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| How many deaths per year occur because of falls? |
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| What is the leading cause of nonfatal unintentional injuries treated in hospital and ER depts? |
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| Unintentional falls account for how many ER visits yearly? |
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| What is the definition of a fall? |
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| event that results in person on the ground due to misstep, slip, or stumble |
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| What population is less likely to be able to correct themselves during a fall? |
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| A fall more than what or what is considered significant? |
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| 15ft; 3 times victim's height |
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| What are the 2 types of brain injury? |
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| bruising and laceration of brain tissue |
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| Fall fatalities frequently involve injuries to what? |
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| Risk of hip fracture is greater for women over what height? |
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| You are more at risk for a fall after what age? |
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| What are 4 factors that cause/influence falls? |
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| Flexibility, gait, osteoporosis, balance |
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| What % of hip fractures are caused by falls? |
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| What are the 2 types of risk factors for falls? |
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| What are 4 age-related factors for falls? |
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| changes in vision, gait/balance, fear of falling, medications, light headedness |
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| What are 2 extrinsic factors for falls? |
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| physical environment; footwear |
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| What factor is related to 50% of non fatal injury in children? |
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| What 2 activities are children learning that put them at risk of falling |
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| What is the most purposeful intervention for falls? |
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| What are 2 steps that can be taken to prevent falls? |
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| getting vision checked; fall proofing the home |
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| Why is SES a risk factor for falls? |
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| Cannot afford to take the necessary precautions; homes are not in as good condition |
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| How long can the brain go without oxygen before it starts to die? |
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ID:
blocking the airway internally by a foreign object |
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ID:
obstruction of airway from something that blocks the nose and mouth |
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| What is the 3rd leading cause of home and community death? |
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| What 2 age groups are at the greatest risk for choking? |
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| What percent of children under age 5 suffer from choking? |
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| sensation of something in the airway; relieved by coughing |
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ID:
obstruction on the mouth side that may hold the epiglottis down over larynx; life threatening |
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ID:
obstruction on the lung side of the epiglottis; closes up trachea |
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| sub acute choking; foreign body lodges in bronchi |
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| What are 4 things that heighten the risk of choking? |
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| laughing while eating, Parkinson's disease, poorly fitted dentures, meds |
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| 65% of choking related deaths are related to what? |
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| What percent of choking events under age 1 involve hard candy |
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| What are 4 choking risk factors for children? |
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| marshmallows, not chewing food completely, hard candy, objects placed in mouth |
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| After what age does risk of choking decrease for children? |
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| What is a non food hazard for choking for children? |
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| Food accounts for ___% of choking deaths in children |
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| 65% of children choking deaths are directly related to what? |
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| What are the 4 types of suffocation? |
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| overlay, covering of face or chest, confinement, and positional asphyxia |
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| the neck is compressed and airflow is blocked |
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| What are 4 things that are likely to cause strangulation in children? |
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| use of older cribs, toy boxes with lids, blind cords, and playground equipment |
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| What are 3 intervention strategies for strangulation? |
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| education; supervision; adhering to age limits on toys |
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| What toy is the worst for those under age 5? |
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| What is the set of guidelines est in 1997 for playground safety? |
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| Consumer product Safety Commission Handbook for Public Playground Safety (voluntary) |
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| What is the leading cause of injury on a playground? |
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| Where do most playground injuries occur? What %? |
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| residential playgrounds; 41 |
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| How many preschool children per year are injured on the playground? |
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| Most playground deaths are related to what type of injury? |
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| What is the SAFE acronym? |
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Supervision
Age
Falls and fall surfacing
Equipment maintenance |
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| What are the 5 unacceptable surface types for a playground? |
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| Asphalt, cement, dirt, grass, rocks |
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| What is the 6th leading cause of unintentional death? |
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| In what 2 areas of the US are drownings the most common? |
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| experiencing respiratory impairment from being under water; suffocation leading to death in less than 24hrs of submission |
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ID:
incident resulting in surviving more than 24 hrs after being under water |
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| __/__ of survivors of downing have neurological damage |
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| Describe the drowning pyramid (numbers) |
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| 1 death= 4 hospitalizations=16 ER care |
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| How many drownings occur in the US per day? Age groups? Gender? |
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| How many near drownings occur each year? |
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| Drowning is the ___ leading COD for those ages 1-14 |
