NJROTC FINALISIMA

First aid

Immediate care given to an injured or ill individual to keep him or her alive or stop further damage until qualified medical treatment can be administered

Good Samaritan Law

Designed to protect rescuer and encourage people to assist others in distress by granting the rescuer immunity against lawsuits

Evaluate victim

1. Open airway

2. Assess breathing

3. Assess circulation

4. Assess disability

Life saving steps

1. Check to see if victim is conscious

2. Check for breathing and heartbeat

3. Check for bleeding

4. Check for the following signs of shock

5. Check for fractures

6. Check for burns

7. Check for head injury

Heimlich Maneuver

Abdominal thurst

Rescue breathing

Prevents brain damage and death by forcing oxygen into the victims’ lungs asap

CPR

First aid procedure performed to restore breathing and heatbeat

Cardiac arrest

Person’s heart stops breathing

Stroke

When blood vessels that deliver oxygen-rich blood to brain rupture or when blood clot forms and blocks the flow of blood in the brain

Automated external defirbillator

Device that uses computer chip to analyze heart rhythms and determine whether shock is needed

Arteries and veins

Deeper wounds in these areas can be life threatening

Hemorrhage

Severe bleeding

Arterial bleeding

Bloos loss from an artery

Blood loss from a vein

Venous bleeding

Blood loss from capillaries

capillary bleeding

Dressing

Applying pressure over wound

Psychological trauma

Behavioral state resulting from mental or emotional stress or physical injury

Clammy

damp, soft, sticky and unusually cool

Closed fracture

Fracture where broken bone doesn’t push thru skin’s surface

Open fracture

Fracture where broken end bone pierces skin

Splint

Supporta nd immobilize body part with stiff material

Dislocation

When joint comes apart and stays apart with bones end no longer in contact

Sprain

Injury to joint where ligaments are damaged

Strain

Muscle pull

Mottled

Marked with irregular spots and splotches of different colors or shades of color

Caustic

Capable of destroying or eating away by chemical reaction

Acids

Chemical compounds with sour taste that have a pH value of less than 7

Bases

chemical compounds with slippery or soapy feel that react with acids to form salt

Alkalis

Any base that is soluable in water

Oral poisoning

Occurs when harmful substance is swallowed

Inhaled poisoning

Occurs when person breathes a poisonous substance in lungs

Wounds

Soft tissue that break skin (scrapes, cuts, tears and punctures)

Amputation

Complete removal of finger or leg

Avulsion

Tissue torn from or pulled away from and hanging off of the body