A person's responsibilities to provide victim care
What is Duty To Act
100
Feelings and emotions after a stressful situation that cause personal pain
Grieving Process
100
The framework that gives us our recognizable form; also designed to allow motion of the body and protection of vital organs
What is the Skeleton
100
The part of the patient assessment that helps identify any immediately or potentially life-threatening conditions
What is the First Impression
100
A life-threatening allergic reaction
What is Anaphylaxis
200
When a first aider fails to provide the type of care that would be given by a person having the same or similar training
What is Breach of Duty
200
Equipment, such as exam gloves, used to block the entry of an organism into the body
Personal Protective Equipment - PPE
200
The inner bone of the forearm, on the side opposite the thumb
What is the Ulna
200
A brief history of a victim's condition to determine symptoms, allergies, medications, pertinent past history, last oral intake, and events leading to the illness/injury
What is SAMPLE history
200
Prescribed device used to administer an emergency dose of epinephrine to a patient experiencing anaphylaxis
What is an Epinephrine Auto-Injector
300
An agreement by a patient or victim to accept treatment offered as explained by medical personnel or first aiders.
What is Consent
300
A disease that can spread from person to person or from animal to person
Communicable Disease
300
The area of the head above the ears and eyes; the skull. It contains the brain.
What is the Cranium
300
A mnemonic for assessment in which each area of the body is evaluated for deformities, open wounds, tenderness and swelling
What is DOTS
300
Inadequate tissue oxygenation resulting from serious injury or illness
What is shock
400
Permission for care that a victim gives verbally or with a head nod
What is Expressed Consent
400
A bacterial disease usually affecting the lungs
Tuberculosis
400
The area of the brain between the spinal cord and cerebrum, surrounded by the cerebellum; controls functions that are necessary for life, such as - respirations
What is the Brain Stem
400
Part of the victim assessment process in which a detailed, area-by-area exam is performed on patients whose problems cannot be readily identified or when more specific information is needed about a problem.
What is the secondary check
400
Severely injured patients, without a suspected spinal cord injury are placed in
What is the recover position
500
Touching a person or providing first aid without consent
What is Battery
500
The virus that can cause the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
What is AIDS
500
All the structures of the body that contribute to the process of breathing, consisting of the upper and lower airways and their component parts
What is the Respiratory System
500
What a patient tells a first aider about what he or she feels
What is a Symptom
500
Causes of shock in blood or fluid loss from blood vessels, poor vessel function and