Hygiene and
Sanitation
Sanitation
Exercise, rest, good _________ and adequate nutrition can help you stay healthy and avoid illnesses and infections.
What is Hygiene?
Shock is a life-threatening condition that occurs when the body is not getting enough _______________.
What is blood flow?
Heat, electricity, chemicals, radiation or sun are all ____________.
What are burn sources?
Types of chemicals used to dissolve other substances, such as paint, grease or plastic.
What are solvents?
Giving off moisture through pores of the skin.
What is perspiring?
A poison produced by animals such as snakes, scorpions and spiders.
What is venom?
The average person needs ________ hours of sleep a night.
What is eight?
To lose consciousness briefly because of temporary decrease in the amount of blood that flows to the brain.
What is fainting?
A __________-degree burn has characteristics of red skin and/or mottled skin, blisters and swelling and are usually the most painful types of burns.
What is second-degree burn?
Dizziness, weakness, drowsiness and headache are symptoms of __________ poisoning.
What is inhaled?
______________ usually involve muscles that are fatigued such as legs, abdominal and shoulders. It is a condition marked by the sudden development of cramps caused by the loss of salt from the body.
What are heat cramps?
Antitoxin used to counteract venom.
What is antivenin?
People who are ______________ are less likely to get sick or injured.
What is physically fit?
A behavioral state resulting from mental or emotional stress or physical injury that has a lasting effect on the mind.
What is trauma?
To counteract the activity or effect of something.
What is to neutralize?
Wounds where the top layer of skin has been scraped away.
What are abrasions?
The circulation of air as a system or means of providing fresh air
What is ventilation?
An acute infectious disease caused by the poison of certain bacterium that enters the body through the wound, resulting in muscle contractions, rigidity, and death.
What is tetanus?
Maintain a positive attitude and taking time each day to do something you enjoy are ways to __________________.
What is reduce stress?
What is a splint?
If you believe a person has been _________, assess the situation first before touching the victim.
___________ and _________ are wounds that can commonly result from an animal bite.
What are punctures and avulsions?
Low temperature, high humidity, _____________ and high winds may affect the loss of body heat.
What is precipitation?
Animal bites have a high risk of exposing the victim to __________.
What is rabies?
A gaseous greenish-yellow element used as a bleach and disinfectant in water purification.
What is chlorine?
The most common type of fracture is a _____________.
What is a closed fracture?
Chemicals used to cut through grease.
What are bases?
____________ wounds involve only the outer skin layer. They stop bleeding on their own or with gentle pressure.
What are minor?
A ______________ cold injury can usually be characterized by numbness and tingling or "pins and needles" sensations.
What is superficial?
A pink powder that is made of zinc oxide and some ferric oxide and is used in some lotions and ointments.
What is calamine?
A temporary camp or shelter.
A muscle ______ occurs when a muscle is stretched beyond its normal range of motion, resulting in the muscle tearing.
What is a strain?
Something that acts throughout the body after absorption or ingestion.
What is systemic?
Wrapping an ice pack in a clean towel and apply it to a ___________. To reduce swelling, elevate for 20 to 30 minutes if the injury is mild or longer if the injury is more severe.
What is a bruise?
Hypothermia is a general cooling of the body to a temperature below ____________.
What are coral snakes, rattle snakes, copperheads and cottonmouths (water moccasin)?