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