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| First Aid | The immediate care given to a victim of injury or sudden illness before professional medical help arrives. |
| Good Samaritan Law | A law enacted in most states that protects people from lawsuits if medical complications arise after they have administered first aid. |
| Evaluate | To determine if an act, process, or method has been attained; to assess; to determine the significance by careful appraisal and study. |
| Consent | Approval for what is to be done or proposed by another. |
| Heimlich Maneuver | An upward push to the abdomen given to clear the airway obstruction; procedure used to expel an object lodged in the airway of a chocking victim. |
| Rescue Breathing | The act of forcing air into and out of the lungs of a person by another person. |
| Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) | An emergency method to keep blood and oxygen flowing through a person whose heart and breathing have stopped. |
| Cardiac Arrest | The sudden stoppage of the heart. |
| Stroke | A reduction of blood flow to a part of the brain. |
| Automated External Defibrillator (AED) | A device used to treat a patient with cardiac arrest whose heart is beating irregularly. |
| Arteries | Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to all parts of the body. |
| Veins | Blood vessels that carry blood from all parts of the body to the heart. |
| Hemorrhage | Heavy, uncontrollable bleeding. |
| Dressing | Ointment and bandages applied to a wound. |
| Pressure Bandage | a snug bandage used to control bleeding. |
| Pressure Point | A point on the body where a major artery lies near the skin surface and passes over a bone. |
| Trauma | A behavioral state resulting from mental or emotional stress or physical injury that has a lasting effect on the mind; a physical wound or injury. |
| Clammy | Damp, soft, sticky, and unusually cool. |
| Closed (simple) Fracture | A fracture in which the broken bone does not push through the skin's surface. |
| Opened (compound) fracture | a fraction in which the broken end of a bone pierces the skin. |
| Splint | To support and immobilize a body part with a stiff materials. |
| Dislocation | The separation of a bone from it's joint. |
| Sprain | An injury caused by twisting a ligament or tendon around a joint. |
| Ligament | A fibrous band of tissue that holds bones together at a joint. |
| Strain | An injury caused when a muscle or tendon is overstretched. |
| Mottled | Marked with irregular spots or splotches of a different colors or shades of color. |
| Compresses | Folded cloths or pads applied to press on a body part to stop bleeding or cool a burn. |
| Caustic | Capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action; corrosive. |
| Acids | Chemical compounds with a sour taste that have a pH value of less than 7, react with metals to form hydrogen gas, and have the capability to eat away or dissolve metals and other materials. |
| Bases | Chemical compounds with a slippery or soapy feel that react with acids to form salt, have a pH value above 7, and are used as cleaning materials. |
| Alkalis | Any base, such as soda or potash, that is soluble in water, combines with fats to form soap, neutralizes acids, and forms salts with them. |
| Systemic | Affecting the body in general; acting throughout the body after absorption or ingestion. |
| Neutralize | To counteract the activity or effect of; to make chemically neutral. |
| Solvents | Liquid substances capable of dissolving or eliminating something unwanted. |
| Abrasion | A part of the skin that has been lightly torn or scraped. |
| Incision | A wound that is made by cutting into the body. |
| Laceration | A wound that is torn and ragged. |
| Amputation | The removal of an external part of the body, most often a limb or part of it, when it has been severely crushed or following the death of the extremity due to impaired blood circulation. |
| Avulsion | The tearing away of a body part accidentally or surgically. |
| Dehydration | The condition that results when fluids are lost from the body and are not replaced; symptoms can include thirst, weakness, exhaustion, and confusion, and may result in death. |
| Ventilation | Circulation of air; a system means of providing fresh air. |
| Heat Cramps | A condition that is marked by the sudden development of cramps in the skeletal muscles and that results from prolonged work in high temperatures accompanied by profuse perspiration with loss of sodium chloride from the body. |
| Heat Exhaustion | A condition that occurs when a person in exposed to excessive heat over a period of time, caused by the loss of water and salt from the body through excessive perspiration. |
| Heatstroke | A life-threatening condition caused by prolonged exposure to high heat. |
| Frostbite | An injury caused to body tissue by frost or extreme cold. |
| Hypothermia | Too little body heat with abnormally low internal body temperature. |
| Superficial | Not serious; on the surface; shallow. |
| Subcutaneous | Beneath the top layer of skin. |
| Insulate | To use materials to protect or isolate from the elements of weather. |
| Venom | A poison produced by animals such as snakes and spiders that is transmitted by a bite or sting. |
| Tetanus (lockjaw) | An acute infectious disease caused by the poison of a certain bacterium that enters the body through a wound, resulting in muscle contractions, rigidity, and death; it is preventable by immunization. |
| Antivenin | An antitoxin used to counteract venom. |
| Rabies | A viral disease affecting the central nervous system of mammals that is transmitted by a bite from an infected animal; it can result in paralysis and death if left untreated. |
| Allergic Reaction | A physical reaction, often marked by sneezing, breathing difficulties, itching, rash, or swelling, that some people have when they come in contact with certain substances. |
