FIRST AID Flashcards
WHAT ARE THE 3 OBJECTIVES OF 1ST AID?
PREVENT FURTHER INJURY, INFECTION AND LOSS OF LIFE.
WHAT ARE THE FOUR METHODS OF CONTROLLING BLEEDING?
DIRECT PRESSURE, ELEVATION, PRESSURE POINT AND TOURNIQUET.
11 PRESSURE POINTS?
TEMPLE, JAW, NECK, COLLAR BONE, INNER UPPER ARM, INNER ELBOW, WRIST, UPPER THIGH , GROIN , KNEE, ANKLE
FIRST DEGREE BURN?
PRODUCES REDNESS, WARMTH AND MILD PAIN
SECOND DEGREE BURN?
CAUSES RED, BLISTERED SKIN, AND SEVERE PAIN
THIRD DEGREE BURN?
DESTROYS TISSUE, SKIN , BONE AND NERVE ENDINGS
CLOSED/ SIMPLE FRACTURE?
A BROKEN BONE WITHOUT A BREAK IN THE SKIN
OPEN/ COMPOUND FRACTURE?
A BREAK IN THE SKIN WITH POSSIBLE BONE PROTRUSION.
ELECTRIC SHOCK?
WHEN A PERSON COMES INTO CONTACT WITH ENERGY SHOCK OCCURS.
WHATS AN OBSTRUCTED AIRWAY?
INABILITY TO TALK, GRASPING AND POINTING TO THE THROAT, EXAGGERATED BREATHING AND TURNING BLUE
WHAT IS HEAT EXHAUSTION?
A SERIOUS DISTURBANCE OF BLOOD FLOW TO THE BRAIN, HEART, AND LUNGS
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION?
THE SKIN IS COOL MOIST AND CLAMY AND PUPILS ARE DILATED.
WHAT IS HEAT STROKE?
A CONDITION CAUSED BY A BREAKDOWN OF THE SWEAT MECHANISM OF THE BODY.
WHAT ARE HEAT STROKE SYMPTOMS?
HOT OR DRY SKIN, UNEVEN PUPIL DILATION, AND WEAK RAPID PULSE.
WHAT IS HYPOTHERMIA?
A GENERAL COOLING OG THE WHOLE BODY CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO LOW OR RAPID FALLING TEMPERATURES, COLD MOISTURE, SNOW OR ICE.
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS FOR HYPOTHERMIA ?
THE VICTIM MAY APPEAR PALE, AND UNCONSCIOUS AND MAY BE TAKEN FOR DEAD. THE BREATHING IS SLOW AND SHALLOW
SUPERFICIAL FROSTBITE?
IS WHEN ICE CRYSTALS ARE FORMING IN THE UPPER SKIN LAYERS AFTER EXPOSURE TO A TEMPERATURE OF 32 DEGREES OR LOWER.
DEEP FROSTBITE?
DEVELOPS WHEN ICE CRYSTALS ARE FORMING IN THE DEEPER TISSUES AFTER EXPOSURE TO TEMPERATURE OF 32 DEGREES OR LOWER.
SEPTIC SHOCK?
RESULTS FROM BACTERIA MULTIPLYING IN THE BLOOD AND RELEASING TOXINS. COMMON CAUSES OF THIS ARE PNEUMONIA, INTRA-ABDOMINAL INFECTION AND MENEGITIS
ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK?
A TYPE OF SEVERE HYPERSENSITIVITY OR ALLERGIC REACTION, CAUSES INCLUDE ALLERGY TO INSECT STINGS, MEDICINES OR FOODS
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK?
OCCURS WHEN THE HEART IS DAMAGED AND UNABLE TO SUPPLY SUFFICIENT BLOOD TO THE BODY. THIS CAN BE THE END RESULT OF A HEART ATTACK
HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK?
CAUSED BY SEVERE BLOOD AND FLUI LOSS, SUCH AS FROM TRAUMATIC BODILY INJURY, WHICH MAKES THE HEART UNABLE TO PUMP BLOOD TO THE BODY.
NEUROGENIC SHOCK?
CAUSED BY SPINAL CORD INJURY, USUALLY AS A RESULT OF TRAUMATIC ACCIDENT OR INJURY.
