unit 3 - INCIDENTS and EMERGANCIES

unit 3 - INCIDENTS and EMERGANCIES

1. ACCIDENETS

   • Could be the result of poorly maintained areas
   • people in h&sc settings may be at more of a risk to getting injured from reduced mobility and lack or awareness of hazards
   • poor working practises can also be cause of accidents

2. Exposure to infections

   • people in h+s may be more susceptable to bactiral infections
   • poor enviromental conditions like lack of ventilation, no running water, create conditions where pathogens thrive
   • inadequete cleaning facilitys and poor hygeine encourages growth and spread of pathogens

3. exposure to chemicals

   • this can occur when people are exposed to hazardous substances, when carrying out day to day task, steralising equiptment
   • hazardous substanses are classified as very toxic, toxic, harmful, corrosive, and irritant
   • they can occur unexpectly from spills, handling and disposing not been done properly ect

4. aggerssive and dangerous encounters

   • acciedents can happen from this by individual hitting out, falling, someone who has taken drugs or abused alcohol.

5. fire

   • this can include knowing how to prevent firesfrom starting and spreading
   • they start if thses components are in the air; oxyegn, fuel, and heat

6. floods

   • in bulidings is usually from washing machiens, bath, tolets, pipes ect
   • from failure of maintance checks, misuse
   • raise risk of dieses caried by water

7. spillages

   • body fluids; blood, vomit, urine, faeses - lead to outbreak of infection and diesese
   • spills of waste; hazardous substances that can have consequenes on everyone there

8. loss of water supply

   • could mean burst pipe somwhere, leak in mains system- could be from failure of maintaince checks
   • can affect cooking, cleaning, washing, drinking

9. intruders

   • poor maintences there may be broken doors or window locks can lead to intruders
   • poor working practise, intruders may get access to place there not allowed to
   • protect privacy from intruders by passwords, and electronic files.
   • they dont only damage items but cause emotional upset, harm and threatn safety

10. other critical incidents

    • faulty electrical appliance may cause power cut
    • gas leak from faulty pipe work and appliances can lead to fire and explosions
    • bomb threats always taken seriously