| A | B |
|---|
| adequate | enough to meet a need or requirement |
| AED - Automated External Defibrillator | a computerized machine that senses heart rhythms, gives voiced instructions to the operator, and delivers an electric shock to help revive the victim. |
| BPM | Beats Per Minute |
| choke | to be prevented from breathing because something is blocking your throat or because there is not enough air. |
| circulation | the movement of blood around your body. |
| collapse | to fall down or inward suddenly; to fall down and perhaps become unconscious |
| complicated | difficult to understand or deal with. |
| compress | to press something to make it smaller. |
| conscious | awake and able to understand what is happening around you |
| cycle | related events that happen again and again in the same order |
| defibrillator | a device used to deliver a shock to the heart. |
| EMT | Emergency Medical Technician |
| ensure | to do something to be sure of a particular result |
| exhale | to breathe air, smoke, etc. from out of your mouth or nose. |
| expel | to force air, water, or gas out of something |
| FBAO | Foreign Body Airway Obstruction |
| obstruction | something that blocks a road, passage, tube, airway, etc. |
| pulse | the regular beat you feel as your heart pumps blood around your body. |
| responsive | able or willing to give answers or show your feelings about something. |
| resume | to start doing something again after a pause or break |
| resuscitate | to restore consciousness or life |
| supplementary | additional; more than what was agreed on or expected |
| thrust | to push something somewhere with a sudden or violent movement |
| tilt | to move (something) into a position where one side is higher than the other. |
| trauma | A serious injury or shock to the body, as from violence or an accident; a state of extreme shock that is caused by a very frightening or unpleasant experience, or the experience itself. |
