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Abandonment
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Ending care of an ill or injured person without that persons consent or without ensuring that some one with equal of greater training will continue that care. Page 8
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Emphysema
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A disease in which the lings lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen effectively. Page 102
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Engineering controls
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Safeguards intended to isolate or remove a hazard from the workplace Page 92
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Epilepsy
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A chronic condition characterized by seizures that vary in type and duration; can usually be controlled by medication.
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Facility surveillance
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Checking the facility to help prevent injuries caused by avoidable hazards in the facility's environment.
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Fainting
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A temporary loss of consciousness. Page 146
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Fibrillation
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A quivering of the heat's ventricles.
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Fracture
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A chip, crack of complete break in bone tissue. Page 157
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Frostbite
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The freezing of body parts exposed to the cold. Page 158
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Heat cramps
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Painful spasms of skeletal muscles after exercise of work in warm of moderate temperatures; usually involve the calf and abdominal muscles. Page 158
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Heat exhaustion
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The early stage and most common form of heat-related illness; often results from strenuous work of exercise in a hot environment. Pages 2, 158
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Heat stroke
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A life-threatening condition that develops when the body's cooling mechanisms are overwhelmed and body systems begin to fail. Pages 2, 158
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Hepatitis B
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A liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus; may be severe or even and can be in the body up to 6 months before symptoms appear. Pages 86, 93
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Hepatitis C
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A liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus; it is the most chronic blood-borne infection in the United States. Pages 86, 93
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
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A virus that destroys the body's ability to fight infection. A result of HIV infection is referrers to as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Pages 86-87, 93
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