Occupational exposure to blood or OPIM puts you at risk for:
Diabetes
HIV, HBV, HCV
Heart Disease
Osteoporosis
Both blood and OPIM may contain:
Vinyl Chloride
Cyanide
Bloodborne Pathogens
Styrene
What is the first step following an exposure incident?
Medical Evaluation
First Aid
Notifying Your Supervisor
Making a medical appointment when convenient
Assume that the blood and other bodily fluids from all persons are potentially infectious. safe when dry safe until proven otherwise not a source of infection( potentially infectious., safe when dry, safe until proven otherwise, not a source of infection )
An example of engineering control is:
Contaminated sharps
Disposable gloves
Needleless systems
Hand washing
Every workplace that has employees at risk for occupation exposure to blood or OPIM must have:
A written exposure control plan
A list of infection control products
A written emergency action plan
A hazardous materials response team
When using soap and water to wash your hands, you should rub hands and fingers together vigorously for at least 15 5 30 60( 15, 5, 30, 60 ) seconds.
To "observe universal precautions" means:
To purchase insurance
To protect yourself from blood and OPIM
To produce immunity with a vaccine
To avoid harm or danger during travel
PPE that is dripping with blood or bodily fluids should be:
Discarded in the regular trash at work
Brought home and discarded in the regular trash
Washed and reused
Placed in a color-coded container marked with a Bio-hazard symbol
The critical components to assure your health and well-being following an exposure incident are:
Gloves, masks, and gowns
Immediate first-aid, confidential medical evaluation, and follow up
Proper protective equipment, signs and labels, and engineering controls
Careful handling of contaminated laundry and hand hygiene
All PPE clothing and equipment should be:
Mismatched
Available in one size
Washed in soap and water
Properly fit, comfortable, and clean
Containers used to store, transport, or ship blood or OPIM must be marked with a bio-hazard symbol or placed in a:
Black Bag
Red Bag
Orange Bag
Clear Bag
To ensure that the disinfectant used is effective, all equipment and surfaces that are "grossly contaminated" should be cleaned up first with:
Alcohol
Diluted household bleach
A soap and water solution
Registered antimicrobial products
What are the five components of the Starfish Risk Management Model?
Workplace Expectations
Guidance
Prevention Strategy
Emergency Care
Dedication
Surveillance
Response and Rescue
All surveillance should be ❌ and ❌.
An area that is scanned is called a zone.
What is the 10/20 goal of proper and effective surveillance?
Scan in 10 seconds/Get to the other side of the pool in 20 seconds
Hold your breath for 10 seconds/ Breath for 20 seconds
All of the above
None of the above
What are the 4 P's?
Popularity
Position
Pattern
Parallel
Patrons
Posture
What are the 3 S's
Sit
Stand
Strut
Sports
Stroll
The purpose of the 5 minute scanning strategy is to keep surveillance at 20%
❌: The lifeguard did not recognize the person was in distress or was drowning. ❌: Lifeguard was not attentive due to other non-surveillance tasks. ❌: Anything that takes your attention
Always have 1 2 3 4( 1, 2, 3, 4 ) points of contact while going up or down the lifeguard stand.
Drowning is a ❌.
Swimmers are Parallel Upright( Parallel, Upright ). Distressed are Angled Flat( Angled, Flat ).
Drowning people ❌ large amounts of water.
What determines the shallowness of a pool?
A persons Age
A persons Weight
A persons Height
The depth of the pool
People disappear at the _______, _______, and the ______.
Bottom
Racing Lines
Middle String
Steps
Wall and Floor Conjunction
Corners
Absolutely NO breath holding.
Sudden Cardiac arrest is ❌ ❌ Secondary Cardiac arrest is ❌ ❌
Signs of Life:
Movement
Talking
Breathing
Color
Pulse
The proper ratio for the disinfectant to clean a bodily fluid spill is ❌. Allow the disinfectant to work for ❌ minutes.
What are 5 components of the Starfish Survival Model for improved survival?
Early Recognition/Response
Early Activation
Early Action
Early Rescue Breathing
Early Defibrillation
Early CPR
The 6 layers that make up a prevention strategy at your facility.
Safety
Barriers
Warning
Fairness
Policy and Procedure
Verification
Rules
Design Features
Crypto can live up to _____ days.
12
7
11
20
What is the Good Samaritan Law and does it protect you when you are working as a professional rescuer? You cant be when you try to someone outside of work and they get .
The purpose of the Emergency Action Plan is to detail ❌ does ❌, and ❌.
For a non-breathing person, it is important to begin rescue breathing within seconds, both in and out of the water.