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.