1st aid
Terms
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- smoke detector
- Device that alerts people when there is smoke in the air
- poison control center
- provide information about what to do if you accidentally take a poison.
- first aid
- emergency care given before regular medical aid can be obtained
- cpr
- an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration
- tornado
- a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
- venom
- The poisonous fluid that certain animals secrete.
- shock
- a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
- pressure point
- any of several points on the body where the pulse can be felt and where pressure on an underlying artery will control bleeding from that artery at a more distal point
- blizzard
- a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds
- gangrene
- local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply