SPH 200 Lecture Test Questions and Answers
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911
- usually an emergency that needs to responded to and it's usually an injury-related event if it
isn't a heart attack or a stroke
- grandma falling breaking a hip, dog biting a kid, kids falling through ice, overdose, car crashes
Trauma
any injury or combination of injuries that threaten life or limb
What percentage of injury deaths occur at the scene or soon thereafter?
- majority
- When someone gets severely injured chances are very good they're gonna die at the scene of
the injury
Prevention
only cure for trauma/injury
- preventing it from happening in the first place, we can patch people up afterwards but there's
usually terrible consequences associated with that
Definition of injury
- any specific and identifiable bodily impairment or damage resulting from exposure to the
transfer of energy or the absence of oxygen and heat
- it could be electrical, chemical, mechanical as a result of kinetic energy
- excess energy applied to the body and the body can't tolerate the energy
,injuries can be classified as being unintentional
- motor vehicles
- others such as: falls, fires/burns, poisonings, drownings
Injuries can be classified as Intentional
come in two varieties interpersonal and self directed
- Interpersonal: what we do to each other like homicide, spousal violence, child sex abuse, elder
abuse, assaults, sexual assault, child abuse
- Self directed: suicide, suicide attempts
Injuries can be classified as
unintentional, intentional, medical errors
Injuries are incredibly expensive to the
health care system and disruptive to the health care system
- from the time the injury occurs to when EMS is called, maybe you need a helicopter to be sent
in
Every year there are 13 -14 000 canadians deaths from injury = equivalent to a
fully loaded 737 crashing every four and a half days
- we would not accept if planes crashdc that often yet we accept that many canadians dying each
year
Society views injuries as being:
, an accident/freak accident, he/she lived a good life, their ticket was up, what can you do, was an
act of god, wrong place wrong time, i never thought it could happen
It's very complicated to prevent injuries from occurring
injury is a complex problem and there's many different layers that need to be acted upon if we're
going to create a safe environment
different layers that need to be acted upon if we're going to create a safe environment:
Pathophysiologic pathways, generic/constitutional factors, individual risk factors, social
relationships, living conditions, neighborhoods and communities, institutions (including medical
care), social and economic policies
safety culture: Management, vision, commitment and drive (the essential cornerstone) -->
line ownership of safety, involvement in safety activities and training, comprehensive safety
systems and practices, safety organization specialists (the main drivers)
safety culture: line ownership of safety, invokement in safety activities and training,
comprehensive safety systems and practices, safety organization specialists (the main
drivers) ---->
contribute to having a safely trained workforce that's committed, safe equipment and physical
environment, safety aware, trained, and committed workforce (the workplace outcomes)
safety culture: contribute to having a safely trained workforce that's committed, safe
equipment and physical environment, safety aware, trained, and committed workforce (the
workplace outcomes) ---->
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911
- usually an emergency that needs to responded to and it's usually an injury-related event if it
isn't a heart attack or a stroke
- grandma falling breaking a hip, dog biting a kid, kids falling through ice, overdose, car crashes
Trauma
any injury or combination of injuries that threaten life or limb
What percentage of injury deaths occur at the scene or soon thereafter?
- majority
- When someone gets severely injured chances are very good they're gonna die at the scene of
the injury
Prevention
only cure for trauma/injury
- preventing it from happening in the first place, we can patch people up afterwards but there's
usually terrible consequences associated with that
Definition of injury
- any specific and identifiable bodily impairment or damage resulting from exposure to the
transfer of energy or the absence of oxygen and heat
- it could be electrical, chemical, mechanical as a result of kinetic energy
- excess energy applied to the body and the body can't tolerate the energy
,injuries can be classified as being unintentional
- motor vehicles
- others such as: falls, fires/burns, poisonings, drownings
Injuries can be classified as Intentional
come in two varieties interpersonal and self directed
- Interpersonal: what we do to each other like homicide, spousal violence, child sex abuse, elder
abuse, assaults, sexual assault, child abuse
- Self directed: suicide, suicide attempts
Injuries can be classified as
unintentional, intentional, medical errors
Injuries are incredibly expensive to the
health care system and disruptive to the health care system
- from the time the injury occurs to when EMS is called, maybe you need a helicopter to be sent
in
Every year there are 13 -14 000 canadians deaths from injury = equivalent to a
fully loaded 737 crashing every four and a half days
- we would not accept if planes crashdc that often yet we accept that many canadians dying each
year
Society views injuries as being:
, an accident/freak accident, he/she lived a good life, their ticket was up, what can you do, was an
act of god, wrong place wrong time, i never thought it could happen
It's very complicated to prevent injuries from occurring
injury is a complex problem and there's many different layers that need to be acted upon if we're
going to create a safe environment
different layers that need to be acted upon if we're going to create a safe environment:
Pathophysiologic pathways, generic/constitutional factors, individual risk factors, social
relationships, living conditions, neighborhoods and communities, institutions (including medical
care), social and economic policies
safety culture: Management, vision, commitment and drive (the essential cornerstone) -->
line ownership of safety, involvement in safety activities and training, comprehensive safety
systems and practices, safety organization specialists (the main drivers)
safety culture: line ownership of safety, invokement in safety activities and training,
comprehensive safety systems and practices, safety organization specialists (the main
drivers) ---->
contribute to having a safely trained workforce that's committed, safe equipment and physical
environment, safety aware, trained, and committed workforce (the workplace outcomes)
safety culture: contribute to having a safely trained workforce that's committed, safe
equipment and physical environment, safety aware, trained, and committed workforce (the
workplace outcomes) ---->
