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- Vitamins
- enhance body's use of carbs, proteins and fats critical to form blood cells, hormones, genetic material
- Drug abuse
- taking legal drugs for reason s other then those intended or using controlled substances illegally
- Closed wounds
- apply cold
- Joint sprain
- tearing of ligaments at a joint, wrist, knee, ankle, and finger
- Statistics:
- about 48 million adults smoke and 3.5 million adolescents smokecigarette smoking kills more people each year than illegal drugs, alcohol, homicides, suicides, AIDS, car accidents and fires combined
- Stimulant
- drugs, such as cocaine and meth, that speeds up the central nervous system and cause multiple, sometimes fatal, heal problems
- Protein
- build and repair body tissues, speed up reaction in body
- Nicotine
- most dangerous chemical found in tobacco products stimulant drugconstricts blood vessels, increases blood pressure, increases heart rate, causes addiction
- Cirrhosis
- liver begins to fill with fat
- Emphysema
- results from the bursting of the alveoli or sacs in the lungs causing the lungs to have trouble absorbing oxygen
- Heart attack
- event in which blood vessels that feed the heart muscle become blocked and the heart does not receive oxygen
- Marijuana
- dried leaves and tops of the cannabis plant; contains THC, damages the lungs, can cause amotivational syndrome and is t most commonly used illegal drug in the US.
- -Open wounds
- control bleeding, clean and cover
- Food health claims
- 3g of fat, or less, per serving to be considered "low fat
- Food labels
- food name weight/volume manufacturer ingredients nutrition facts
- muscles strain
- of stretching of muscles or tendons
- Steroids
- drugs made from hormones
- Carbohydrates
- key source of energy, maintains tissue, protein, metabolizes fats
- Alcohol poisoning
- unconscious, can't be woken up vomiting while passed out breathing slow pale/cold/clammy skin
- Hypertension
- high blood pressure "silent killer"
- Wellness Definition
- quality of life resulting from health status
- Major wounds
- call 911 and control bleeding
- Narcotics
- pain-relieving drugs, such as morphine and heroin, which slows the central nervous system.
- -minor wounds
- clean and cover
- Tobacco:
- a plant that contains nicotine 3 harmful ingredients: nicotine, tar and carbon monoxidecan be smoked in cigarettes, cigars, or in pipes
- Stroke
- condition caused by a blocked or broken blood vessel in the brain, basically shutting off all blood flow to the brain
- Health Definition
- quality of life including physical, mental-emotional, and family-social heath
- Bones fractures
- a break, chip, or crack in a bone, deformity, snap, and pain may be present
- use
- taking appropriate amounts of a drug for its intended medical purpose
- Pathogens
- microbes which can cause infectious diseases
- Heart diseases
- any disease of the heart muscle or other working parts of the heart
- Minerals
- for health, growth of teeth and bones, and helps in muscle contraction, nerve reaction and blood clotting
- Shock signs:
- altered consciousness, pale, cool, moist skin looks disoriented rapid breathing rapid pulse dilated pupils
- Joints Dislocation
- the movement of a bone out of its position in the joint (don't try to pull it out!)
- Fats
- provides energy and helps body store vitamins
- Carbon Monoxide
- deadly gas is formed during the burning of tobacco starves brain and heart of oxygen
- Chronic Bronchitis
- smoking thickens the mucus and destroys cilia while inflaming the tubes leading to the lungs
- Misuse
- taking a legal drug for their intended purpose, but not correctly
- shcok what to do
- -lie down and rest control external bleeding maintain normal body tempelevate legs if injuries allow only water at room temperature make sure advanced help is on the way
- Inhalants
- inhaled chemicals, such as lighter fluid, that affect mood, can impair judgment and cause heart failure and instant death
- Water
- most important nutrient involved withal body processes