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