Week 4

Question 1

An injury caused by rubbing or scraping off the skin

Answer 1

Abrasion

Question 2

Anything that is not normally found in the location; usually refers to dirt, splinters, and so on.

Answer 2

Foreign bodies

Question 3

A cut or tear.

Answer 3

Laceration

Question 4

on the surface.

Answer 4

Superficial

Question 5

characterized by heat; heat activated.

Answer 5

Thermal

Question 6

an injury to living tissue, especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin.

Answer 6

Wound

Question 7

sharp, severe; having a rapid onset, severe symptoms, and a short course; not chronic.

Answer 7

Acute

Question 8

Removal by suction

Answer 8

Aspiration

Question 9

a combination of rescue breathing and chest compressions delivered to victims thought to be in cardiac arrest.

Answer 9

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

Question 10

continuing a long time, returning; not acute.

Answer 10

Chronic

Question 11

awareness, full knowledge of what is in one’s own mind.

Answer 11

Consciousness

Question 12

Government or judicial official, who is empowered to conduct or order an inquest into the manner or cause of death

Answer 12

Coroner

Question 13

an unexpected occurrence or situation demanding immediate action.

Answer 13

Emergency

Question 14

actions taken in anticipation of an emergency to facilitate rapid, effective, and appropriate response to the situation.

Answer 14

Emergency preparedness

Question 15

Extreme fatigue

Answer 15

Exhaustion

Question 16

a condition where localized damage is caused to skin and other tissues due to extreme cold.

Answer 16

Frostbite

Question 17

painful, brief muscle cramps that occur during exercise or work in a hot environment; muscles may spasm or jerk involuntarily.

Answer 17

Heat cramps

Question 18

a condition whose symptoms may include heavy sweating and a rapid pulse, as a result of the body overheating.

Answer 18

Heat exhaustion

Question 19

a severe condition caused by impairment of the body’s temperature-regulating abilities, resulting from prolonged exposure to excessive heat and characterized by cessation of sweating, severe headache, high fever, hot dry skin, and in serious cases collapse and coma.

Answer 19

Heat stroke

Question 20

To eat

Answer 20

Ingested

Question 21

used to describe diseases or conditions where the likelihood of death is high.

Answer 21

Life-threatening

Question 22

Preventing disease

Answer 22

Prophylactic

Question 23

fainting; a transient form of unconsciousness.

Answer 23

Syncope

Question 24

Requiring immediate attention

Answer 24

Urgent

Question 25

An injury; physical or mental

Answer 25

Trauma