Responding to Emergencies Review
When dealing with a nosebleed you should?
Pinch your nose and lean slightly forward
Substances found in food that give you energy and helps your body grow and function properly
Nutrients
Substances other than food that change the structure of function of the body or _____
Mind
Everything that a person eats or drinks in a day is called
Diet
Age based on the condition of the body is known as
Biological age
After controlling the bleeding for a minor cut you should clean it by?
Washing it with warm water and mild soap
Organic compounds that make up protein; building blocks of life
Amino Acids
Drugs that are illegal to make, _____, or use
sell
Part of plant-based food that the body can't breakdown is called
Fiber
Which two diseases kill most Americans?
Heart Disease and Cancer
A strain involves a stretching or tearing of?
Muscles or tendons
Macronutrient consisting of sugars, starches, and fiber; your body’s best source of fuel
Carbohydrates
Physiological and ____________ dependence
psychological
The healthy type of fat is
Unsaturated Fat
A condition where fatty substances(plague) build up in the arteries and restrict blood flow is called
Atherosclerosis
When responding to an emergency the first thing you should do is?
Check to make sure the scene is safe
Macronutrient that is made up of amino acids; essential for building and repairing tissues
Proteins
When the body becomes used to the substance and therefore needs _______ of it to get the desired effect
more
Waxy, fat-like substance that’s found in all cells of the body (2 types: HDLs and LDLs) are called
Cholesterol
The most common form of heart disease is
Coronary artery disease
If a victim is not breathing but does have a pulse you should perform?
Rescue breathing
Organic compounds needed to sustain life; there are 13 (A,C,D,E,K and several Bs)
Vitamins
Drugs that ________ the CNS and acts as a sedative
Slow down
Which of the following is an example of a mineral
Calcium
Cancer is defined as
An area of uncontrolled abnormal cell growth