front 1 Abrasion | back 1 wearing, grinding, or rubbing away by friction |
front 2 Automated external defibrillator (AED) | 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 the chain of events that must occur in rapid succession to maximize the chances of survival from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) |
front 6 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) | back 6 an emergency treatment that's done when someone's breathing or heartbeat has stopped |
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 the stopping of fibrillation of the heart by administering a controlled electric shock in order to allow restoration of the normal rhythm. |
front 10 Diabetic Emergency | back 10 the person's blood sugar levels become too low |
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 The Good Samaritan law is rooted in the ancient biblical parable, defining a "Good Samaritan" as an individual who intervenes to help and assist another person without any prior obligation or expectation of compensation |
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 deep cut or tear in skin or flesh |
front 15 Puncture | back 15 make a puncture in (something) |
front 16 Rescue Breaths | back 16 exhaling into the airway and lungs of a person who has stopped breathing |
front 17 Respiratory Arrest | back 17 Interruption of pulmonary gas exchange for > 5 minutes may irreversibly damage vital organs, especially the brain |
front 18 Signals of a Heart Attack | back 18 Chest pain that may feel like pressure, tightness, pain, squeezing or aching |
front 19 Seizures | back 19 a sudden, uncontrolled burst of electrical activity in the brain |
front 20 Shock | back 20 a sudden, unexpected, and often unpleasant or offensive event, or the emotional or physical reaction to such an event |
front 21 Tourniquets | back 21 a device for stopping the flow of blood through a vein or artery, typically by compressing a limb with a cord or tight bandage |