1. First-Aid Vocabulary

2. #1 First-Aid
Is the immediate, temporary care given to an ill or injured person until professional medical care can be provided.

3. #2 Good Samaritan Laws
Statues that protect rescuers from being sued for giving emergency care.

4. #3 Universal Precautions
Steps taken to prevent the spread of disease through blood and other body fluids when providing first aidor health care.

5. #4 Abrasions
Also known as scrapes, these occur when the skin is scraped against a hard surface, bursting the tiny blood vessels in the outer layer of the skin.

6. #5 Lacreations
These are cuts caused by a sharp object slicing through the layers of the skin.

7. #6 Punctures
Is a small but deep hole caused by a sharp and narrow object.

8. #7 Avulsions
When skin or tissue is partly or completely torn away.

9. A sequence of actions that maximize the victims chances of survival.
#8 Chain of Survival
A sequence of actions that maximize the victims chances of survival.

10. #9 Poison Control Center
A round the clock service that provides emergency medical advice on how to treat victims of poisoning.

11. #10 Shock
A life-threatening condition in which the heart is not delivering an adequate supply of blood to the body.