First Aid Flashcards

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4 methods to control bleeding

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Direct pressure
Elevation
Pressure point
Tourniquet as last resort

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Objectives of first aid

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Prevent further injury
Stop the spread of infection
Prevent death

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What’s a pressure point

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Artery lies near surface and over bone

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Where are pressure point

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Temple 
Jaw
 Neck
Collar bone
Inner upper arm
Inner elbow
Wrist
Upper thigh
Groin
Knee
Ankle
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Classification of burns

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First redness warm mild pain
Second red blister severe pain
Third destroy tissue May May be absent cause nerve ending destroyed

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Types of heat injury

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Heat exhaustion and stroke

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Heat exhaustion

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Skin cool moist clammy

pupils dilated

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Heat stroke

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Serious condit cause by breakdown of sweating mechanism
Hot dry skin
uneven pupil dilation
Weak rapid pulse

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Different cold injuries

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Hypothermia
Superficial frostbite
Deep frostbite

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Hypothermia

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Cooling whole body
Pale and unconscious
Slow shallow faint pulse
Stuff limbs

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Superficial frostbite

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Ice crystal on upper skin 32 degrees or lower

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Deep frostbite

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Deep tissue 32 and below

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What’s shock

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Insufficient blood flow throughout body

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Septic stock

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Bacteria multiplying in blood releasing toxin

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Anaphylactic shock

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Allergic reaction

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Cardiogenic shock

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Heart damage and unable to supply sufficient blood

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Hypovolemic shock

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Severe blood and fluid loss

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Neurogenic shock

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Spinal cord injury