Safety and Body Mechanics
Across
- 3. is a device used to support a person who is unsteady or disabled. (2words)
- 5. the amount of physical effort needed to perform a task
- 7. Burn where skin is slightly reddened, also referred to as 1st degree burn
- 11. acronym used to remember what to do when responding to fire alarm
- 14. The science of designing the job to fit the worker.
- 15. The way the head, trunk, arms, and legs are aligned with one another (2words)
- 18. What action is needed if a person is clutching at throat and unable to speak/breathe?(2words)
- 19. are useful for people who cannot walk or who have severe problems walking.
- 21. the rubbing of one surface against another.
- 22. Bed/stretcher wheels are ______when moving the bed/stretcher.
- 23. is when the skin sticks to a surface while muscles slide in the direction the body is moving.
Down
- 1. lying on back
- 2. Turning the person as a unit, in alignment, with one motion
- 4. how often a person should be repositioned, every___ hours
- 6. doing the same motion or series of motions continually or frequently
- 8. Wheels must be ______ when transferring a resident into their wheelchair
- 9. Head of bed is elevated at 90 degrees (2words)
- 10. Lying on abdomen with head turned to side.
- 12. For good body Mechanics, a bed should be ____ high while providing bedside care.
- 13. Position in which a person is left side lying with upper leg flexed and lower arm behind them
- 16. acronym used to remember how to use a fire extinguisher
- 17. Burn that extends through the epidermis and dermis, fat, muscle, and bone may be injured or destroyed.Also known as third degree (2 words)
- 20. When breathing stops from lack of oxygen