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- 4. Emergency Action Plan Formal document outlining steps to take during a medical crisis.
- 6. Preparedness: Being equipped and trained for medical crises or disasters.
- 10. Precautions for Infection control guidelines protecting against blood and bodily fluid exposure.
- 11. Dressing: Petroleum-based dressing designed to keep air and moisture out of a wound.
- 13. Equipment: Scalpels, blades, and needles capable of penetrating skin and exposing pathogens.
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- 1. Survey done Immediately assessment of life-threatening threats (Airway, Breathing, Circulation).
- 2. Medical injury or illness that does not pose a threat to life or limb.
- 3. Medical Illness or traumatic injury with potential to become life-threatening.
- 5. Federal agency developing regulations for bloodborne pathogen exposure safety.
- 7. Emergency Medical Services System: Local response network trained in life support and transport.
- 8. Device used to shock the heart back into normal rhythm.
- 9. Dressing: Woven, absorbent cloth applied to a wound.
- 12. Potentially fatal drop in blood pressure and circulation following trauma or illness.