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| stoppage of breathing or the lack of air reaching the lungs; synonym for suffocation |
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| the deliberate spread of pathogenic organisms into a community to cause widespread illness, fear, and panic |
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| the deliberate release of a chemical compound that has the potential for harming people’s health |
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| an emergency event of greater magnitude that requires the response of people outside the involved community |
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| conducting connection between a source of electricity and the earth |
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| intimate partner violence (IPV) |
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| domestic violence or battering between two people in a close relationship |
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| intentional dispersal of radioactive materials into the environment for the purpose of causing injury and death |
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| agency that handles poison exposure and provides poison prevention teaching to the general population |
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| device used to limit movement or immobilize a client |
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| documentation describing any injury or potential for injury suffered by a patient in a healthcare agency |
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| an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury, or the risk there of |
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