BASE OF SUPPORT LIFTING WHILE KNEELING/SITTING
LIFTING WHILE ARMS ARE EXTENDED
WORKING 8 HOUR SHIFTS
LIFTING
PUSHING/PULLING
USE MAJOR MUSCLE GROUPS TO PREVENT BACK STRAIN AND
TIGHTEN ABDOMINAL MUSCLES TO INCREASE BACK SUPPORT WIDEN STANCE
LIFTING FROM FLOOR: FLEX HIPS, KNEES, BACK. BRING OBJECT PUSHING: MOVE FRONT OF FOOT FORWARD
TO THIGH LEVEL, BEND KNEES KEEP BACK STRAIGHT PULLING: MOVE REAR LEG BACK
USE ASSISTIVE DEVICE FOR OBJECTS MORE THAN 35 POUNDS FACE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT
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