First Aid Review- Talekar

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  1. 5. Slows blood flow near an injury, can be essential during an emergency.
  2. 6. The three p's of emergency preperedness.
  3. 7. The action of breathing in or inhaling air or other substances into your lungs.
  4. 8. To remove a person or a group from a danger zone to a safe place.
  5. 10. A life-threatening condition that can result from various emergency scenarios, most predominantly blood loss.
  6. 14. Devices used to slow bleeding above a wound to limit blood flow. They can save lives.
  7. 16. When a seizure only occurs in one area of the body.
  8. 18. Failing to provide the type of care as would a person having the same or similar training.
  9. 19. Immidiete care given to an injured or suddenly ill person. Can mean the difference between life and death.
  10. 21. Steps to follow after an emergency has concluded.
  11. 23. No one is required to render first aid when no legal duty exists.
  12. 24. A significant and potentially dangerous drop in temperature results in a condition in which your body temperature becomes dangerously cold.
  13. 25. Essential aspect in all emergencies; to not panic.
  14. 26. Also known as CPR, is the process used to restore the blood circulation and breathing of a person who has fallen unconscious and cannot breathe.
  15. 29. Deviating from the accepted standard of care that results in further injury to a victim.
  16. 30. The three c's of an emergency, are the first steps you should take in response to an event when providing first aid.
  17. 31. Symptoms, allergies, medications, past medical history, last oral intake, and events preceding.
  18. 32. Emergency medical services are medical services that provide out-of-hospital emergency care, and transport to hospitals for people direly in need of it.
  19. 33. Steps to reduce the severity and danger of an emergency.
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  1. 1. A portable device that automatically diagnoses the conditions of someone experiencing cardiac arrest and administers a shock in order to restore a regular heartbeat.
  2. 2. Consumption of a substance, typically through the mouth.
  3. 3. A severe and typically life-threatening allergic reaction that can be treated or combatted with an EpiPen as first aid.
  4. 4. Commonly known as the Heimlich maneuver, a technique used to dislodge an object from a person's airways.
  5. 6. When a concussion's symptoms outlast the estimated recovery period.
  6. 9. An act of commission is doing something a reasonably prudent person would not do.
  7. 11. An act of omission is failure to do what a reasonably prudent person would do.
  8. 12. Being aware of the environment around you, with regard to time and spacing. Essential during emergencies.
  9. 13. Permission or agreement from a person to allow you to do something, in the medical world there are expressed and implied versions of this. You require this before attempting first aid or any care to a patient.
  10. 15. Irregular contractions of the heart resulting in a lack of synchrony between heartbeat and pulse, can result in death if not treated properly.
  11. 17. A sudden, uncontrolled, electrical disturbance in the brain that can result in various harmful scenarios.
  12. 20. Maintaining privacy about a victim and relaying proper medical information to appropriate personnel.
  13. 22. A service that assists and cares for victims of poisoning.
  14. 27. A traumatic brain injury that is caused by a sudden force to the head or body, causing the brain to suddenly move and get hurt.
  15. 28. When an object is obstructing airways, resulting in restricted breathing.