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(Fitness and Wellness) 3 Basic Approaches to Stress Management - correct answer ✔✔1) Avoid
2) Alter
3) Adapt / Accept building resistance to stress or changing perspective
(Fitness and Wellness) 5 Phases of Transition - correct answer ✔✔1) Denial
2) Anger
3) Bargaining
4) Depression
5) Acceptance
(Fitness and Wellness) Acute is ___________________________________ while Chronic is
______________________________________ - correct answer ✔✔-Short term with a quick
resolution
-Prolonged unrelieved stress (cumulative stress)
(Fitness and Wellness) Building Resistance for a Broad Base of Support - correct answer ✔✔-
Psychological
-Physical
-Social
-Spiritual/faith system
-Changing perspectives
-Unrealistic expectations/self affirmations
,(Fitness and Wellness) Critical Incident Stress (CIS) - correct answer ✔✔-Incident specific
-Psychological and physical discomfort for 2 days to 1 month
-"Normal" response to abnormal extreme incident
(Fitness and Wellness) Distress is ______________ while Eustress is __________________. -
correct answer ✔✔-Negative
-Positive
(Fitness and Wellness) Health Profile - What of health profile do you think police officers have? -
correct answer ✔✔-Poor
(Fitness and Wellness) What is the elevated level of alertness of surroundings required of law
enforcement officers for survival. It is a viewing the world from a threat-based perspective
having the mindset to see the events unfolding as potential hazardous. It is constantly
considering the what if that is necessary for officer survival
-Key to officer safety - the heightened arousal is usually considered a pleasant state and is often
missed when off-duty. - correct answer ✔✔-Hypervigilance
(Fitness and Wellness) If the threat is resolved, such as if you were able to fight or flee, the
_______________________ throttles back and the ________________________ throttles up -
digestion resumes, immune system picks up and the body goes about repair - correct answer
✔✔-Sympathetic Nervous System
-Parasympathetic Nervous System
(Fitness and Wellness) Impact of Fitness and Wellness on Emotional Health - correct answer
✔✔1. Decreased anxiety and depression,
2. Improved self-concept and,
3. Ability to deal with stress
,(Fitness and Wellness) Impact of Fitness and Wellness on Job Performance - correct answer
✔✔1. Increased alertness
2. Reduced absenteeism
3. Increased productivity, and
4. Reduced health care costs
(Fitness and Wellness) Impact of Fitness and Wellness on Physical Health - correct answer ✔✔1.
Reduce coronary risk
2. Minimizing hypo-kinetic disease (>65% adult Americans are overweight)
3. Weight reduction and control (Average American 8lbs heavier than in 1980)
4. Fatigue tolerance and
5. Energy production
(Fitness and Wellness) It takes _____ grams of Carbohydrates to maintain normal brain function.
- correct answer ✔✔130
(Fitness and Wellness) The condition of the body which enables an individual to use his/her
body in activities requiring *strength, endurance, stamina, coordination, balance, accuracy,
flexibility, agility, power, and speed* without undue experience of fatigue and exhaustion. -
correct answer ✔✔Physical Fitness
(Fitness and Wellness) Physical Fitness equates to - correct answer ✔✔Performance and
readiness
(Fitness and Wellness) PTSD is similar to CIS except symptoms are? - correct answer ✔✔-
*PROLONGED PAST ONE MONTH*
, (Fitness and Wellness) Natural reaction of the mind and body to a demand placed on it. It can
be pleasant or unpleasant. Biochemical and hormonal process occur which affect physical and
psychological functioning. YOU NEED THIS! - correct answer ✔✔-Stress
(Fitness and Wellness) Stressor Common to Police Officer - correct answer ✔✔-External to
agency: Justice system letting people off
-Internal to agency: Low pay
-Work itself: Shift work, fear, danger, etc.
-Confronting the individual officer: Competence
-L.E. personalities and characteristics: Hypervigilance
-Family and personal: Divorce, cheating, etc.
(Fitness and Wellness) The Nervous System: - correct answer ✔✔*Central nervous system*
-Brain and spinal cord.
-The command center.
*Sympathetic Nervous System*
-Creates biochemical changes to the mind and body to prepare the response to threat.
*Parasympathetic Nervous System*
-Responsible for rest, digestion and nutrients.
(Fitness and Wellness) The Wellness Pyramid - correct answer ✔✔1. Self Responsibility
2. Stress Management
3. Tobacco Cessation
4. Weight Control
*5. Proper Nutrition (Foundation)*
*6. Regular Exercise (Foundation)*