Chapter 10 Flashcards
What is the emergency care given to the sick, injured, or wounded before and until they can be treated by medical personnel? (Page 10- 2)
First aid
What are the three basic reasons for first aid? (Page 10-2)
Save lives, prevent further injuries, and prevent infection
If brain cells are deprived of oxygen, they will die within how many minutes and never regenerate? (Page 10-4)
4-6
What occurs when you inhale to take in oxygen, and then exhale to expel carbon dioxide? (Page 10-4)
Respiration
What should you not use to check a casualty’s pulse because you may confuse the beat of your own pulse with that of the casualty? (Page 10-5)
Thumb
How many steps are there in properly evaluating a casualty? (Page 10-6)
Eight
Blood circulates throughout the body by means of what three different kinds of blood vessels? (Page 10-8)
Arteries, veins, and capillaries
What are the large vessels that carry blood from the heart? (Page 10-8)
Arteries
What color is arterial blood? (Page 10-8)
Bright red
What are the vessels that return blood to the heart? (Page 10-9)
Veins
What form a connecting network of smaller vessels between the veins and arteries? (Page 10-9)
Capillaries
What is a combination compress and bandage in which a sterile pad is fastened to a gauze, muslin, or adhesive bandage? (Page 10-9)
Battle dressing
What is applying pressure using your fingers, thumb, or hand, to the appropriate pressure point called? (Page 10-11)
Digital pressure
What is a spot where a main artery lies near the skin surface and over a bone or firm tissue? (Page 10-11)
Pressure point
How many principal pressure points are there on each side of the body? (Page 10-11)
10
What is the pressure point you will use if the neck is bleeding? (Page 10-11)
Common carotid artery