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Purpose of First Aid
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Save Lives
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Define Simple (closed) fracture
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Fracture that does not break skin
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Defing Compound (open)fracture
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Fracture causes the bone to break through the skin
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How do you identify Arterial bleeding
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If an artery near the surface is cut, the blood, which is bright red in color, will gush out in spurts that are synchronized with the heartbeats
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How do you identify Venous bleeding
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Blood from the veins is dark red. Venous bleeding is characterized by a steady, even flow.
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State 4 ways to treat bleeding
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Direct Pressure -- Pressure Dressing -- Indirect Pressure (pressure points) -- Tourniquet
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What are the first five lines of a medivac
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1-Location 2-Frequency 3-Number of patients by precedence 4-Special Equipment 5-Number of patients by types
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Respiratory Problems (Asphyxiation) - Cause/treatment
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complete airway obstruction, insufficient oxygen in the air, inability of the blood to carry oxygen (e.g., carbon monoxide poisoning), paralysis of the breathing center of the brain, and external compression of the body.
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Hemorrhage
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Bleeding - severe loss of blood
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Cardiac arrest
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complete stoppage of heart functionis
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