front 1 Abrasion | back 1 the process of scraping or wearing something away. |
front 2 Automated external defibrillator | back 2 a medical device designed to analyze the heart rhythm and deliver an electric shock to victims of ventricular fibrillation to restore the heart rhythm to normal. |
front 3 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning | back 3 occurs when carbon monoxide builds up in the blood |
front 4 Cardiac Arrest | back 4 when the heart stops beating suddenly |
front 5 Cardiac Chain of Survival | back 5 early recognition and activation of the emergency response system, early CPR, rapid defibrillation, and advanced life support. |
front 6 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation | back 6 a medical procedure involving repeated compression of a patient's chest, performed in an attempt to restore the blood circulation and breathing of a person who has suffered cardiac arrest. |
front 7 Chest Compressions | back 7 use your hands to push down hard and fast in a specific way on the person's chest. |
front 8 Consent | back 8 permission for something to happen or agreement to do something. |
front 9 Defibrillation | back 9 use of an electrical current to help your heart return to a normal rhythm when a potentially fatal arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) is happening in your heart's lower chambers (ventricles). |
front 10 Diabetic Emergency | back 10 Low blood sugar, also called hypoglycemia, and high blood sugar, also called hyperglycemia |
front 11 First Aid | back 11 help given to a sick or injured person until full medical treatment is available. |
front 12 Good Samaritan Laws | back 12 Good Samaritan laws provide liability protection against "ordinary negligence," |
front 13 Heimlich Maneuver | back 13 a first-aid procedure for dislodging an obstruction from a person's windpipe in which a sudden strong pressure is applied on the abdomen, between the navel and the rib cage. |
front 14 Laceration | back 14 a skin wound. |
front 15 Puncture | back 15 a small hole in a tire resulting in an escape of air. |
front 16 Rescue Breaths | back 16 a type of first aid that's given to people who have stopped breathing |
front 17 Respiratory Arrest | back 17 the absence of breathing. |
front 18 Signals of a Heart Attack | back 18
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front 19 Seizures | back 19 uncontrolled electrical activity between brain cells (also called neurons or nerve cells) that causes temporary abnormalities in muscle tone or movements (stiffness, twitching or limpness), behaviors, sensations or states of awareness |
front 20 Shock | back 20 a critical condition brought on by the sudden drop in blood flow through the body |
front 21 Tourniquets | back 21 A device, such as a strip of cloth or a band of rubber, that is wrapped tightly around a leg or an arm to prevent the flow of blood to the leg or the arm for a period of time |