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- 3. A tourniquet is a device that is used to apply pressure to a limb to help stop bleeding
- 4. check list of things to help before medical professionals arrive
- 7. what to do to an actively leading wound
- 9. a failure to do something, especially something that one has a moral or legal obligation to do.
- 10. swallowing something that is to big that you cannot fully swallow and cannot breathe while its in your throat
- 15. a medical emergency that occurs when your body loses heat faster than it can produce heat
- 16. a life-threatening condition that occurs when the body is not getting enough blood flow
- 19. help given to a sick or injured person until full medical treatment is available.
- 21. what you should be have during an emergency
- 24. Injury to a joint accompanied by stretching or tearing of the ligaments
- 25. legal duty requiring a party to take necessary action to prevent harm to another person or to the general public
- 27. the process of taking food, drink, or another substance into the body by swallowing or absorbing it.
- 28. the number to call when someone has ingested something that is dangerous
- 30. the state of keeping or being kept secret or private.
- 31. Actual freezing of tissue fluid resulting in damage to the skin and underlying tissue
- 32. an injury to skin tissue
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- 1. what may happen after a concussion
- 2. Invasion by organisms contamination by disease-product organisms or pathogens
- 5. also known as CPR
- 6. most common type of seizures for people with epelepsy
- 8. a burst of uncontrolled electrical activity between brain cells
- 11. a portable defibrillator that almost anyone can use
- 12. a failure to do something that you are legally responsible for
- 13. A severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction.
- 14. short for Emergency medical services
- 17. doing something that reasonably prudent person would not do under the same or similar circumstances.
- 18. An irregular, often rapid heart rate that commonly causes poor blood flow.
- 20. permission that the victim must give before first aid can be given
- 22. failure to take proper care in doing something.
- 23. also known as the Heimlich maneuver
- 26. Inhalation happens when air or other gases enter the lungs
- 29. A brain injury caused by a blow to the head or a violent shaking of the head and body.