Schedule I Substances - Answer LSD, Herion, and Methaqulone
Schedule II Substances - Answer Morphine, Fentanyl, cocaine, methadone, and meperidine
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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
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.
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.
Reactionary hostage situation - Answer Reactionary hostage situations are generally not engineered with great detail. Rather, they are a response of desperation. A reactionary hostage situation can occur in response to an unsuccessful crime attempt. The hostage taker believes that taking a hostage will ultimately result in a more favorable outcome.
High risk Areas for hostage taking - Answer Obstetrics, Emergency Department, Pharmacy, and Administration.
Felonies - Answer These are usually punishable by death, imprisonment for more than one year, and or a fine.
Misdemeanors - Answer These crimes are usually punishable by imprisonment for more than less than one year and or a fine.
Violations (Infractions) - Answer These are usually minor illegal acts punishable by fine. A violation, depending on the jurisdiction, may or may not be. considered a crime.
Sworn Officers - Answer Those recognized by the state as law enforcement officials, having the same legal authority as any police officer in the state.
Non-Sworn Officers - Answer Those not granted law enforcement powers, in criminal matters, these officers generally have the same authority as a regular citizen of the state.
Probable Cause - Answer Probable cause is the constitutional foundation or cause for most arrests and searches and seizures.
Arrest - Answer As it relates to an arrest probable cause exists when there is sufficient evidence for a reasonable person to believe that a crime has been, or is being committed by the suspect.
Search and Seizure - Answer As it relates to a search and seizure, probable cause is sufficient evidence for a reasonable person to believe that a certain contraband, evidence, or fruit of a crime may be found at a specific location.
Reasonable Suspicion - Answer Reasonable Suspicion is the amount of evidence a sworn officer needs to make a "stop" or conduct a "frisk." The amount of evidence required is less than probable cause but more than a mere hunch.
Ability to Detain or Arrest - Answer Your power to detain or arrest depends on 1. The illegal behavior of the suspect. 2. The amount of force of evidence available to you , and 3. whether you are acting as a private citizen or law enforcement officer.
Non-sworn Security Officers ability to detain - Answer Non-sworn Security Officers have a citizen's power to detain others. In general they main detain an individual when a felony has "in fact" been committed in their presence.
Non sworn Security Officers ability to detain for Assault - Answer In some states, a non sworn security officer may detain an individual for an assault committed in the officer's presence, a breach of the peace, or a crime involving theft or destruction of property.
Reasonable and Necessary Force - Answer As a general rule, a security officer is entitled to that force that is reasonable and necessary to defend one's self or another from serious bodily harm.
Authority to interview and interrogate; Interview - Answer To interview is to question a party whom the officer has no reason to believe is a suspect.
Interrogate - Answer To interrogate is to question a party whom the officer suspects of criminal involvement.
Custodial interrogation - Answer Custodial interrogation involves questioning a suspect under the circumstances wherein the suspect would feel under control of the officer. [Show Less]