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Schedule I Substances - Answer LSD, Herion, and Methaqulone
Schedule II Substances - Answer Morphine, Fentanyl, cocaine, methadone, and
meperidine (Demerol)
Schedule III Substances - Answer Anabolic Steroids, Codeine, combinations with
Hydrocodone, or Oxycodone (the pain medications OxyContin, Percodan, Vicodin,
and Percocet, Tussionex Suspension cough syrup, and paregoric.
Schedule IV Substances - Answer Darvon, Valium, Xanax, and Phenobarbital.
Schedule V Substances - Answer Cough medications with codeine, and diarrhea
medications, combining diphenoxylate and atropine.
Fire Triangle - Answer Fuel, Heat, Oxygen
Seven Signs of Terrorism - Answer 1. Surveillance 2. Suspicious questioning, 3. Test
of Security, 4. Acquiring supplies and assets, 5. Suspicious people or activity, 6. Dry
runs, 7. Deploying assets and getting into positions.
Bomb Threat Plan: Basic Steps - Answer 1. Take preventive measures, 2. Establish
authority-via Incident Command, 3. Gather as much information as possible as the
threat is received, 4. Search for the Bomb, 5. Evacuate, as appropriate, 6. Terminate
response, 7. Document and debrief.
Three main security preventive measures to deter those who would bring a bomb to
your facility - Answer 1. Control access by locking sensitive areas (e.g. computer
rooms, air handlers, boiler rooms, telecommunication areas, and loading docks. 2.
Use deterrents such as lighting, fences, cameras, and detection devices. 3. Identify
suspicious individuals and their behaviors.
Communication Do's and Don'ts during a bomb search - Answer 1. Do use the
existing telephone system or 2. runners, but not with cell phones or two way radios.
Don't use Cell phones or two way radios because they can detonate the bomb.
Questions on the Telephone Bomb Threat Checklist - Answer 1. When is the bomb
going to explode? 2. Where is the bomb? 3. What does it look like? 4. What kind of
bomb is it? 5. What will cause it to explode? 6. Why was the bomb placed? 7. Where
are you calling from? 8. What is your name? 9. What is your address? 10. Why are
you calling me? 11. Why would you want to hurt innocent people
Emergency Operations Plan serves what 3 purposes - Answer 1. Provides a written
plan to guide the facility's respose to the emergency. 2. Outlines the organizational
structure for managing the response. 3. Outlines how the organization will deal with
6 critical areas identified by the Joint Commission.
Emergency Plan's 6 critical areas. - Answer 1. Communications 2. Resources and
assets 3. security and safety 4. staff 5. Utilities 6. Patient Care
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The Joint Commission requirements on exercises to the emergency plan - Answer 1.
At least 2 exercises must be completed a year. 2. One exercise per year must
provide for an influx of simulated patients. 3. One excercise per year must be
participation in a community-wide exercise. 4. One exercise per year must be an
escalating event in which the community is not able to support the healthcare facility.
5. An actual emergency response may be substitued for an exercise.
Common Causes and Effects of Civil Disturbances - Answer Civil disturbance-also
called civil disorder or civil unrest-is a general term used by law enforcement to
describe disturbances of a group.
Freedom of Assembly - Answer Freedom of assembly is the individual right to come
together with other individuals to collectively express, promote, pursue, and defend
common interests.
Civil Disorder - Answer Civil Disorder is a public disturbance by three or more people
involving acts of violence that cause immediate danger, damage, or injury to others
or their property.
Security's Role during Civil Disturbance - Answer 1. To protect the perimeter of the
facility. 2. To ensure clear access for emergency vehicles, employees, patients,
visitors , and deliveries.
Response Plan - Answer Needed to effectively manage and minimize the potential
for negative outcomes and developing the framework needed to respond to a civil
disturbance.
Key Assumptions to Address in the Written Response Plan - Answer 1. Disturbances
will adversely effect facility operations. 2. Access to the facility will affected: patients
and employees will have difficulty reaching the facility; delivery of supplies will be
difficult. 3. Response by the police and fire to the facility may be delayed and will
likely be under-resourced at first. 4. Availability or adequate staffing may be affected.
5. Facility-wide lockdown with restricted access will be implemented. 6. Media will be
present and may need to be controlled and managed in a separate location. 7.
Planning and coordination will be an ongoing activity based on the changing nature
of the incident. 8. Coordination with local agencies will occur, including law
enforcement and public safety agencies.
