Emergency Care Vocab WARNING: gruesome pictures. Laceration: A jagged, irregular tear of the skin.
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Transcript of Emergency Care Vocab WARNING: gruesome pictures. Laceration: A jagged, irregular tear of the skin.
Emergency Care VocabWARNING: gruesome pictures
Laceration: A jagged, irregular tear of the skin.
Skin avulsion: tissue separates from the body.
Incision: A cut from a knife, glass, or sharp rock.
Puncture:
• A wound that is caused by an object piercing the skin.
Abrasion: wound to outer layers of skin that causes little bleeding; caused by
friction with another object.
Poison:
• Substance, solid liquid or gas, that causes illness, injury, or death when introduced to the body.
First Aid:
• The immediate temporary care to a person that has become sick or has been injured.
Shock:
• Failure of the system to keep adequate blood circulating to the vital organs of the body.
Rabies: A disease of the nervous system that could cause madness and
death.
• Dogs, squirrels, and rats are common carriers of this disease.
Sprain Vs. Strain
• Stretching or tearing of ligaments that hold bone together.
• Stretching or tearing of muscles and tendons.
Burns
• First degree: Involves the top layer of skin (sunburn).
• Second degree: Involves the top layer, the skin will blister and appear blotchy.
• Third degree: destroys all layers of skin, nerves, muscle, fat and bones. Burn looks brown or black.
Fainting
• A temporary loss of consciousness, caused by reduced blood supply to the brain.
Frostbite
• Ice crystals form in the spaces between the cells– This causes skin to
lose color and to become insensitive.
Gangrene
• Death of tissue, that comes from frostbite that is untreated.
Hurricane
• A powerful rain storm
Tornado
• A powerful twisting wind storm.
Blizzard
• Snow storm
Earthquake
• Violent shaking of the ground.
KEY• Laceration - A jagged, irregular tear of the skin.• Skin avulsion - tissue separates from the body. • Incision - A cut from a knife, glass, or sharp rock. • Puncture - A wound that is caused by an object piercing the skin.• Abrasion - wound to outer layers of skin that causes little bleeding; caused
by friction with another object.• Poison - Substance, solid liquid or gas, that causes illness, injury, or death
when introduced to the body.• First Aid - The immediate temporary care to a person that has become sick
or has been injured. • Shock – Failure of the system to keep adequate blood circulating to the vital
organs of the body.• Rabies - A disease of the nervous system that could cause madness and
death.• Sprain – Stretching or tearing of ligaments that hold bone together.• Strain – Stretching or tearing of muscles and tendons.
KEY Continued• 1st Degree Burn – Involves the top layer of skin (sunburn).• 2nd Degree Burn – Involves the top layer, the skin will blister and
appear blotchy.• 3rd Degree Burn - destroys all layers of skin, nerves, muscle, fat
and bones. Burn looks brown or black. • Fainting – A temporary loss of consciousness, caused by
reduced blood supply to the brain.• Frostbite – Ice crystals form in the spaces between the cells• Gangrene – Death of tissue, that comes from frostbite that is
untreated.• Hurricane - A powerful rain storm• Tornado – A powerful twisting wind storm.• Blizzard – Snow storm• Earthquake - Violent shaking of the ground.