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| is a serious situation that occurs without warning and calls for quick action. |
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| is the immediate and temporary care given to a person who has been injured or sudddently becomes ill. |
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| is a person who decides who to contact when tehre is a call for help |
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| is a oral or written permission to give first aid from a mentally pompetent adult |
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| is permission to give first aid to a metnally competent adult victim who is unconscious; an adult victim who is not mentally competent, when no adult who can grant actual consent is present; or an infant or child when no adult who can grant actual consent is present |
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| laws that protect people who give first aid in good faith and without gross negligence or misconduct |
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| steps taken to prevent the spread of disease by treating all human blood and certain body fluids as if they contained HIV, HBV and other pathogens |
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| is a check of the injured or medically ill person to determine if the victim has an open airway, the victim is breathing, the victin's heart is beating, the victim is severely bleeding, the victim has other injuries |
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| is an emergency in whciht he airway is blocked |
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| universal distress signal |
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| a warning that a person has difficulty breathing and is shown by clutching at the throat with one or both hands |
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| are a series of thrusts to the abdomen that force air from the lungs to dislodge an object |
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| is a way of breathing air into an unconscious victim who is not breathing, but has a pulse |
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| cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) |
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| is a first aid tehnique that is used to restore heartbeat and breathing |
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| is the death of cardiac muscle caused by a lack of blood flow to the heart |
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| is the death of the heart muscle |
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| is a condition caused by a blocked or broken blood vessel in the brain |
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| is an injury to the body's soft tissues |
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| is an injury to the soft tissues under the skin |
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| is an injury in which the skin's surface is broken |
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| is a wound in whcih damage to soft tissues and blood vessels causes bleeding under the skin |
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| is a cut caused by a sharpedged object, such as a knife, razor, scissors, or broken glass |
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| is a cut that cuases a jagged or irregular tearing of the skin |
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| is a wound caused by rubbing or scraping away of the skin |
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| is a wound in which the skin or other body tissue is separated or completely torn away |
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| is a wound produced whena pointed instrument pierces the skin |
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| is a condition in which pathogens enter the body and multiply |
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| is a bacteria that grows in the bodya nd produces a stong poison that affects the nervous system and muscles |
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| is a loss of blood from the mucous membranes that line the nose |
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| is a tooth that has been knocked out of its socket |
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| is a dangerous reduction in blood flow to the body tissues |
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| is a bacteria that grows inthe bodya nd produces a strong poison that affects the nervous system |
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| is a substance that causes injury, illness, or death if it enters the body |
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| is a bacgterial disease transmitted through a tick |
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| is an injury caused by heat, electricity, chemicals, or radiation |
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| is a burn that affects the top layer of skin |
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| is a burn that involves the top layers of the skin |
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| is a burn taht involves all layers of the skin and some underlying tissues |
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| is a burn that occurs when electricity travels through the body |
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| is a burn that occurs when chemicals in a laboratory or in products get ont he skin or into the eyes or body |
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| is a material or device used to protect and immobilize a body part |
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| is a break or a crack in a bone |
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| is a fracture in which there is a break int he skin |
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| is a fracture in which there is no break in the skin |
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| is the movement of a bone from its joint |
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| is an injury to the ligametns tendons, and soft tissue around a joint caused by undue stretching |
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| is an illness that occurs withou warning signals of what is actually happening |
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| are conditions that result from exposure to temperatures higher than normal |
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| are painful muscle spasms in the legs and arms due to excessive fluid loss through sweating |
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| is extreme tiredness due to the body's inability to regulate its temperature |
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| is an overheating of the body that is life threatening |
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| cold temperature-related illnesses |
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| are conditions that result fromt he exposure to low temperatures |
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| is an overstretch of the muscles and/or tendons |
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| damage to body extremities caused by prolonged exposure to freezing conditions, characterized by numbness, tissue death, and gangrene |
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| unusually low body temperature: dangerously low body temperature caused by prolonged exposure to cold |
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