Chapter 7 - Msg For Age Groups Flashcards
A unit of electric current or amount of electric charge per second.
Ampere
A circuit breaker that shuts off electricity when it detects low, irregular current indicating current leaking from the circuit.
Arc fault circuit interrupter
A colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas produced from the partial combustion of carbon-containing compounds.
Carbon monoxide
The mechanical obstruction of the flow of air from the environment into the lungs that prevents breathing.
Choking
A solid or liquid material that is capable of igniting and burning.
Combustible Material
Death resulting fro suffocation within 24 hours after submersion in water or liquid.
Drowning.
A medium through which electric current can flow freely.
Electrical Conductor
A medium through which electric current can flow freely.
Insulator
A cigarette with a reduced propensity to burn when left unattended.
Fire-safe cigarette.
A solid, liquid, or gas material capable of burning more easily than a combustible.
Flammable material
A general-use device whose function is to interrupt the electric to an electrical load if it is leaking outside the intended path and escaping to the ground.
Ground fault circuit interrupter
A situation that poses a level of threat to life, health, and property, or the environment.
Hazard
A procedure used to complete airway obstruction. It involves a rescuer standing he hind a patient and using his or her hands to except pressure on the bottom of the diaphragm.
Heimluch Maneuver
A life vest worn for safety in the water.
Personal Floatation device. (PFD)
A substance that can damage, illness, or death to organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activities.
Poison
Information to teach the public what they can do to help their families practice, train, purchase, and organize plans and supplies for potential emergencies.
Preparedness Message
Information about safe practices that will help people avoid becoming victims or dangerous situations.
Prevention message
People addressed by and in the presence of a speaker.
primary Audience
A U.S. agency, typically county or city controlled, that is a physical location where emergency telephone calls are received and then routed to the proper emergency services.
Public Safety Answering point.
Information teaching the current responses to emergency situations.
Reaction message
A home sprinkler system operating off the household water main and using piping that is installed behind walls and ceilings in finished areas.
Residential sprinkler.
An area that separates the home from combustible plants and vegetation and helps prevent direct and indirect sources of fire from threatening a home or property.
Safety Zone
People benefitting from messages sent by a speaker or agency via the primary audience.
Secondary Audience
The stoppage of a sufficient supply of oxygen to the body arising from the inability to breath normally.
Suffocation
