Providing First Aid/Bleeding and Wounds

immediate care given to a victim of an accident or illness

• First response animal care

• First Aid

• First response

• EMS

a method of prioritizing treatment

• First Aid

• Recovery

• triage

• shock

break in the skin or mucous membranes

• open wound

• closed wound

• fracture

• amputation

a wound where there is no break in the skin

• open wound

• closed wound

• avulsion

• laceration

scrape on the skin

• abrasion

• incision

• laceration

• avulsion

cut or injury by a sharp object

• abrasion

• laceration

• puncture

• incision

body part cut off

• abrasion

• amputation

• avulsion

• laceration

jagged irregular injury with tearing

• abrasion

• incision

• laceration

• avulsion

wound caused by a sharp object

• abrasion

• incision

• laceration

• puncture

tissue torn or separated from the body

• laceration

• puncture

• avulsion

• amputation