emegency health and saftey Flashcards
abrasion defination
a cut or a brusie you can get, usualy from falling onto the sidewalk, abrasions usually end up as scabs
aluvulsion
tearing or ripping something away
laceration
is a regular cut you would get from a knife
amputaion
getting a limb cut off
emensis
the action of vomiting
Epistaxis
a nose bleed
punture
a hole like wound
sprain
twisting a limb painfully so the bone cracks a little
simple fractrue
when you cleanly break a limb
compound fracutre
not a clean break, more complicated to heal
cardiac arrest
when your heart stops suddenly
bone fracture
when the bone fracutres in places
1st degree burn
the least serious type of burn
2nd degree burn
a little more serious, should probably go to the doctor
3rd degree burn
definty go to the hospital, you could die
seizure
when your brain suddenly stops helping your body function
stroke
when you just stops working
hemmorrage
basically a very big blood clot
hematoma
a very bad bruise
Hypovolemia
when blood is circulating very slowly
heat stroke
when you pass out from being dehydrated and hot
hypothermia
when you die from being way to cold
Hypoglycemia
when your blood sugar is lower and not where its supossed to be
Hyperglycemia
when your blood sugar is high and not where it should be