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Care for life threathening problems;
Move victim to a warm place
Remove wet clothing and dry victim;
Warm victim slowly
Get medical help. |
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Place thumb side of fist against middle of abdomen, just above navel;
Grasp fist with other hand;
Give quick, upward thrusts.
**Use chest thrust rather than abdominal thrusts for pregnant women. |
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Tilt head back and lift chin
Pinch nose shut
Give two slow breaths, checking to see if chest gently rises
Use abdominal thrust (up to 5 times) to clear airway, if obstructed, & sweep out mouth;
check for pulse
give one slow breath every 5 seconds for one miute (12 breaths)
Recheck pulse ad breathing about every minute
Continue rescue breathing as long as a pulse is present even if the victim is not breathing. |
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| Transport the victim to a medical facility immediately. |
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Conscious patient:
Administer sugar, granular sugar, honey, lifesavers or other candy placed under the tongue or orange juice;
Unconscious patient;
Avoid giving liquids
provide sprinkle of sugar under tongue
Turn head to side or place on side
Transport to medical facility. |
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Maintain an open airway
Keep patient at rest
Protect all paralyzed parts
Provide emotional support
Head neck & shoulders slightly elevated, Turn head slightly to side for drainage
do not allow patient to become overheated
Do not administer anything by mouth
Monitor patient-shock or respiratory or cardiac arrest are possible
Get medical help. |
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Place pateint on floor or ground
Loosen restrictive clothing
do not try to hold patient during convulsions
protect the pateint from injury
After convulsions have passed, keep patient at rest
position head for drainage in case of vomiting
Protect the patient from embarrassment
If this is patient's first attack, alert EMS
If patient is aware of problem, ask if you can call doctor for him
The patient has the right torefuse further care. |
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Clear airway
Breathe or victim
Maintain circulation by chest compression |
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Assist mother in birth of baby
Support baby's head-do not pull baby
Assist in birth of upper shoulder
Suppport the body and feet
clear the airway
If baby is not breathing-encourage to breathe-may be -give CPR
Get medical help |
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| Types of communicable diseases: |
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Hepatitis B virus (HPV)
AIDS/HIV
Viral diseases
Others |
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| Caution- communicable diseases |
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Avoid;
Gloves;
masks;
Goggles;
Washing after exposure
Changing clothing after exposure
Testing after exposure
Treat all persons as if infected. |
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| Transportation of patients |
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Ground transportation:
Stabilize;
Protective equipment; straps, head position etc
others.
WATER:
Stabilize,
Protective equipment
How to approach a boat
Boating hazards
others.
Air Transport:
stabilize,
protective equipment
Others. |
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| -Mental position based on a person's knowledge, feelings, & experiences about someone or something influencing him/her to behave in a certain way in regard to that person or thing. |
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| Refers to grps of pple with common ancestry and physical characterisstics. |
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| Refers to shared culture & background |
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| Refers to act of regarding one's culture as 'center of the universe" and basis for comparing other cultures |
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| An adverse judgment or opinion formed b4 hand or without knowledge of or examination of the facts ie. bias. |
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| is a way of thinking and acting on traditonal-the general ethos of a people |
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| is acting on the basis of prejudice |
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| Stereo typing /Categorical treatment |
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| Lumping or grouping people together to treat them |
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| Stereo typing /Categorical treatment |
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| Lumping or grouping people together to treat them and relate to them in the ignorance mindset you 've been told of them |
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| Provides a convenient grp or persons to blame when things go wrong in one's personal life or community |
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| provides an outlet for projecting one's tensions and frustrations onto other people. |
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| authoritarian personality |
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| symbolizes one's affiliation with a more dominant grp |
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| Soceital strain (fear and insecurity) |
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| leads to justification for various types of discrimination that ar thought to be of advantage to the dominant group |
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| 4 basic feelings/attitudes harbored by prejudiced persons |
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-Feeling of superiority
-others are strange and different
-Proprietary claims
-Fear-the basis forprejudice |
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| Forms and targets of prejudice |
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*Race
*Gender
*Ethnic
*National Origin
*Political Affiliation
*Authority figures (Police, govt. teachers, parents)
*Sexual Orientation
*Differently abled
*Religious
*Economic/occupational
*Age
*Weight
*Physically challenged
*Individual personal prefernce-family, departmental defferences). |
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enforce laws mpartially
concept-all persons are subject to law and be treated equally.
Democracy will not work for any if it does not ork for all. |
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| To apply principles of Impartiality |
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Take enforcement action based on:
nature of offense and severity of the offense;
participate in theprocess of justice without favoritism
Communicate by word and action |
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