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18 Cards in this Set
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Accident |
Any event that was not intended to happen |
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Accident chain |
Is a series of events that includes a situation an unsafe habit |
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Defeusive driving |
Watching out for other people on the road |
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Blizzard |
A Heavy snow storm with winds up to 45 mph |
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Hurricane |
A Strong windstorm with driving rain that originates at sea |
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Tornado |
Wirling funnel shaped windstorm that may drop from the sky to the ground |
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First aid |
Immediate care given to and injury or I'll person |
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Accident injuries |
Injuries that result from an accident |
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Shock |
a life threatening condition in which the circulatory system fails to deliver enough blood |
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Universal precaution |
disease by treating all blood as if it were contaminated |
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Sprain |
a condition in which the ligaments that hold the joints in position are stretched or torn |
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Fracture |
a break in the bone |
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Heat cramps |
painful involuntary muscle spasms that usually occur during strenuius exercise in hot waer |
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Heat exhaustion |
faintness nausea rapid heartbeat and hot red dry or sweaty skin |
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Heat stroke |
most serious form of heat illness |
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CPR |
first aid procedure that combines recue breathing with chest compression to restore breathing and circulation |
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Abdominal thrusts |
Involves quick upward pulls into the diaphragm |
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Earthquake |
A Violent shaking movement of the earths surface |
