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A cut with a smooth edge
Incision
A situation that occurs when there is a sudden need for immediate action
Emergency
A combination of chest compressions and rescue breathing
CPR
An unplanned event or act that may result in injury, property damage, or death
Accident
Immediate treatment given to someone who is injured or is suddenly ill
First aid
Device that stops all blood flow to a limb
When a person stops breathing you must breathe for that person
Rescue breathing
A condition that occurs when there is a sudden need for immediate action
Severe bleeding
A crack or break in a bone
Fracture
A technique that uses abdominal thrusts to dislodge an object blocking a person's airway
Heimlich maneuver/abdominal thrusts
Support that helps keep a possible fracture from moving
Splint
The system of organs and tissues involved in circulation blood through the body
Circulatory system
A physical condition that happens when the body is unable to circulate blood properly
Shock
Illness in which the symptoms appear abruptly
Sudden illness
A separation of a bone from its position at a joint
A cut with a jagged edge
Laceration
A condition that occurs when body tissue freezes
Frostbite
To pierce with a pointed object
Puncture
This condition in which the body overheats and loses large amount of water and salt through heavy sweating
Heat exhaustion
Vessels that carry the blood from the body back to the heart
Veins
Minute vessels that connect the arteries and the veins
Capillaries
Treatment used during the first 48 hours for most soft tissue damage
R.I.C.E.
The tearing of ligaments and at a joint
Sprain
This is a disease that causes severe muscular stiffness and contractions
Tetanus
An overstretched muscle or tendon
Strain
Vessels that carry blood from the heart to the body
Arteries
This condition in which the body temperature rises but no sweating occurs
Heat stroke
Place on the body where blood flow can be stopped by applying direct pressure to a major artery
Pressure point
Process in which air is forced into the lungs
Artificial respiration
A cut in which a portion of skin or other soft tissue is partially or completely torn away
Avulsion
Damage to soft tissues and blood vessels causing bleeding under the skin
Bruise
Wound caused by skin that has been rubbed or scraped away
Abrasion
Which step is missing in the 4 steps to stop bleeding:
1. Apply direct pressure
2. Use pressure points
3.
4. Tourniquet (if life or death situation)
Elevate wound above the heart
Which of the 4 signs of infection is missing?
1.
2. Swelling
3. Discharge
4. Increased pain
Redness
What does R.I.C.E stand for?
Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation