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1. Abrasions: an injury caused by rubbing or scraping off the skin.

2. Foreign Bodies: anything that is not normally found in the location; usually refers to dirt, splinters, and so on.

3. Laceration: a cut or tear

4. Superficial: on the surface.

5. Thermal: characterized by heat; heat activated.

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

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

8. Aspiration: removal by suction.

9. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR): a combination of rescue breathing and chest compressions delivered to victims thought to be in cardiac arrest.

10. Chronic: continuing a long time, returning; not acute.

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

12. Coroner: an official who investigates a sudden, suspicious, or violent death to determine the cause. In some communities this position has been replaced by the medical examiner.

13. Emergency: an unexpected occurrence or situation demanding immediate action.

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

15. Exhaustion: extreme fatigue.

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

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

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

19. Heat Stroke: 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.

20. Ingested: to eat

21. Life Threatening: used to describe diseases or conditions where the likelihood of death is high.

22. Prophylactic: preventing disease.

23. Syncope: fainting

24. Urgent: requiring immediate attention.

25. Trauma: any injury, physical or mental