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Emergency Care and Disaster Preparation & The Healthy Human Body Flashcards

1
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Being mentally alert

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Conscious

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A brain disorder ha results from a disruption in normal electrical impulses in the brain, which causes repeat seizures

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Epilepsy

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3
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A woman whos is attracted to woman

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Lesbian

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4
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Dont eat meat

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Vegetarians

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Emergency care given immediately to an injured person by the first people to respond to the emergency

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First Aid

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6
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It is a result of a temporary lack or oxygen in the brain

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Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)

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Acronym for: Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender

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LGBT

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8
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Don’t eat an y animal products. Like eggs, milk or cheese

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Vegans

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9
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Refers to medical procedures used when a persons heat or lungs have stopped

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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

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10
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Vomiting

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Emesis

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Acronym for: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer

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LGBTQ

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The term for babies who are born before 37 weeks

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Premature

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A condition in which something is blocking the tube through which air enters the lungs

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Obstructed Airway

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Needs that involve social interaction, emotions, intellect and spirituality

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Psycho social Needs

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A term used by some people to describe their sexual orientation

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Queer

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A condition where babies stop breathing and die for no know reason while alseep

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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

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A method of attempting to remove an object from the airway of someone who is choking

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Abdominal Thrusts

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A type of care that involves caring for the whole person– the mind as well as the body

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Holistic Care

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A person who’s gender identity conflicts with his or her birth sex

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Transgender

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20
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Related to thinking and learning

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Cognitive

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21
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Occurs when organs and tissues in the body do not receive an adequate blood supply

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Shock

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22
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Touches ones self, at the sexual organs, for pleasure

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Masturbation

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23
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The process of changing genders

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Transition

24
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A highly contagious viral illness that affects nearly all children

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Chickenpox

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A heart attack, occurs when the heart muscle itself does not receive enough oxygen because blood vessels are blocked

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Myocardial Infarction (MI)

26
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A persons physical, emotional and/or romantic attraction to another person

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Sexual Orientation

27
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The spirit of the soul

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Spiritual

28
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A form of cancer in which the body’s white blood cells are unable to fight the disease

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Leukemia

29
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Difficulty breathing

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Dyspnea

30
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A deeply felt sense of ones gender

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Gender Identity

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A belief that some part of a living being survives death to be reborn into a new body

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Reincarnation

32
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An eating disorder in which a person does not eat or exercise to loose weight

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Anorexia

33
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Fainting, decreased blood flow to the brain causing a loss of consciousness

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Syncope

34
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A person who is physically, emotionally and/or romantically attracted to people of the same gender and the opposite gender

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Bisexual, Bi

35
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Result of your actions coming back at you

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Karma

36
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An eating disorder where the person eats a ton of food but the eliminates the food by vomiting it all out or exercising excessively

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Bulimia

37
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Sudden drop in blood pressure that occurs when a person stands or sits up

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Orthostatic Hypotension

38
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A person whos gender identity matches his or her birth sex

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Cisgender

39
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A small skullcap worn by Jewish men as a sign of their faith

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Yarmulke

40
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Severe injury

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Trauma

41
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Is a nosebleed, usually happens when the air is dry, when an injury has occurred or when a person has taken certain medications

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Epistaxis

42
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A process of revealing ones sexual orientation

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Coming out

43
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People who believe that they don’t know if a god exists

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Agnostics

44
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The study of health, wellness and disease later in life

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Geriatrics

45
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Can result from either too much insulin or too little insulin in the body

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Insulin Reaction

46
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Someone who dress’s like the opposite sex

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Cross-dresser

47
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People who believe there is no god

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Atheists

48
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The study of the aging process

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Gerontology

49
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A complication of diabetes that can result from either too much insulin or too little food

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Hypoglycemia (insulin reaction)

50
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Someone who is attracted to the same sex

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Gay

51
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What some religions believe in

Ex. Many jewish people eat kosher, so no pork, lobster, shrimp and clams

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Dietary Restrictions

52
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Not eating food for a certain number of days

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Fasting

53
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Judging a certain age group, being biased about what the do, how they act

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Ageism

54
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Caused by having too little insulin in the body

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Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)

55
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Disability’s that are present at birth or emerge during childhood that restrict physical/ mental ability

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Developmental Disabilities

56
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Someone who is attracted to people of the opposite sex

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Heterosexual

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