Security Management Plan - Answer This plan typically outlines the hospital's
response to civil disturbances and references the full response plan within the
Emergency Operation Plan (EOP)
Strategies to Reduce Risk - Answer 1. Access Control, 2. Presenting Identification,
3. Inspections, 4. Protecting Security-Sensitive Areas. 5. Adequate Security Staffing.
OSHA's strategies to prevent workplace violence - Answer Policy; Commitment;
Patient History; Training; Employee Participation; Reporting; Alert System; Plan; Law
enforcement Participation; Protection; Counseling; Legal Actions.
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Risk Identifying for workplace violence - Answer Particular departments; Activities;
Workstations; and Time of Day
Measurable Indicators for workplace violence - Answer Prior Incidents; Employee
Surveys; Independent Reviewers.
Facilitating De-escalation in regards to workplace violence - Answer Listening,
empathy, and collaboration.
Some Facts on WPV's - Answer Workplace violence affects an estimated 1.7 million
US employees directly and millions more indirectly each year.
Forty eight percent of all non-fatal assaults and violent acts in US workplaces occur
in healthcare settings.
The overall injury rate for nursing or personal care workers is 25 per 10,000 full time
employees. This rate is much higher than that of all private-sector injuries, which is
only 2 per 10,000 full time employees.
Forty-three percent of healthcare establishments report having employees affected
by workplace violence.
Preventing Workplace Violence - Answer Policy, Commitment, Patient History,
Training, Employee Participation, Reporting, Alert System, Plan, Law Enforcement,
Protection, Counseling, Legal Actions.
WPV Measurable Indicators - Answer Prior Incidents, Employee Surveys, and
Independent Reviewers.
WPV program has two key goals - Answer 1. Communicate the philosophy of the
origination in dealing with workplace violence
2. Prepare healthcare workers to respond safely.
Who should receive WPV training - Answer All staff should receive basic training on
wpv prevention and procedures to follow when a WPV has occurred.
Benefits of WPV Prevention Program - Answer More serious forms of violence will
be less likely to occur
Expensive and embarrassing incidents may be avoided
A safer and more motivated workforce will emerge.
Hostage Situations - Answer Hostage situations occur when one or more people are
held against their will, with release contingent upon certain demands being satisfied.
Two main hostage situations - Answer 1. Pre-meditated, 2. Reactionary.
Pre-meditated hostage situation - Answer An individual or group develops and
implements a specific plan. They wish to use hostages to promote a cause or elicit
another response result, such as to obtain money or some degree of notoriety.
Schedule I Substances - Answer LSD, Herion, and Methaqulone
Schedule II Substances - Answer Morphine, Fentanyl, cocaine, methadone, and
meperidine (Demerol)
Schedule III Substances - Answer Anabolic Steroids, Codeine, combinations with
Hydrocodone, or Oxycodone (the pain medications OxyContin, Percodan, Vicodin,
and Percocet, Tussionex Suspension cough syrup, and paregoric.
Schedule IV Substances - Answer Darvon, Valium, Xanax, and Phenobarbital.
Schedule V Substances - Answer Cough medications with codeine, and diarrhea
medications, combining diphenoxylate and atropine.
Fire Triangle - Answer Fuel, Heat, Oxygen
Seven Signs of Terrorism - Answer 1. Surveillance 2. Suspicious questioning, 3. Test
of Security, 4. Acquiring supplies and assets, 5. Suspicious people or activity, 6. Dry
runs, 7. Deploying assets and getting into positions.
Bomb Threat Plan: Basic Steps - Answer 1. Take preventive measures, 2. Establish
authority-via Incident Command, 3. Gather as much information as possible as the
threat is received, 4. Search for the Bomb, 5. Evacuate, as appropriate, 6. Terminate
response, 7. Document and debrief.
Three main security preventive measures to deter those who would bring a bomb to
your facility - Answer 1. Control access by locking sensitive areas (e.g. computer
rooms, air handlers, boiler rooms, telecommunication areas, and loading docks. 2.
Use deterrents such as lighting, fences, cameras, and detection devices. 3. Identify
suspicious individuals and their behaviors.
Communication Do's and Don'ts during a bomb search - Answer 1. Do use the
existing telephone system or 2. runners, but not with cell phones or two way radios.
Don't use Cell phones or two way radios because they can detonate the bomb.
Questions on the Telephone Bomb Threat Checklist - Answer 1. When is the bomb
going to explode? 2. Where is the bomb? 3. What does it look like? 4. What kind of
bomb is it? 5. What will cause it to explode? 6. Why was the bomb placed? 7. Where
are you calling from? 8. What is your name? 9. What is your address? 10. Why are
you calling me? 11. Why would you want to hurt innocent people
Emergency Operations Plan serves what 3 purposes - Answer 1. Provides a written
plan to guide the facility's respose to the emergency. 2. Outlines the organizational
structure for managing the response. 3. Outlines how the organization will deal with
6 critical areas identified by the Joint Commission.
