Muscle, Tendon, Ligament, and Bone Injuries
When the bones that meet at a joint move out of their normal position.
What is a dislocation?
The condition when blood flow to the heart is blocked.
What is a heart attack?
True of False: Giving an inhaler to someone who is unresponsive is an appropriate response.
What is false. An appropriate response would be CPR.
A traumatic injury to the skin caused by contact with extreme heat, chemicals, radiation, or electricity.
What is a burn?
The least common but most severe heat-related illness. It occurs when the body’s cooling system is completely overwhelmed and stops working. ___________ is a life-threatening emergency.
What is heat stroke?
True or False: In mnemonic RICE, the C stands for compression.
What is true? Rest / Ice / Compress / Elevate
What is false?
When blood flow to part of the brain is interrupted by a blood clot, can cause permanent brain damage.
What is a stroke?
True or False: Abrasions, lacerations, avulsions, and puncture wounds are all types of closed wounds.
What is false? They are open wounds.
When fluids lost through sweating are not replaced.
What is heat exhaustion?
True or False: A tourniquet can be used to prevent blood loss on any body part.
What is false?
True or False: Another name for a heart attack is cardiac arrest.
What is false?
A condition in which the pancreas fails to make enough insulin or the body's cells are incapable of responding to insulin.
What is diabetes?
One of the types of traumatic injuries that can cause internal bleeding (e.g. getting stabbed or shot)
What is penetrating trauma?
True or False: Giving gatorade to someone who is suffering from heat exhaustion is an appropriate response.
What is true?
The loss of movement, sensation and in some cases both, can be from spinal cord injuries and brain injuries.
What is paralysis?
When the heart stops beating or beats inefficiently to circulate blood to the brain and other vital organs.
This drug is the main drug used in epi-pens. It is known to slow or stop the effects of allergic reactions.
What is epinephrine?
One of the types of traumatic injuries that can cause internal bleeding (e.g. getting hit with a stone brick)
What is blunt force trauma?
True or False: Frostbite is the same hypothermia.
What is false? Frostbite is the freezing of skin or tissues in a specific area and hypothermia is the dropping of the body's temperature.
The type of paralysis that affects both the arms, the trunk, and both legs.
What is quadriplegia?
What is false? Aspirin-containing products do not work the same as Aspirin to people who are experiencing a heart attack.
Trouble breathing, swelling of the face, neck, tongue or lips, a feeling of tightness in the chest or throat, skin reactions (such as hives, itchiness or flushing), stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea, dizziness, and loss of consciousness are all signs of this condition.
What is anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction)?
Restlessness or irritability, altered level of consciousness, nausea or vomiting, pale, ashen (grayish), cool, moist skin, rapid breathing, and a weak heartbeat are signs of this life-threatening condition (When the body does not receive the blood it needs).
What is shock?
The body’s ability to maintain an internal temperature within an acceptable range despite external conditions
What is thermoregulation?