General vocab 1
An injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other impact.
What is a wound?
Scraping or wearing away of the skin.
What is an abrasion?
A device for stopping the flow of blood through a vein or artery, typically by compressing a limb with a cord or tight bandage.
What is a tourniquet?
An injury to the skin that occurs when the skin remains intact, and the underlying tissue is not exposed.
What is a closed wound?
What is False?
A break in the skin that exposes internal tissue.
What is an open wound?
A cut or tear in the skin or underlying tissue commonly caused by a sharp object.
What is a laceration?
True or False: If there is a large embedded object in a wound you should remove it then apply bandage.
What is false?
A serious medical condition that occurs when a blood vessel bleeds inside the body.
What is internal bleeding?
Injury with loss of a body part.
What is a traumatic amputation?
Occurs when blood flows out of the body through an open wound, such as a cut or nosebleed.
What is external bleeding?
Pulling or tearing away of the skin and tissue
What is an avulsion?
A topical device that's applied to the skin to control bleeding. Contains a substance that promotes clotting
What is hemostatic dressing?
A physical injury to the body caused by a forceful impact without breaking the skin.
What is blunt trauma?
Another word for suturing a wound.
What are stitches?
The amount of blood present.
What is volume?
A deep wound caused by a sharp object, like a nail or tooth.
What is a puncture wound?
Can help with direct pressure and more effectively control life-threatening bleeding.
What is wound packing?
A bacterial infection that causes painful muscle spasms.
What is tetanus?
If you do not have tape to secure a bandage you can use a technique called
__________________ __________________ .
What is bandage splitting?
A steady, continuous stream or spurting of blood.
What is Flow?
Another name for this type of wound is "road rash".
What is an abrasion?
A type of penetrating injury that occurs when an object enters the body and passes through, resulting in both an entrance and exit wound.
What is a penetrating trauma?
A common injury that occurs when blood vessels break and leak blood into the surrounding tissue.
What is a bruise or contusion?
True or False: Use hydrogen peroxide to clean a wound and prevent infection; the bubbles mean it is working to kill germs.
What is false?
(Although hydrogen peroxide will kill germs, it can also harm the tissue delaying healing.)