Punjab PSEB Senior Secondary NSQF Health Care flashcards

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NSQF Level 4

The national skills level at which a Senior Secondary vocational qualification sits. Learners perform routine tasks under supervision and take limited responsibility for their own work.

Job role

In NSQF health care curricula, a defined set of duties a worker performs in a specific setting, such as hospital assistant, home health aide, or dental assistant.

Competency-based curriculum

A syllabus written as observable tasks and outcomes rather than subject topics. Assessment checks whether the learner can actually perform each listed task.

Employability skills

Generic skills taught alongside the trade: communication, self-management, teamwork, digital literacy, entrepreneurship, and green skills. They are assessed in every NSQF qualification.

Hand hygiene duration

Soap and water handwashing takes 40–60 seconds; alcohol-based hand rub takes 20–30 seconds. Use soap when hands are visibly soiled or after contact with body fluids.

Five moments for hand hygiene

WHO moments: before touching a patient, before a clean procedure, after body-fluid exposure risk, after touching a patient, and after touching patient surroundings.

PPE sequence

Donning order: gown, mask, goggles, gloves. Doffing order reverses it, with gloves removed first and hand hygiene immediately after removal.

Biomedical waste colour coding

Yellow for anatomical and infectious waste, red for contaminated recyclable plastic, white for sharps, blue for glass and metallic implants. Segregate at the point of generation.

Sharps injury first action

After a needle-stick, wash the wound with soap and water, do not squeeze or suck it, report immediately, and follow the facility's post-exposure prophylaxis protocol.

Normal adult pulse

A resting adult pulse is 60–100 beats per minute, regular and of good volume. Tachycardia is above 100; bradycardia is below 60.

Normal adult respiration

Resting adult respiratory rate is 12–20 breaths per minute. Count for a full minute without telling the patient you are counting.

Blood pressure definition

Pressure exerted by blood on artery walls. Recorded as systolic over diastolic, typically near 120/80 mmHg in a healthy adult.

Body temperature sites

Oral, axillary, tympanic, rectal, and forehead. Oral normal is about 36.5–37.5 °C; axillary readings run about 0.5 °C lower than oral.

SpO2 normal range

Oxygen saturation measured by pulse oximeter, normally 95–100% at room air. Below 90% is significant hypoxaemia and needs urgent reporting.

Patient positioning

Fowler's (semi-sitting) for breathing difficulty, supine for general rest, lateral for unconscious patients to protect the airway, and prone for some respiratory cases.

Pressure sore prevention

Reposition an immobile patient at least every two hours, keep skin clean and dry, use pressure-relieving mattresses, and inspect bony prominences each shift.

Intake-output chart

A record of all fluids taken in (oral, IV, feeds) and out (urine, vomit, drains, stool) over 24 hours. Normal adult urine output is roughly 1–2 litres per day.

First aid DRABC

Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing, Circulation. This is the primary survey order used before giving first aid to any casualty.

CPR compression rate

Adult chest compressions at 100–120 per minute, depth 5–6 cm, with full recoil between compressions. Compression-to-breath ratio is 30:2 for one rescuer.

Recovery position

Lateral side-lying position for an unconscious but breathing casualty. It keeps the airway open and lets vomit drain out.

Choking adult management

Encourage coughing if effective. If not, give up to five back blows between shoulder blades, then up to five abdominal thrusts, alternating and repeating.

Shock signs

Pale clammy skin, rapid weak pulse, fast shallow breathing, restlessness, and falling blood pressure. Keep the casualty warm, lying flat, and get urgent help.

Burn first aid

Cool a burn under running cool water for at least 20 minutes, remove jewellery, cover loosely with a clean non-stick dressing, and never apply ice, oil, or toothpaste.

Fracture immobilisation

Support the limb in the position found, immobilise the joints above and below the fracture, check circulation beyond the injury, and do not try to straighten it.

Heat stroke

Core temperature above 40 °C with hot dry skin and altered consciousness. Cool rapidly with water and fanning and treat as a medical emergency.

Dehydration signs

Dry mouth, dark concentrated urine, reduced urine output, sunken eyes, and dizziness on standing. Oral rehydration solution is the first-line treatment in mild cases.

Patient confidentiality

Health information is shared only with those involved in the patient's care. Discussing a patient's condition outside this circle is a breach of professional ethics.

Informed consent

The patient agrees to a procedure after being told its purpose, risks, benefits, and alternatives, without pressure. Consent must be taken before the procedure, not after.

Bed bath procedure

Wash the patient from clean to dirty areas, expose only the part being washed, change water when cool or soiled, and maintain privacy throughout.

Pressure area check

Inspect heels, sacrum, hips, elbows, and shoulders for redness each shift. Non-blanching redness is an early pressure-ulcer warning sign.

Medical asepsis

Practices that reduce the number and spread of microorganisms, such as hand hygiene, clean gloves, and disinfection of surfaces. It differs from surgical asepsis, which aims to destroy all microbes.

Emergency fire response

Raise the alarm, evacuate patients in order of mobility using horizontal first then vertical movement, close doors, and never use lifts during a fire.