KEY TERMS U4C2L1- THE NEED FOR FIRST AID
U4C2L1The Need for First Aid/Your Response
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) – an emergency method to keep blood and oxygen flowing through a person whose heart and breathing have stopped.
First aid – the immediate care given to a victim of injury or sudden illness before professional medical help arrives.
Catastrophe – a great and sudden misfortune.
Good Samaritan Law – a law enacted in most states that protects people from lawsuits if medical complications arise after they have administered first aid correctly.
Evaluate – to determine if an act, process, or method has been attained; to assess; to determine he significance of by careful appraisal and study.
Consent – to get approval for what is to be done or proposed by another.
Emergency medical service (EMS) – medical professional dedicated to the reduction of morbidity and mortality of residents through the provision of Advanced and Basic Life Support care, medically directed rescue, and transportation of the ill and injured.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) – an emergency method to keep blood and oxygen flowing through a person whose heart and breathing have stopped.
First aid – the immediate care given to a victim of injury or sudden illness before professional medical help arrives.
Catastrophe – a great and sudden misfortune.
Good Samaritan Law – a law enacted in most states that protects people from lawsuits if medical complications arise after they have administered first aid correctly.
Evaluate – to determine if an act, process, or method has been attained; to assess; to determine he significance of by careful appraisal and study.
Consent – to get approval for what is to be done or proposed by another.
Emergency medical service (EMS) – medical professional dedicated to the reduction of morbidity and mortality of residents through the provision of Advanced and Basic Life Support care, medically directed rescue, and transportation of the ill and injured.