Chapter 15

Question 1

Accidental injuries

Answer 1

Injuries that result from an accident

Question 2

Accident chain

Answer 2

Series of events that include a situation, an unsafe habit, and an unsafe action.

Question 3

Defensive driving

Answer 3

Watching out for other people on the road anticipating unsafe acts

Question 4

Tornado

Answer 4

Whirling funnel-shaped windstorm that may drop fro. The sky to the ground

Question 5

Hurricane

Answer 5

Strong windstorm with driving rain that originates at sea

Question 6

Blizzard

Answer 6

Very heavy snowstorm with winds up to 45 miles per hour

Question 7

Earthquake

Answer 7

Violent shaking movement of the earths surface

Question 8

First aid

Answer 8

Immediate temporary care given to an injured or I’ll person until he or she get professional help

Question 9

Universal precautions

Answer 9

Actions taken to prevent the spread of disease by freeing all blood as contaminated

Question 10

Sprains

Answer 10

condition in which the ligaments that hold the joints in position are stretched or torn

Question 11

Fracture

Answer 11

Break in bone

Question 12

Hear cramps

Answer 12

Painful involuntary muscle spasms that usually occur during exercise in hot weather

Question 13

Heat protection

Answer 13

Characterized by faintness nausea rapid heartbeat and hot, red, dry, or sweaty skin

Question 14

Heatstroke

Answer 14

The mist serious hear from illness

Question 15

Abominable thrust

Answer 15

Invokes quick upward pulls into the diaphragm to force out ab obstruction blocking airway

Question 16

Shock

Answer 16

Life threating condition in which circulatory system fails to deliver blood to vital tissues and organs

Question 17

CPR

Answer 17

A first aid procedure that combines resue breathing with chest compressions to restore breathing circulation

Question 18

Accident

Answer 18

Any event that was not intended to happen