symptoms include extreme headaches, unexplained confusion, sleepiness, and weakness
What is seizures
100
limit alcohol
What is a way to prevent seizures
100
If the person is having trouble breathing, use your finger to gently clear his or her mouth of any vomit or saliva.
Loosen tight clothing around the person's neck and waist.
What is how to treat a seizure
100
a medical condition that abruptly and often unexpectedly develops in a patient to the point of becoming severe or even life threatening
What is a sudden illness
200
Symptoms include problems with short term memory, communication and language, ability to focus and pay attention, reasoning and judgment, and visual perception
What is dimension
200
take deep breaths and put your head between your knees
What is a way to prevent fainting
200
Lay the person flat on his or her back.
Elevate the person's legs to restore blood flow to the brain.Shake the person vigorously, tap briskly, or yell.
If the person doesn't respond, call 911 immediately.
What is how to treat someone who fainted
200
when normal functions of the brain are disrupted by
injury, disease, fever, or infection, the electrical activity of the brain becomes irregular, causing a sudden loss of body control
What is a seizure
300
Symptoms are a brief feeling of light headedness, dizziness, weakness, or nausea
What is fainting
300
check your blood sugar often
What is a way to prevent diabetic emergencies
300
sit down and drink sugary drinks or eat sugary foods
What is how to treat a diabetic emergency
300
a disruption of blood flow to a part of the brain
that causes permanent damage to brain tissue
What is a stroke
400
Symptoms are sudden trouble seeing, sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
What is a stroke
400
eat low cholesterol
What is a way to prevent a heart attack
400
take them to the hospital
What is how to respond if someone has a stroke
400
substances which, in adequate amounts, cause illness or death in an organism
What is a poison
500
Symptoms are discomfort, pressure, heaviness, and pain in the chest arm or below the breast bone
What is a heart attack
500
read the labels on medication
What is a way to prevent poisoning
500
call Poison Control immediately and follow their instructions
What is how to treat poisoning
500
when a blood clot blocks the blood supply to the heart