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First Aid Vocab
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health-sciences
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first-aid
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Type of shock- Emotional distress such as anger - fear - or grief
Ear Injuries
Hemorrhagic
Psychogenic
First aid
2. Involves tearing of the tissues by way of excessive force such as knife - scissors -or razor blade
Inhaling Poisoning
Heat Cramps
Types of Shock
Laceration
3. Fist degree burn; skin red - dry. burn epidermis
Avulsion
Partial thickness
Superficial
Frostbite
4. Hypoglycemia is caused by an excess amount of insulin (and low level of glucose) in the bloodstream
Insulin shock
Hemorrhagic
Types of Shock
Slings
5. Type of seizure - a strong - involuntary contraction of muscles
Cardiogenic
Laceration
Diabetic coma
Convulsion
6. The end of the bone is either displaced from a joint or moved out of its normal position within a joint
Heat Exhaustion
ABCDs of CPR
Dislocation
Stroke
7. Poison control center
PCC
Hypothermia
Full thickness
Poisoning
8. Actual freezing of tissue fluids accompanied by damage to the skin and underlying tissues
Inhaling Poisoning
Frostbite
Chest Injuries
Head or Skull Injuries
9. Type of shock- Damage to heart muscle from heart attack or cardiac arrest
Fracture
Abrasion
Inhaling Poisoning
Cardiogenic
10. Type of shock- Serve bleeding or loss of blood plasma
Hemorrhagic
Strains
Frostbite
CPR
11. Inhalation of dangerous gases
Eye Injuries
Inhaling Poisoning
Puncture
Stroke
12. Type of shock- Injury and trauma to brain and/or spinal cord
Neurogenic
Heart attack
Convulsion
Nose Injuries
13. Result in rupture or perforation of the eardrum
Ear Injuries
Slings
Eye Injuries
PCC
14. The overstretching of a muscle
Hemorrhagic
Convulsion
Septic
Strains
15. Tissue is torn or separated from victim's body
Heat Exhaustion
Avulsion
Sprain
Septic
16. Wounds or blows to the head or skull can result in injury to the brain
Ingestion Poisoning
Head or Skull Injuries
Wound
Fracture
17. Caused by exposure to heat; muscle cramps and spasms results form the loss of water and salt through perspiration
Superficial
Heat Cramps
Metabolic
Burn
18. A body part is cut off or separated from the body
Anaphylactic
Psychogenic
Amputation
Slings
19. An injury to the tissues surrounding a joint
Fainting
Slings
CPR
Sprain
20. A method of prioritizing treatment
Triage
Superficial
Sprain
Shock
21. Type of shock- Loss of body fluid form serve vomiting - diarrhea - or heat illness; disruption in acid-base balance as occurs in diabetes
Metabolic
Chest Injuries
Full thickness
Inhaling Poisoning
22. Usually medical emergencies because the heart - lungs - and major blood vessels may be involved
Ingestion Poisoning
Chest Injuries
Amputation
Psychogenic
23. Occurs when an insect - spider - or snake bites or stings an individual
Hemorrhagic
Injection Poisoning
Amputation
Nose Injuries
24. Type of shock- Trauma to respiratory tract; Respiratory distress or arrest (chronic disease - choking)
Shock
Insulin shock
Respiratory
Incision
25. Diabetic coma and insulin shock
Diabetic Reactions
Injection Poisoning
Insulin shock
Diabetic coma
26. Occurs when there is a temporary reduction in the supply of blood to the brain
Fainting
Superficial
Strains
Respiratory
27. A break in a bone
Fracture
Eye Injuries
Dislocation
Contact Poisoning
28. Anaphylactic - cardiogenic - hemorrhagic - metabolic - neurogenic - psychogenic - respiratory - and septic
Types of Shock
Psychogenic
Diabetic coma
CPR
29. Coronary thrombosis - coronary occlusion - or myocardial infarction
Heart attack
Diabetic Reactions
Slings
Septic
30. Caused by prolonged exposure to high temperatures
Insulin shock
Ingestion Poisoning
Heat Stroke
Injection Poisoning
31. A condition is which the body temperature is less that 95
Ear Injuries
Convulsion
Hypothermia
Sprain
32. Caused by ingesting various substances - injecting substances - or contacting the skin with poison
Septic
Poisoning
CPR
Contact Poisoning
33. Type of shock- Hypersensitive or allergic reaction to a substance such as food - medications - insect stings or bites - or snake bites
Anaphylactic
Laceration
Stroke
Cardiogenic
34. 'hypoperfusion' a clinical set of s/s associated with an inadequate supply of blood to body organs - especially the brain and heart
Shock
Respiratory
Heart attack
Triage
35. Involves injury to the soft tissues; usually classified as open or closed
Inhaling Poisoning
Head or Skull Injuries
Superficial
Wound
36. Cause a epistaxis (nosebleeds)
Nose Injuries
Fainting
Eye Injuries
Neurogenic
37. The skin is scraped off
Abrasion
Anaphylactic
Neurogenic
Amputation
38. Hyperglycemia is caused by an increase in the level of glucose
Diabetic coma
CPR
Partial thickness
Respiratory
39. Caused by sharp object such as pin - nail - or pointed instrument
Chest Injuries
Injection Poisoning
Full thickness
Puncture
40. Occurs when a victim is exposed to heat and experiences a loss of fluids through sweating. Body temperature is abnormal or just slightly elevated
Contact Poisoning
CPR
Heat Exhaustion
Neurogenic
41. Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) - apoplexy - or cerebral thrombosis
Septic
Stroke
Contact Poisoning
Superficial
42. Poison has been swallowed
Septic
Diabetic coma
Nose Injuries
Ingestion Poisoning
43. An injury that can be caused by fire - heat - chemicals agents - radiation - and/or electricity
Burn
Slings
Abrasion
Stroke
44. Can be performed on adults - children - and infants
Laceration
CPR
Contact Poisoning
Respiratory
45. Second degree burn; blistered - skin moist - pink or red. burns epidermis and dermis
Hypothermia
Frostbite
Heart attack
Partial thickness
46. A cut or injury caused by a sharp object
Splints
Heat Cramps
Incision
Hypothermia
47. Caused by chemicals or poisons coming in contact with the victim's skin
Ingestion Poisoning
Insulin shock
Superficial
Contact Poisoning
48. Third degree burn; charring - skin black - brown - red. burns all layers of skin plus the underlying tissue
Fracture
Full thickness
Chest Injuries
Burn
49. Devices that can be used to immobilize injured parts when fractures - dislocations - and other similar injuries are present or suspected
Full thickness
Fracture
Eye Injuries
Splints
50. Involves danger of vision loss
Wound
Burn
Heat Exhaustion
Eye Injuries