Paramedic Care Principles & Practice Volume 1 Introduction to Advanced Prehospital Care Second Edition Chapter 2 The Well-Being of the Paramedic

Figure 2-1 Select from each of the major food groups every day. Bryan E. Bledsoe, Robert S. Porter, and Richard A. Cherry Paramedic Care, Principles & Practice: Introduction to Advanced Prehospital Care Copyright ©2006 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved.

Figure 2-2 Example of a standardized food label. Bryan E. Bledsoe, Robert S. Porter, and Richard A. Cherry Paramedic Care, Principles & Practice: Introduction to Advanced Prehospital Care Copyright ©2006 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved.

Figure 2-3a Correct standing posture. Note the straight line from ear through shoulder, hip, knee, to arch of foot. Bryan E. Bledsoe, Robert S. Porter, and Richard A. Cherry Paramedic Care, Principles & Practice: Introduction to Advanced Prehospital Care Copyright ©2006 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved.

Figure 2-3b Correct sitting posture. Bryan E. Bledsoe, Robert S. Porter, and Richard A. Cherry Paramedic Care, Principles & Practice: Introduction to Advanced Prehospital Care Copyright ©2006 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved.

Figure 2-4a To remove gloves, first hook the gloved fingers of one hand under the cuff of the other glove. Then pull that glove off without letting your gloved fingers come in contact with bare skin. Bryan E. Bledsoe, Robert S. Porter, and Richard A. Cherry Paramedic Care, Principles & Practice: Introduction to Advanced Prehospital Care Copyright ©2006 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved.

Figure 2-4b Then slide the fingers of the ungloved hand under the remaining glove’s cuff. Push that glove off, being careful not to touch the glove’s exterior with your bare hand. Bryan E. Bledsoe, Robert S. Porter, and Richard A. Cherry Paramedic Care, Principles & Practice: Introduction to Advanced Prehospital Care Copyright ©2006 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved.

Figure 2-5 Proper gloves, eyewear, and mask prevent a patient’s blood and body fluids from contacting a break in your skin or spraying into your eyes, nose, and mouth. Bryan E. Bledsoe, Robert S. Porter, and Richard A. Cherry Paramedic Care, Principles & Practice: Introduction to Advanced Prehospital Care Copyright ©2006 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved.

Figure 2-6a A high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) respirator. Bryan E. Bledsoe, Robert S. Porter, and Richard A. Cherry Paramedic Care, Principles & Practice: Introduction to Advanced Prehospital Care Copyright ©2006 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved.

Figure 2-6b A N-95 respirator. Bryan E. Bledsoe, Robert S. Porter, and Richard A. Cherry Paramedic Care, Principles & Practice: Introduction to Advanced Prehospital Care Copyright ©2006 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved.

Figure 2-7a To wash your hands properly, lather up well and be sure to scrub under your nails. Bryan E. Bledsoe, Robert S. Porter, and Richard A. Cherry Paramedic Care, Principles & Practice: Introduction to Advanced Prehospital Care Copyright ©2006 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved.

Figure 2-7b When you rinse off your hands, point them downward so that soap and water run off away from your body. Bryan E. Bledsoe, Robert S. Porter, and Richard A. Cherry Paramedic Care, Principles & Practice: Introduction to Advanced Prehospital Care Copyright ©2006 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved.

Figure 2-8a Dispose of biohazardous wastes in a bag that is properly marked. Bryan E. Bledsoe, Robert S. Porter, and Richard A. Cherry Paramedic Care, Principles & Practice: Introduction to Advanced Prehospital Care Copyright ©2006 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved.

Figure 2-8b Discard needles and other sharp objects in a properly labeled, puncture-proof container.. Bryan E. Bledsoe, Robert S. Porter, and Richard A. Cherry Paramedic Care, Principles & Practice: Introduction to Advanced Prehospital Care Copyright ©2006 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved.

Figure 2-9 A federal regulation called the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act outlines procedures to follow after an occupational exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B, diphtheria, meningitis, plague, hemorrhagic fever, rabies, and tuberculosis (TB). Bryan E. Bledsoe, Robert S. Porter, and Richard A. Cherry Paramedic Care, Principles & Practice: Introduction to Advanced Prehospital Care Copyright ©2006 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved.

Figure 2-10 Phases of a stress response. [Adapted from J. Mitchell and G. Bray’s Emergency Services Stress (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1990), p. 11.] Bryan E. Bledsoe, Robert S. Porter, and Richard A. Cherry Paramedic Care, Principles & Practice: Introduction to Advanced Prehospital Care Copyright ©2006 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved.