EDN MIDTERMS

Teamwork isn't really teamwork unless the TEAM actually works. What does the acronym TEAM mean?

• Tomorrow Emergency And Mitigation

• Together Everyone Achieves More

• Tomorrow Everyone Acts More

• Together Emergency Acts Malevolent

Any sudden illness or injury that is perceived by the client or significant other as requiring immediate intervention. It continues until the condition is stable and no longer threatens the client's integrity or well-being. (ANSWER IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS)

A perilous situation that arises suddenly and threatens the life or welfare of a person or group of people, as a natural disaster, medical crisis, or trauma situation. (ANSWER IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS)

A procedure for moving a victim from an unsafe place to a place of safety. (ANSWER IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS)

An episodic and crisis-oriented care provided by healthcare professional to patients with serious or potentially life threatening injuries or illnesses.

Scope and practice of emergency nursing. (SATA)

• The emergency nurse establishes priorities, monitors and continuously assesses acutely ill and injured patients, supports and attends to families, supervises allied health personnel, and teaches patients and family within a time limited, high pressured care environment

• The entire emergency health care staff members work as a team in performing the highly technical, hands-on skills required to care for patients in an emergency situation

• Nursing intervention are accomplished interdependently, in consultation with or under the direction of a licensed physician or nurse practitioner

• Emergency medical care is a politically important aspect of health service provision as it is often the first contact point with the health system for many patients requiring urgent care and delays in access to treatment are understood to be a matter of 'life or death'.

• Emergency medicine is a medical speciality—a field of practice based on the knowledge and skills required to prevent, diagnose, and manage acute and urgent aspects of illness and injury affecting patients of all age groups with a full spectrum of undifferentiated physical and behavioural disorders.

Golden Rules in Giving Emergency Care: What to do (SATA)

• Do loosen tight clothing

• Do care for the most serious injuries first.

• Do handle the victim to a minimum

• Do require the patient to make their own decision

• Do think of the worst.

Golden Rules in Giving Emergency Care: What NOT to do (SATA)

• Do not handle the victim to a minimum

• Do not trust the judgment of a confused victim and don’t require to make decision

• Do not leave the victim alone except to get help

• Do not leave the victim alone except to get help

• Do not make unrealistic promises

The first description of disaster and its management comes from the biblical story of ... ?

• Thunderstorm of hail and fire

• Sodom and Gomorrah

• Turning water to blood

• Noah and his ark.

T/F: Disasters are old as mankind

• True

• False