First-Aid Vocabulary
#1 First-Aid Is the immediate, temporary care given to an ill or injured person until professional medical care can be provided.
#2 Good Samaritan Laws Statues that protect rescuers from being sued for giving emergency care.
#3 Universal Precautions Steps taken to prevent the spread of disease through blood and other body fluids when providing first aidor health care.
#4 Abrasions Also known as scrapes, these occur when the skin is scraped against a hard surface, bursting the tiny blood vessels in the outer layer of the skin.
#5 Lacreations These are cuts caused by a sharp object slicing through the layers of the skin.
#6 Punctures Is a small but deep hole caused by a sharp and narrow object.
#7 Avulsions When skin or tissue is partly or completely torn away.
A sequence of actions that maximize the victims chances of survival. #8 Chain of Survival A sequence of actions that maximize the victims chances of survival.
#9 Poison Control Center A round the clock service that provides emergency medical advice on how to treat victims of poisoning.
#10 Shock A life-threatening condition in which the heart is not delivering an adequate supply of blood to the body.