CNA VOCABULARY`

• Method of attempting to remove an object from the airway of someone who is choking
• 1. Candidate is able to identify symptoms of choking asks resident "are you choking?'
• 2. call for help
• 3. stands behind resident and wraps arms around resident's waist
• 4. places the thumb side of the fist against the rsident's abdomen
• 5. POSITIONS fist slighlty above navel and below the xiphoid process
• 6. Grasp fist with other hand, press fist and hand into the resident's abdomen with an INWARD< UPWARD THRUST
• CANDIDATE SHOULD INDICATE THAT THEY WOULD REPREAT PROCEDDURE UNTIL IT IS SUCCESSFUL OR UNTIL THE CIVTIM LOSES CONSCIOUSNESS

moving a body part away from the midline of the body

purposely causing physical, mental or emotional pain or injury to someeone

acute care is given in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers for people who have an immediate illness

Special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled to perform ADLs also called assistive devices

moving a body part toward the midline of the body

activites of daily living including: bathing dresssing caring for teeth and hairtoileting eating and drinking walking and transferring

legal documents that allow people to choose what kind of medical care they wish to have if they canot make those decisions themseleves

Walking

uneasiness or fear, often about a situation or condition

the inhalationof food, fluid or foreign material into the lungs; can cause pneumonia or death

the act of threatening to touch a person without his or her consent

living facilites for people who do not need skilled,  24 hour care although they do require some help with daily care

the wasitng away decresing in size and weakening of muscles from lack of use

do not resuscitate

department of Health