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| Drowning is the ___ leading COD for those 0-4 |
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| What state has the highest drowning rate in the US? |
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| What is the most common contributing factor to drowning? |
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| At what age is the drowning rate highest for each gender? |
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| males: 2 and 18; Females: 1 |
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| What are 3 other ways children can drown aside from in pools? |
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| bathtub, buckets/toilets, and spas/garden pools |
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| What are the 4 reasons why children drown? |
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| Access, Alcohol, Adult Supervision, Lack of education |
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| How high should pool fencing be to be effective? |
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| What are 2 things that should never be done in order to ensure pool safety? |
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| never leave toys/floats in pool; never prop gate open |
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| By what age should swimming lessons occur? |
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| What are the 2 best ways to prevent drowning? |
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| supervision and swimming lessons |
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| What was the total cost of fire in 2008? |
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| What are the 3 categories of fire injury? |
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| burns, inhalation, and CO poisoning |
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| What is the most common COD related to fires? |
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ID burn type;
epidermis; appears red; increases risk of skin cancer |
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ID burn type:
superficial partial thickness; painful; local infections/cellulitis; moist |
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| What are the 2 types of 2nd degree burns? |
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| Superficial partial thickness and deep partial thickness |
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ID;
red with bloody blisters; painful; skin grafting, extends deep into dermis |
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| 2nd degree; deep partial thickness |
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ID:
full thickness; extends throughout dermis; leathery texture painless |
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ID:
appears black, extends into muscle and bone, charred, requires amputation |
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| What is the #1 cause of house fires? |
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| What day of the year is there most likely to be a fire from cooking? |
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| National Fire Protection Agency |
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| What percent of homes have a working smoke alarm? |
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| By how much does a working smoke alarm cut the risk of fire-related death? |
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| What does the PASS acronym stand for? |
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| Pull pin; Aim low; squeeze lever; sweep nozel |
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| __% of civilian fire deaths occur in the home |
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| Sprinklers reduces average property loss from fire by__% per fire |
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| What % of households have developed and practiced and home fire escape plan? |
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| What does EDITH stand for? |
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| Where do half of all firearm injuries occur? |
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| What are the 2 most common environments where firearm injuries occur? |
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Definition
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| how many unintentional deaths a year occur from firearms? |
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| What are the 4 types of wounds that a firearm can cause? |
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| laceration/crushing, cavitation, penetrating wound, perforating wound |
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| What 5 characteristics determine the severity of a firearm wound? |
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| type of gun, size, mullet end, distance, velocity |
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| What 2 areas of the US have the most incidences of unintentional firearm injury? |
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| Child Access Prevention Laws |
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| What is the difference between the fact and fiction of intentional injury? |
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Fiction: involves strangers, gang warfare and the young
Fact: acquaintances, maleness//legal alcohol use, low SES |
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| How many suicide deaths were there in 2010? |
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| How many homicide deaths were there in 2010? |
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| What are the rates s of suicide and homicide deaths in the US? |
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| What % of all homicides involve firearms? |
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Definition
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| What is the most important factor in intentional injury? |
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| Homicide is the 2nd leading COD for what age group? |
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| Males are ___ times more likely to be killed and almost ___ times more likely to commit homicide than females |
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| The US rate of homicide is over ___ times that for the next highest rate among industrialized nations |
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| Overrepresentation of minority groups and youth as perpetrators and victims of violence is a ______ _______ for poverty |
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Definition
| Intimate Partner Violence |
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| What are the 3 forms of IPV? |
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| physical violence; sexual violence and psychological emotional damage |
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| What is the most common reason people stay in an abusive relationship? |
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| What is the main contributing factor to IPV? |
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T/f:
Abuse can only be reported with the patient's consent |
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| True; unless the patient is elderly or child |
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| intentional harm in form of any type of abuse or intentional neglect |
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| fail to provide education, proper home, food, etc |
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| What groups of children are most likely to suffer from child maltreatment? |
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Definition
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| Children under ___ have the highest rates of victimization |
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| What are the 6 types of elder abuse? |
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Definition
| physical, sexual, psychological, neglect, abandonment, financial |
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| What is the main pitfall of violence intervention? |
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Definition
| focuses on changing just one risk factor; usually the person not the environment; not comprehnesive |
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| _____ is the foundation of any public health approach |
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