Vocabulary
This can occur as a result of an extremely allergic reaction
What Is Anaphylactic Shock?
Small Bugs that live on the hair and scalp that lay eggs called nits
What Is Head Lice?
An injury to the skin, such as cuts and scrapes
What are open wounds?
Rapid Onset with a fever, chills, headache, lack of energy, muscle ache, sore throat and cough; commonly lasting 1-2 days
What is Influenza?
Redness In the white of the eye.May have pus discharge (Crusting of Eyelids or Lashes). Incubation Period= 2-3 days
What Is Conjunctivitis?
An injury caused by heat, radiation or chemical agents
what are burns?
An illness caused by eating food that contains harmful bacteria, toxins, parasites or viruses.
What Is Food-Bourne Illness?
The treatment of injuries and illnesses, including those that are life threatening
What Is First Aid?
Fever, Fatigue, loss of appetite, Jaundice-less common in children than adults; lasting 14 to 50 days (Most commonly around 25 days)
What is Hepatitis A?
Successive crop of Lesions that remain for 3-4 days; Usually Lasting 10-21 days
What Are Chicken-Pox?
A condition in which a person has periodic seizures
What Is Epilepsy?
A reaction of the body to a substance in the environment
What Is An Allergy?
Small,raised, red areas connecting raised red markings to grayish-white lines. Most commonly found under skin folds; Commonly lasts 30-45 days
What is Scabies?
Mild Symptoms; slight rash with enlarged head or neck glands
A disease caused by viral infection of the nervous system and brain. Most commonly spread through animal bites
What Are Rabies?
The process of eliminating all germs from surfaces
What is Disinfecting?
Designed to protect staff from accidental exposure to blood-borne pathogens
What are Standardized Precautions?
Sudden onset with fever, Swollen glands, Sore throat, may also have headache, vomiting and white patches on tonsils
What is Strep Throat?
Fever,Pain and swelling about the jaws and salivary glands. Lasts 12-26 days, most commonly 18 days
What are Mumps?
A virus that breaks down the immune system, which over time can lead to more advanced diseases
What Is HIV?
A disease in which the body can not properly control the level of sugar in the blood
What Is Diabetes?
An injury to the tissue directly under the skin's surface
What is a Closed Wound?
Light gray bugs that lay in hair; eggs usually hatch within a week and reach maturity at around 2 weeks
What is Head lice?
Skin) Flat, Ring like sores that may burn and itch. Feet) Scaling or cracking of the skin. Lasting 4 to 10 days
What is Ringworm?