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Core Concepts in Health Cover Image
Core Concepts in Health, 9/e
Paul M. Insel, Stanford University School of Medicine
Walton T. Roth, Stanford University School of Medicine

Personal Safety: Protecting Yourself from Unintentional Injuries and Violence


intentional injury  An injury that is purposely inflicted, by either oneself or another person.
unintentional injury  An injury that occurs without harm being intended.
years of potential life lost  The difference between an individual's life expectancy and his or her age at death.
motor vehicle injuries  Unintentional injuries and deaths involving motor vehicles in motion, both on and off the highway or street; incidents causing motor vehicle injuries include collisions between vehicles and collisions with objects or pedestrians.
home injuries  Unintentional injuries and deaths that occur in the home and on home premises to occupants, guests, domestic servants, and trespassers; falls, burns, poisonings, suffocations, unintentional shootings, drownings, and electrical shocks are examples.
Heimlich maneuver  A maneuver developed by Henry J. Heimlich, M.D., to help force an obstruction from the airway.
leisure injuries  Unintentional injuries and deaths that occur in public places or places used in a public way, not involving motor vehicles; includes most sports and recreation deaths and injuries; falls, drownings, burns, and heat and cold stress are examples.
personal flotation device (PFD)  A device designed to save a person from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water; also called a life jacket.
work injuries  Unintentional injuries and deaths that arise out of and in the course of gainful work, such as falls, electrical shocks, exposure to radiation and toxic chemicals, burns, cuts, back sprains, and loss of fingers or other body parts in machines.
repetitive-strain injury (RSI)  A musculoskeletal injury or disorder caused by repeated strain to the hand, arm, wrist, or other part of the body; also called cumulative trauma disorder (CTD).
carpal tunnel syndrome  Compression of the median nerve in the wrist, often caused by repetitive use of the hands, such as in computer use; characterized by numbness, tingling, and pain in the hands and fingers; can cause nerve damage.
sexual assault or rape  The use of force to have sex with someone against that person's will.
statutory rape  Sexual interaction with someone under the legal age of consent.
date rape  Sexual assault by someone the victim knows or is dating; also called acquaintance rape.
incest  Sexual activity between close relatives, such as siblings or parents and their children.
sexual harassment  Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other conduct of a sexual nature that affects academic or employment decisions or evaluations; interferes with an individual's academic or work performance; or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive academic, work, or student living environment.
first aid  Emergency care given to an ill or injured person until medical care can be obtained.
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)  An emergency first aid procedure that combines artificial respiration and artificial circulation; used in first aid emergencies where breathing and blood circulation have stopped.
emergency medical services (EMS) system  A system designed to network community resources for providing emergency care.
stalking  Repeatedly harassing or threatening a person through behaviors such as following a person, appearing at a person's residence or workplace, leaving written messages or objects, making harassing phone calls, or vandalizing property; frequently directed at a former intimate partner.
cyberstalking  The use of e-mail, chat rooms, bulletin boards, or other electronic communications devices to stalk another person.