Intro to First Aid Terms

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Intro to First Aid Terms
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First Aid

• Immediate care given to a victim of an injury or
  illness to minimize the effect of the injury or
  illness until experts can take over

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Basic Terms Related to First Aid

• Triage
• Wound
• Dressing
• Bandage
• Infection
• Shock
• Fracture

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Triage

• Is a method of prioritizing victims when 2 or
  more victims are in need of first aid
• Treatment is directed in assessing which victim
  needs to be treated first
• From most severe to least

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Wound

• Involves injury to a soft tissue.
• 2 classifications
• Open - the skin is broken
• Closed - the skin is not broken

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Open Wounds

• Abrasion skin scraped off
• Incision cut with sharp object, straight
• Laceration tearing of tissues, jagged cut
• Puncture caused by sharp pointed object i. e.
  pin or nail
• Avulsion torn or separated tissue
• Amputation body part cut off

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Closed Wound

• Bruise bleeding under the skin
• Sprain injury to a joint, stretching of a
  ligament
• Strain injury caused by excessive stretching or
  overuse of a muscle.

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Dressing

• Cover placed over a wound or injured part
• Examples
• Gauze Pad

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Bandage

• Hold a dressing in place
• Example
• Roller Gauze

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Infection

• Invasion by organisms
• Contamination by disease producing organisms or
  pathogens germs

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Shock

• Clinical condition characterized by various
  symptoms and resulting in an inadequate supply of
  blood and oxygen to body organs, especially the
  brain and heart

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Fracture

• Break usually a bone and or tooth