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HS-I Emergency Care
Terms to know for Emergency Care
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abrasion | scraping of the outer skin layers (commonly called a scrape) |
| Amputation | when a body part is completely torn away |
| Avulsion | injury in which a portion of the skin and sometimes other soft tissue is partially or completely torn away |
| Bandages | any material that is used to wrap or cover any part of the body |
| Burn | soft tissue injury that can damage the top layer of skin or the skin and the layers of fat, muscle, and bone; sources can be heat, chemicals, electricity or radiation; classified by depth |
| Cerebrovascular accident | “stroke or brain attack” blood flow in the brain is disrupted by blockage or bleeding in the brain |
| Convulsion (seizure) | disruption of electrical activity in the brain causing loss of body control |
| Diabetic coma | is a medical emergency in which a person with diabetes mellitus is comatose (unconscious) because of one of the acute complications of diabetes |
| Diaphoresis | profuse perspiration (sweating) artificially induced |
| Dislocation | movement of a bone at a joint away from its normal position |
| Dressing | pads placed directly on the wound to absorb blood and other fluids and to prevent infection (should be sterile) |
| Fainting (syncope) | loss of consciousness resulting from insufficient blood flow to the brain |
| First aid | emergency care or treatment given to an ill or injured person before regular medical aid can be obtained |
| Fracture | complete break, chip, or crack in a bone |
| Frostbite | freezing of body parts exposed to the cold |
| Heart attack | Myocardial infarction (MI) |
| Heat cramps | painful muscle spasms and often the first signal that the body is having trouble with heat |
| Heat exhaustion | heat-related emergency |
| Heat stroke | most severe heat emergency and develops when the body systems are overwhelmed by heat; life-threatening emergency |
| Hemorrhage | a copious discharge of blood from the blood vessels |
| Hypothermia | entire body cools due to body’s inability to maintain temperature |
| Incision | a cut or wound of body tissue made especially in surgery; |
| Infection | a disease in the body that is caused by germs (pathogens) and can spread to others. |
| Insulin shock | severe hypoglycemia that is associated with the presence of excessive insulin in the system and that if left untreated may result in convulsions and progressive development of coma |
| Laceration | cut in the skin caused by sharp object or blunt force injury; usually jagged wound |
| Poisoning | any substance that causes injury, illness or death if it enters the body |
| Puncture | injury to the skin caused by a pointed object piercing the skin |
| Shock | a condition in which the circulatory system fails to deliver oxygen-rich blood to the body’s tissues and vital organs |
| Sprain | tearing of ligaments at a joint |
| Tetanus | a severe bacterial infection that affects the nervous system and causes muscle paralysis (can be fatal); can be caused by cut or puncture with an object that can carry an infection; immunization every 10 years or sooner if dirty injury |
| Wound | injury to soft tissue |
| Fx | Abbreviation for fracture |
| CVA | Abbreviation for cerebrovascular accident |
| Syncope | Medical term for fainting |
| Seizure | Convulsions |
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