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first aid
providing first aid
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| immediate care given to the victim until experts can take over | first aid |
| a method of prioritizing treatment | triage |
| occurs when the heart stops beating and stops breathing | clinical death |
| death of the body cells | biological death |
| 30 compressions followed by 2 ventilations | one-person rescue |
| one person breathing and one person providing compressions | two-person rescue |
| look, listen, feel | checking for breathing |
| covering the mouth for ventilations | infant cpr |
| an object blocking the airway | obstructed airway |
| victim is conscious, coughing, talking and making noise, and able to breathe | encourage victim to cough hard |
| victim graps throat and appears cyanotic | abdominal thrusts performed |
| injury to the soft tissues | wound |
| a break in the skin or mucous membrane | open wound |
| no break in skin or mucous membrane but injury occurs to the underlying tissues | closed wound |
| skin is scraped off | abrasion wound |
| cut or injury caused by a sharp object | incision wound |
| involves tearing of the tissues by way of excessive force | laceration wound |
| caused by a sharp object such as a pin, nail, or pointed instrument | puncture wound |
| occurs when tissue is torn or separated from the body | avulsion wound |
| occurs when a body part is cut off and separated from the body | amputation |
| first priority in caring for wounds | controlling bleeding |
| blood spurting from the wound | arterial |
| slow, steady and dark red in color | venous blood |
| oozes from the wound | capillary blood |
| can develop in any wound | infection |
| inadequate supply of blood to body organs, especially the brain and heart | shock |
| another name for shock | hypoperfusion |
| excessive loss of blood | hemorrhage |
| excessive perspiration | diaphoresis |
| hypersensitive or allergic reaction | anaphylactic shock |
| damage to heart muscle | cardiogenic shock |
| loss of body fluid from severe vomiting, diarrhea, or a heat illness | metabolic shock |
| injury and trauma to brain and/or spinal cord | neurogenic shock |
| emotinal distress | psychogenic shock |
| trauma to respiratory tract | respiratory shock |
| acute infection | septic shock |
| an injury caused by fire, heat, chemical agents, radiation, and/or electricity | burn |
| involves only the top layer of skin, the epidermis | first degree or superficial burn |
| involves injury to the top layers of skin, including both the epidermis and dermis | second degree or partial thickness burn |
| involves injury to all layers of the skin plus underlying tissue | third degree or full thickness burn |
| caused by exposure to heat. muscle pain and spasms as a result from the loss of h2o and salt through perspiration | heat cramps |
| occurs when exposure to heat and experiences loss of fluids through sweating | heat exhaustion |
| profuse perspiration | diaphoresis |
| caused by prolonged exposure to high temperatures and is a medical emergency | heat stroke |
| prolonged exposure to the cold and body temperature is less than 95 degrees F | hypothermia |
| actual freezing of tissue fluids | frostbite |
| a break in a bone | fracture |
| a simple fracture that is not accompanied by an external break in the skin | closed fracture |
| bone break that is accompanied by an open wound on the skin | compound or open fracture |
| the end of a bone is either displaced from a joint or moved out of its normal position within a joint | dislocation |
| injury to the tissues surrounding a joint | sprain |
| overstetching of a muscle | strain |
| occurs when the coronary arteries supplying blood to the heart is blocked | heart attack |
| caused by either the presence of a clot in a cerebral artery that provides blood to the brain or hemorrhage from a blood vessel in the brain | stroke |
| another term for stroke | cerebrovascular accident (CVA) |
| a temporary reduction in the supply of blood to the brain | fainting |
| strong involuntary contraction of muscles | convulsion |
| caused by an increase in the level of glucose in the bloodstream | diabetic coma |
| caused by an excess amount of insulin and low level of glucose in the bloodstream | insulin shock |
| sterile covering placed over a wound or injured part | dressing |
| materials used to hold dressings in place | bandages |
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