First AidFirst AidMedical and Injury Medical and Injury
TerminologyTerminology
AbrasionAbrasion
An Injury consisting An Injury consisting of the loss of a partial of the loss of a partial thickness of skin thickness of skin from rubbing or from rubbing or scraping on a har, scraping on a har, rough surface; also rough surface; also called a brush burn, called a brush burn, mat burn or friction mat burn or friction burn.burn.
LacerationLaceration
A wound made by A wound made by tearing or cutting of tearing or cutting of body tissuesbody tissues
PUNCTUREPUNCTURE
The piercing of an The piercing of an organ or other body organ or other body structure with a structure with a pointed instrument.pointed instrument.
Impaled ObjectImpaled Object
An object that has An object that has caused a puncture caused a puncture wound and remains wound and remains embedded in the embedded in the woundwound
AVULSIONAVULSION
An injury that leaves An injury that leaves a piece of skin or a piece of skin or other tissue either other tissue either partially or partially or completely torn away completely torn away from the body.from the body.
Closed fractureClosed fracture
A simple break or A simple break or rupture in the bone, rupture in the bone, one that does not one that does not cause a break in the cause a break in the skin.skin.
Comminuted or Impacted Comminuted or Impacted FractureFracture
A fracture in which A fracture in which the bone is shattered the bone is shattered and broken into small and broken into small pieces.pieces.
The Ends of the The Ends of the bones can also be bones can also be jammed togetherjammed together
Compound FractureCompound Fracture
An open fracture, An open fracture, one in which the one in which the bone ends pierce the bone ends pierce the skin.skin.
Other bone fracturesOther bone fractures
Simple DislocationSimple Dislocation
Displacement of a body partDisplacement of a body part
Complete DislocationComplete Dislocation
DismembermentDismemberment
Amputation of an Amputation of an extremity or portion extremity or portion of it.of it.
Acute pain……………Acute pain……………
Having a rapid onset, Having a rapid onset, severe symptoms severe symptoms and a relatively short and a relatively short duration.duration.
Chronic PainChronic Pain
Long continue with Long continue with slow onset.slow onset.
AnoxiaAnoxia
Without oxygen; a Without oxygen; a reduction of oxygen reduction of oxygen in body tissue below in body tissue below required required physiological levels.physiological levels.
AsphyxiationAsphyxiation
Suffocation:Suffocation:
ContusionContusion
Injury to the tissues Injury to the tissues (bruise) w/o skin (bruise) w/o skin breakagebreakage
HemorrhageHemorrhage
Abnormally large Abnormally large amount of bleeding.amount of bleeding.
HematomaHematoma
A localized collection A localized collection of blood in an organ of blood in an organ tissue, or space as a tissue, or space as a result of injury or a result of injury or a broken blood vessel.broken blood vessel.
HemiplegiaHemiplegia
Paralysis of one side Paralysis of one side of the body.of the body.
Ligaments……………….Ligaments……………….
A tough bandA tough band
Of connectiveOf connective
tissue that tissue that
connects boneconnects bone
to bone or thatto bone or that
supports any supports any
organorgan
TendonsTendons
A tough bane of A tough bane of dense, fibrous, dense, fibrous, connective tissue connective tissue that attaches that attaches muscles to bone and muscles to bone and other parts.other parts.
CartilageCartilage
A spongy form of A spongy form of connective tissue connective tissue which acts as a which acts as a shock absorber shock absorber between two long between two long bones.bones.