Emergency Care VocabWARNING: gruesome pictures

Laceration: A jagged, irregular tear of the skin.

Skin avulsion: tissue separates from the body.

Incision: A cut from a knife, glass, or sharp rock.

Puncture:

• A wound that is caused by an object piercing the skin.

Abrasion: wound to outer layers of skin that causes little bleeding; caused by

friction with another object.

Poison:

• Substance, solid liquid or gas, that causes illness, injury, or death when introduced to the body.

First Aid:

• The immediate temporary care to a person that has become sick or has been injured.

Shock:

• Failure of the system to keep adequate blood circulating to the vital organs of the body.

Rabies: A disease of the nervous system that could cause madness and

death.

• Dogs, squirrels, and rats are common carriers of this disease.

Sprain Vs. Strain

• Stretching or tearing of ligaments that hold bone together.

• Stretching or tearing of muscles and tendons.

Burns

• First degree: Involves the top layer of skin (sunburn).

• Second degree: Involves the top layer, the skin will blister and appear blotchy.

• Third degree: destroys all layers of skin, nerves, muscle, fat and bones. Burn looks brown or black.

Fainting

• A temporary loss of consciousness, caused by reduced blood supply to the brain.

Frostbite

• Ice crystals form in the spaces between the cells– This causes skin to

lose color and to become insensitive.

Gangrene

• Death of tissue, that comes from frostbite that is untreated.

Hurricane

• A powerful rain storm

Tornado

• A powerful twisting wind storm.

Blizzard

• Snow storm

Earthquake

• Violent shaking of the ground.

KEY• Laceration - A jagged, irregular tear of the skin.• Skin avulsion - tissue separates from the body. • Incision - A cut from a knife, glass, or sharp rock. • Puncture - A wound that is caused by an object piercing the skin.• Abrasion - wound to outer layers of skin that causes little bleeding; caused

by friction with another object.• Poison - Substance, solid liquid or gas, that causes illness, injury, or death

when introduced to the body.• First Aid - The immediate temporary care to a person that has become sick

or has been injured. • Shock – Failure of the system to keep adequate blood circulating to the vital

organs of the body.• Rabies - A disease of the nervous system that could cause madness and

death.• Sprain – Stretching or tearing of ligaments that hold bone together.• Strain – Stretching or tearing of muscles and tendons.

KEY Continued• 1st Degree Burn – Involves the top layer of skin (sunburn).• 2nd Degree Burn – Involves the top layer, the skin will blister and

appear blotchy.• 3rd Degree Burn - destroys all layers of skin, nerves, muscle, fat

and bones. Burn looks brown or black. • Fainting – A temporary loss of consciousness, caused by

reduced blood supply to the brain.• Frostbite – Ice crystals form in the spaces between the cells• Gangrene – Death of tissue, that comes from frostbite that is

untreated.• Hurricane - A powerful rain storm• Tornado – A powerful twisting wind storm.• Blizzard – Snow storm• Earthquake - Violent shaking of the ground.