LESSON 2

• Unintentional Injuries - are those that happen as a result of an accident, they do not involve an intent to harm or inflict pain.
• Musculoskeletal Injury - damage of the muscular or skeletal systems usually due to strenuous activities.
• Dislocation - Separation of bone end from joint, leaving the bone out of normal position.
• Fracture - breaks that usually happen in the bone. When a broken bone

  fractures the skin, it causes an open or compound fracture.
• Heat Exhaustion - Caused by excessive loss of water and salt through

  sweating.
• Heat Stroke - Life-threatening emergency caused by a failure to

  regulate body temperature.
• Heat Cramps - Muscle spasms caused by loss of too much salt and other electrolytes during to much sweating.
• Bleeding - Occurs when a blood vessels is damaged and constricted.
• Poisoning - When a poison or a toxic substance is taken into or absorbed into the body sufficient enough to cause temporary or permanent damage.
• Choking - Inability to breathe caused by the blocking of airway by the piece of food or small object.
• Drowning - Submerging and suffocating in water.
• Burn - This happen when the skin is damaged by burning a can no

  longer function effectively against infection.