Chapter 29 review                                                                        Name: _________________ pr # ____

  1. First Aid is ___________________________________?
  2. What is a medical alert tag? _______________________________________________.
  3. When you call 911, name three things will do while in communication with emergency assistant?
    1. Speak_____________________________.
    2. Identify _____________________________.
    3. Exact _____________________________.
  4. What is the purpose of the Good Samaritan law?
  5. Signals of an emergency
    1. Things you see?    1._______________ 2. _________________
    2. Things you smell?   1._______________ 2. _________________
    3. Things you hear? 1._______________ 2. _________________
    4. Any others?           1._______________ 2. _________________
  6. First Aid Priorities
    1. A=__________________________?
    2. B=__________________________?
    3. C=__________________________?
  7. What is rescue breathing? _______________________________________________.
  8. What is the Heimlick maneuver? _______________________________________________.
  9. What is a Heart attack?  _______________________________________________.
  10. What is a Cardiac arrest? _______________________________________________.
  11. Spell CPR.        _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _     _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
  12. A ________________ occurs when a blood vessel breaks and does not allow blood flow to the brain?
  13. Severe bleeding is also called a ______________________?
  14. To control bleeding, define the following?
    1. Dressing _______________________________________________.
    2. Pressure bandage _______________________________________________.
    3. Pressure point _______________________________________________.
    4. Where are 4 major pressure points located on the body located?

1_______________________________________________.

2_______________________________________________.

3_______________________________________________.

4_______________________________________________.

  1. How does a poison enter the body?
    1. 1.________________ 2. _______________
    2. 3. _______________ 4. _______________
  2. Name 2 types of fractures?  1. ____________________ 2. __________________.
  3. A condition in which the heart fails to circulate blood is called a _____________.
  4. Name 2 things you will not due in the case of an open fracture?
    1. 1.______________________________     2. ____________________________.
  5. What is a SPRAIN? _______________________________________________.
  6. What is a STRAIN? _______________________________________________.
  7. What is a Ligament? _______________________________________________.
  8. What is a dislocation? _______________________________________________.
  9. Define the 3 kinds of Burns.
    1. First Degree ________________________________________________.
    2. Second Degree ______________________________________________.
    3.  Third Degree _______________________________________________.
  10. Chemical burns: What do you do?
    1. 1.  _______________________________________________.
    2.  2. _______________________________________________.
    3.  3. _______________________________________________.
  11. Electrical shock define it? ____________________________________________________________
  12. How would you Stop a nose from bleeding?
  13. Define hyperventilation? _______________________________________________.
  14. Define fainting? _______________________________________________.
  15. Define convulsions? _______________________________________________.
  16. Why does a head injury bleed heavily? _______________________________________________.
  17. Define frostbite? _______________________________________________.
  18. Why is a bee sting harmful? _______________________________________________.
  19. What is heat exhaustion? _______________________________________________.
  20. What is hypothermia? _______________________________________________.
  21. What is heatstroke? _______________________________________________.
  22. Under what weather conditions will heatstroke occur? _______________________________________________.
  23. Under what weather conditions will hypothermia occur? _______________________________________________.
  24. If you were at a dining room table is holding your throat and could not breathe?                       

What would you do? _________________________________________ and                            

how would you do it _______________________________________?

  1. Where is the zyphoid process on your body? _______________________________________________.