Emergency Plan's 6 critical areas. - Answer 1. Communications 2. Resources and
assets 3. security and safety 4. staff 5. Utilities 6. Patient Care
,IAHSS EXAM 2024 COMPLETED!!
The Joint Commission requirements on exercises to the emergency plan - Answer 1.
At least 2 exercises must be completed a year. 2. One exercise per year must
provide for an influx of simulated patients. 3. One excercise per year must be
participation in a community-wide exercise. 4. One exercise per year must be an
escalating event in which the community is not able to support the healthcare facility.
5. An actual emergency response may be substitued for an exercise.
Common Causes and Effects of Civil Disturbances - Answer Civil disturbance-also
called civil disorder or civil unrest-is a general term used by law enforcement to
describe disturbances of a group.
Freedom of Assembly - Answer Freedom of assembly is the individual right to come
together with other individuals to collectively express, promote, pursue, and defend
common interests.
Civil Disorder - Answer Civil Disorder is a public disturbance by three or more people
involving acts of violence that cause immediate danger, damage, or injury to others
or their property.
Security's Role during Civil Disturbance - Answer 1. To protect the perimeter of the
facility. 2. To ensure clear access for emergency vehicles, employees, patients,
visitors , and deliveries.
Response Plan - Answer Needed to effectively manage and minimize the potential
for negative outcomes and developing the framework needed to respond to a civil
disturbance.
Key Assumptions to Address in the Written Response Plan - Answer 1. Disturbances
will adversely effect facility operations. 2. Access to the facility will affected: patients
and employees will have difficulty reaching the facility; delivery of supplies will be
difficult. 3. Response by the police and fire to the facility may be delayed and will
likely be under-resourced at first. 4. Availability or adequate staffing may be affected.
5. Facility-wide lockdown with restricted access will be implemented. 6. Media will be
present and may need to be controlled and managed in a separate location. 7.
Planning and coordination will be an ongoing activity based on the changing nature
of the incident. 8. Coordination with local agencies will occur, including law
enforcement and public safety agencies.
Security Management Plan - Answer This plan typically outlines the hospital's
response to civil disturbances and references the full response plan within the
Emergency Operation Plan (EOP)
Strategies to Reduce Risk - Answer 1. Access Control, 2. Presenting Identification,
3. Inspections, 4. Protecting Security-Sensitive Areas. 5. Adequate Security Staffing.
OSHA's strategies to prevent workplace violence - Answer Policy; Commitment;
Patient History; Training; Employee Participation; Reporting; Alert System; Plan; Law
enforcement Participation; Protection; Counseling; Legal Actions.
, IAHSS EXAM 2024 COMPLETED!!
Risk Identifying for workplace violence - Answer Particular departments; Activities;
Workstations; and Time of Day
Measurable Indicators for workplace violence - Answer Prior Incidents; Employee
Surveys; Independent Reviewers.
Facilitating De-escalation in regards to workplace violence - Answer Listening,
empathy, and collaboration.
Some Facts on WPV's - Answer Workplace violence affects an estimated 1.7 million
US employees directly and millions more indirectly each year.
Forty eight percent of all non-fatal assaults and violent acts in US workplaces occur
in healthcare settings.
The overall injury rate for nursing or personal care workers is 25 per 10,000 full time
employees. This rate is much higher than that of all private-sector injuries, which is
only 2 per 10,000 full time employees.
Forty-three percent of healthcare establishments report having employees affected
by workplace violence.
Preventing Workplace Violence - Answer Policy, Commitment, Patient History,
Training, Employee Participation, Reporting, Alert System, Plan, Law Enforcement,
Protection, Counseling, Legal Actions.
WPV Measurable Indicators - Answer Prior Incidents, Employee Surveys, and
Independent Reviewers.
WPV program has two key goals - Answer 1. Communicate the philosophy of the
origination in dealing with workplace violence
2. Prepare healthcare workers to respond safely.
Who should receive WPV training - Answer All staff should receive basic training on
wpv prevention and procedures to follow when a WPV has occurred.
Benefits of WPV Prevention Program - Answer More serious forms of violence will
be less likely to occur
Expensive and embarrassing incidents may be avoided
A safer and more motivated workforce will emerge.
Hostage Situations - Answer Hostage situations occur when one or more people are
held against their will, with release contingent upon certain demands being satisfied.
Two main hostage situations - Answer 1. Pre-meditated, 2. Reactionary.
Pre-meditated hostage situation - Answer An individual or group develops and
implements a specific plan. They wish to use hostages to promote a cause or elicit
another response result, such as to obtain money or some degree of notoriety.
