First aid vocab

A failure of the cardiovascular system to keep an adequate supply of blood circulating to the vital organs of the body.

• shock

• injury

• incision

break in a bone

• fracture

• incision

• sprain

a condition in which a person is not alert and aware of his or her surroundings

• unconsciousness

• concussion

• choking

jarring injury to the brain, which effects normal brain function

• concussion

• unconscious

• headache

any substance that causes injury, illness, or death when introduced into the body

• poison

• incision

• medication

24 hour hot line that provides emergency medical advice on treating poisoning victims

• poison control center

• doctors office

• vets office

immediate, temporary care to an injured person until professional medical care arrives

• first aid

• help

• good Samaritan

actions to prevent the spread of disease by treating all blood and other body fluids as if they contained pathogens

• universal precautions

• social distancing

sequence of actions that maximize the victims chances of survival

• chain of survival

• first aid

• cpr

device that delivers an electric shock to the heart to restore its normal rhythm

• defibrillator (AED)

• cpr

• Heimlich