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Health Midterm
Wellness, Tobacco, FA/CPR, Alcohol
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The refusal to accept reality or fact, acting as if a painful event, thought or feeling did not exist | Denial |
| The reversion to an earlier stage of development in the face of unacceptable thoughts or impulses | Regression |
| Performing an extreme behavior in order to express thoughts or feelings the person feels incapable of otherwise expressing | Acting Out |
| Parts of oneself are separated from awareness of other parts and behaving as if one had separate sets of values | Compartmentalization |
| The misattribution of a person’s undesired thoughts, feelings or impulses onto another person who does not have those thoughts, feelings or impulses | Projection |
| The converting of unwanted or dangerous thoughts, feelings or impulses into their opposites | Reaction Formation |
| The redirecting of thoughts feelings and impulses directed at one person or object, but taken out upon another person or object | Displacement |
| Top Two Leading Causes of Death (All People) | Heart Disease, Cancer |
| Top Three Leading Causes of Death (Teens) | Accidents, Homicide, Suicide |
| This is known as the “split-mind” of “split-personality” disorder | Schizophrenia |
| The number of proven carcinogens in tobacco | 43 |
| The number of chemicals found in tobacco | 4000 |
| Leukoplakia | White precancerous/cancerous spots in mouth from chewing tobacco |
| Smoke exhaled from a smoker or smoke from a cigarette that was left burning | Second Hand Smoke |
| A sticky, dark fluid that destroys the alveoli (air sacs) and lung tissue | Tar |
| Emergency Response Steps | Check (Check Scene for Safety) Call (AED) Care (ABCs) |
| Choking Procedure Numbers | 5 Back blows, 5 chest thrusts, repeat |
| How Long Will an Unconscious Person Last Without CPR? | For every 1 minute passed, their chance of survival decreases 10% |
| CPR Steps? | Check, call care: 30 compressions, 2 breaths, repeat |
| When Can You Stop CPR? | You have become too exhausted to continue, more medical experience arrives, the person wakes up, or scene becomes unsafe |
| A physical or psychological dependence on a drug | Addiction |
| Alcoholics Anonymous; meeting place for alcoholics | AA |
| Severe and potentially fatal physical reaction to an alcohol overdose | Alcohol Poisoning |
| A disease in which a person has a physical/psychological dependence on alcohol | Alcoholism |
| BAC | Blood alcohol content |
| DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) BAC | 0.08% |
| AGG DWI (Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated) | 0.19% |
| Drinking 5+ alcoholic drinks at one sitting | Binge Drinking |
| A drug that slows the central nervous system | Depressant |
| DUI | Driving under the influence (0.02-0.07% BAC) |
| FAS | Fetal alcohol syndrome |
| When not drinking an alcoholic may experience withdrawal symptoms (nausea, sweating, shaky…) | Physical Dependence |
| A strong desire for something without being physically addicted to it | Psychological Dependence |
| The need to drink increasingly greater amounts of alcohol to feel its effects | Tolerance |
| Why do teens choose not to drink? | Parental Disapproval |
| Role of the Liver | Breaks down/filters alcohol |
| Role of Small Intestine | Absorbs alcohol into bloodstream |
| 1 in 8 | Number of alcoholics in US |
| 58%/32% | Men/Women that drink monthly |
| Every 50 minutes... | A death occurs because of DWI |
| 4,400 | Teens die each year because of alcohol use |
| AGG DWI Chart | $1,000-$2,500 penalty | 1 year max jail | License revoked for at least 1 year |