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Emergency Care Vocab
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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.
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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.