Situations that arise during the provision of care and support from action/inaction that actually/potentially necessitate medical intervention, impact people's human rights, wellbeing or overall care, or lead to decline in health status, disability, infection, or death.

To suddenly go down onto the ground or towards the ground without intending to or by accident.

The spread of a communicable disease among a defined number of people.

An occasion where people's personal safety and wellbeing are put at risk. this is a broad term that includes adverse events.

Physical trauma to the body by an external force that needs immediate hospital or medical treatment.

Hostile behaviour and/or attitude towards an individual or group that results in verbal and/or physical attacks.

Worry and anxiety that make a person feel uneasy.

A descriptive assessment that is conducted as an initial part of a complete functional behaviour assessment.

Feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or fear which may be caused by a perceived sense of threat or danger, or which may have no apparent cause.

A psychological intervention that applies empirical approaches based upon the principles of respondent and operant conditioning to change behaviour.

A psychotherapeutic intervention primarily used to eliminate or reduce maladaptive behaviour in children or adults.

A general sense of uncertainty about what is happening to a person or what they are supposed to do.