1. First aid and emergencies
Chapter 27

2. First aid (vocab)
The immediate, temporary care of an ill or injured person until professional medical care can be provided.

3. The 3 c’s
Check- the victim for consciousness. Call- 911 Care- for the victim until help arrives

4. Good samaritan laws (vocab)
Statutes that protect rescuers from being sued for giving emergency care.

5. Universal precautions
Steps taken to prevent the spread of disease through blood and other body fluids when providing first aid or health care.

6. abrasion
Scrapes

7. Laceration
Cuts caused by a sharp object slicing through layers of the skin.

8. Puncture
Small but deep hole caused by a sharp and narrow object that pierces the skin.

9. Avulsion
When skin or tissue is partly or completely torn away.

10. First-degree burns
Only involve the outer layer of skin.

11. Second-degree burns
Involve the epidermis and the underlying layers of the skin.

12. Third degree burns
Involve all layers of the skin and may penetrate the underlying tissues.

13. review
What are the three first steps for responding to an emergency? Identify the four types of open wounds? Describe the procedure for treating a minor burn?