Shock and Stroke
In the stroke-detection acronym F.A.S.T., the letter "F" stands for this specific body part.
What is the face?
This is the first step you should take when treating any animal bite or scratch.
What is washing the affected area with soap and water?
You should sterilize this tool before using it to pull a small splinter out of the skin.
What are tweezers?
This is the degree of a sunburn.
What is a first-degree burn?
Dark urine, headaches, and increased to severe thirst are early warnings that your body is suffering from this condition.
What is dehydration?
In the stroke-detection acronym F.A.S.T., the final two letters, S and T, stand for these two critical actions.
What are checking Speech and noting the Time?
If possible, this is really helpful to help your doctor treat the bite/scratch
What is writing a description?
A doctor might prescribe these because puncture wounds pose a high risk of infection.
What are antibiotics?
This is the temperature of the water you should use to treat a first or second-degree burn.
What is cool water? (Never use ice water).
When a person's body is losing more heat than it is able to produce due to cold weather or wet clothing, they are suffering from this condition.
What is hypothermia?
This life-threatening condition occurs when the circulatory system fails, depriving vital organs of blood and oxygen.
What is shock?
This is a deadly illness that can be spread through an animal's saliva.
Deep puncture wounds don't usually bleed very much. (True/false)
What is true? These types of deep wounds typically do not bleed as much, but they can still be dangerous!
Butter, creams, and ointments are a great way to treat burns - never use aloe vera gel. (True/false)
What is false? These are difficult to remove and might slow the healing process. However, aloe vera gel can help.
When treating mild hypothermia you should remove any of the victim's wet clothing and replace them with dry layers, then place the victim inside this common piece of sleep gear.
What is a sleeping bag? (Or a blanket)
This life-threatening condition occurs when an artery to the brain bursts, or is blocked by a clot and due to deprivation of blood, brain cells start to die.
What is a stroke?
This specific type of incident where an animal strikes out for no apparent reason is a major warning sign that the animal may be rabid.
What is an unprovoked attack
If a large object is embedded in the flesh (like a nail), you should NOT...
What is removing it? (Fishhooks are an exception as mentioned in the book).
The appearance of these painful, fluid-filled bubbles on the skin is the primary sign that a burn is second-degree rather than first-degree.
What are blisters?
Unlike heat exhaustion which features heavy sweating, a victim with this life-threatening emergency will have hot, red, and completely dry skin.
What is heatstroke?
Because it is an urgent medical emergency, a stroke is also considered a...
What is a hurry case?
The bite of a warm-blooded animal such as a dog, cat, skunk, raccoon, fox, or a bat as categorized as...
What is a puncture wound?
Instead of flushing or irrigation of a puncture wound, the handbook instructs you to scrub this area of the wound thoroughly with soap and water instead.
What is the surface?
Third degree burns damage the skin and the tissue beneath it. Skin may be burned away and flesh blackened.
Because of this you should try to remove clothing to check the condition of the skin and flesh underneath. (True/false)
What is false? Do not try to remove clothing - it might be sticking to the flesh.
Someone who is anxious or frightened might react by breathing too quickly. When this continues too long, it can upset the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the bloodstream. This is called hyperventilation.
To treat hyperventilation you should make the victim...
What is calm down? Talk quietly to the victim and encourage them to calm down and breathe slowly.