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