3RD

Cards (11)

  • First Aid
    • An immediate care given to a person who has been injured or suddenly taken ill.- It includes self-help and home care if medical assistance is not available or delayed
  • First Aider
    • is a trained personnel who provides first aid.
  • Primary Survey
    • is done to a victim that is unconscious and to immediately treat life threatening conditions. 
  • Secondary Survey 
    • Only performed when a victim is conscious and has revived. 
  • Dressing – A sterilized cloth pad or similar fabric use to cover and injured body part usually a wound. It is sometimes called compress. 
  • Roller Gauze – Made from strips of sterilized gauze rolled tightly. 
  • Square Gauze – Sterilized gauze made from sheets of folded gauze. This comes in different sizes. 
  • Adhesive Compress – Also called adhesive strips. It is used for small wounds. 
    • Bandage Clean and sterile fabric material used to hold the dressing in place. 
  • Triangular Bandage
    • commonly used to support fractures and dislocations.
    • Cravat Bandageis a folded triangular bandage.