First Aid
The emergency technique combining chest compressions and rescue breaths to save sudden cardiac arrest victims
What is CPR?
This vital organ beats about 100,000 times a day to pump blood throughout your entire body.
What is the heart?
The minimum number of seconds you should scrub your hands with soap to effectively kill harmful bacteria.
What is 20 seconds?
A medical professional who specializes in diagnosing, treating, and operating on the human heart.
What is a cardiologist?
This quick medical procedure, involving rubbing a cotton stick inside the mouth, is all it takes to join the NMDP registry.
What is a cheek swab?
The normal, healthy average temperature for a human adult in degrees Fahrenheit.
What is 98.6 degrees?
True or False: Antibiotics can be used to cure a viral infection like the common cold or flu.
What is False? (Antibiotics only kill bacteria, not viruses)
This is the common, everyday name for what doctors call a "fracture."Answer: What is a broken bone?
What is a broken bone?
The lifesaving medical initiative abbreviated as "S.T.B" that trains everyday citizens to stop severe arterial bleeding.
What is Stop The Bleed?
The largest organ of the human body, which acts as your primary barrier against infections and germs.
What is the skin?
This sticky, fluid substance in your airway actually traps dust and viruses to keep your lungs safe.
What is mucus? (or phlegm)
This common medical professional cleans your teeth, takes X-rays, and gives you a free toothbrush at your checkup.
What is a dentist? (or dental hygienist!)
This portable electronic device automatically diagnoses life-threatening heart rhythms and delivers a shock if needed.
What is an AED (Automatic External Defibrillator)?
Adults have 206 of these structural components making up their skeletal system, but babies are actually born with around 300.
What are bones?
True or False: If you drop food on the clean kitchen floor, the "5-second rule" means germs completely ignore it for 5 seconds.
What is False? (Bacteria can attach to food instantly!)
This fast-moving emergency vehicle uses loud sirens and flashing red lights to rush sick people to the hospital.
What is an ambulance?
The emergency physical maneuver used to clear a severe upper airway obstruction from a choking person.
What is the Heimlich manuever?
These specialized blood cells are responsible for carrying fresh oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your tissues.
What are red blood cells?
True or False: Eating a lot of sugary candy and chocolate can cause cavities in your teeth.
What is True? (Sugar feeds the bacteria that cause tooth decay)
The area of medicine or emergency care that specializes in treating infants, children, and adolescents.
What is pediatrics?