1st aid/ CPR Flashcards

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1
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The immediate care that you give a person with an illness or injury before rescuers with more advanced training arrive and take over

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1st Aid

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2
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Kit that contains supplies for common emergencies

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1st Aid Kit

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3
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Most important actions needed to treat life threatening emergencies

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Chain of survival

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4
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When food or another object gets stuck in the airway of the throat

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Choking

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5
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A self-injectable pen full of epinephrine that stops allergic reactions

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Epinephrine pen

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6
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A short period of time when a person briefly stops responding and then seems fine

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Fainting

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7
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A disease that affects the levels of sugar in the blood

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Diabetes

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8
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When blood stops flowing to the brain

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Stroke

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9
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An abnormal electrical activity in the brain

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Seizure

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10
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When a person feels weak, faint, or dizzy because of blood loss

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Shock

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11
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Material used to protect or cover an injured body part

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Bandage

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12
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Carries messages between the brain and the body

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Spinal cord

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13
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Injuries that can be caused by contact with heat, chemicals or electricity

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Burns

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14
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Found on animals in wooded areas, some carry disease

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Ticks

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15
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Painful muscle spasms, most often in the calves, arms, stomach, and back

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Heat cramps

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16
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A serious condition that often turns to heat stroke caused by exercising in heat

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Heat exhaustion

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17
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Very serious condition, life threatening

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Heat stroke

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18
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Occurs when body temperature falls, can cause death

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Hypothermia

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19
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Anything someone swallows, breathes, gets in the eyes, or on skin that causes sickness or death

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Poison

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20
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Pushing on the chest and giving breaths

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CPR

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21
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Pulm/o, pulmon/o

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Lung

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Cardi/o, card/o

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Heart

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Vascul/o

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Blood vessel, little vessel

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-ary

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Pertaining to

25
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Ventricul/o

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Small chamber

26
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Spir/o

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To breathe

27
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-ion

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State or condition

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Emet/o

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Vomit

29
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-ic

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Pertaining to

30
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Apoplect/o

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A stroke

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Asthmat/o

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Gasping, choking

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Brady-

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Slow

33
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Tachy-

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Fast, rapid

34
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Circulat/o

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Circulate, go around in a circle

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Expiro/o, expirat/o

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Breathe out

36
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Mydocardi/o

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Mydocardium, heart muscle

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Stern/o

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Sternum, breastbone

38
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CDC

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Calculated date of confinement; centers for disease control and prevention

39
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AHA

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American Heart Association

40
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SOB

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Shortness of breath

41
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AED

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Automated external defibrillator

42
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ACVD

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Acute cardiovascular disease

43
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CHB

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Complete heart block

44
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HBP

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High blood pressure

45
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PPE

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Personal protective equipment

46
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EMS

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Early morning specimen; electromagnetic spectrum

47
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CPR

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

48
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MSDS

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Material safety data sheet

49
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CAD

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Computer assisted diagnosis; coronary artery disease

50
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DNR

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Do not resuscitate

51
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HBV

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Hepatitis B virus