FDLE FIRST AID DEFINITIONS
ABANDONMENT - ANSWER-THE RELINQUISHING OF A RIGHT OR INTEREST WITH THE INTENTION OF
NEVER AGAIN CLAIMING IT.
ABDOMINAL EVISCERATION - ANSWER-AN OPEN WOUND WHERE ORGANS PROTRUDE FROM THE
ABDOMINAL CAVITY.
ABRASION - ANSWER-AN OPEN WOUND CAUSED BY SCRAPING, SHEARING AWAY, OR RUBBING THE
OUTERMOST SKIN LAYER.
ADVANCED DIRECTIVE - ANSWER-DOCUMENTS A PATIENTS REQUEST TO WITHHOLD SPECIFIC MEDICAL
CARE.
AIRBORNE INFECTION - ANSWER-ANY INFECTION SPREAD FROM PERSON TO PERSON THROUGH THE
AIR.
AMNIOTIC SAC - ANSWER-THE BAG IF FLUID SURROUNDING THE FETUS.
AMPUTATION - ANSWER-THE GROSS REMOVAL OF AN APPENDAGE, COMPLETE OR INCOMPLETE.
ANAPHYLAXIS - ANSWER-A SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTION IN WHICH AIR PASSAGES SWELL AND RESTRICT
BREATHING: CAUSED BY INSECT BITES OR STINGS, POLLEN, MEDICATIONS, FOODS, CHEMICALS, OR
OTHER SUBSTANCES.
ARTERIAL BLEEDING - ANSWER-BRIGHT RED BLOOD SPURTING FROM A WOUND, INDICATING A SEVERE
OR DAMAGE ARTERY.
ASTHMA - ANSWER-RESULTS FROM THE NARROWING OF AIRWAY PASSAGES, CAUSING BREATHING
DIFFICULTIES.
AVPU - ANSWER-A METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING FOUR LEVELS OF PATIENT RESPONSIVENESS: ALERTNESS,
VERBAL ABILITY, PAIN, UNRESPONSIVENESS.
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AVULSION - ANSWER-AN INJURY CHARACTERIZED BY A FLAP OF SKIN, TORN OR CUT, THAT MAY NOT BE
COMPLETELY LOOSE FROM THE BODY.
BIRTH CANAL - ANSWER-THE PASSAGE THE FETUS IS PUSHED THROUGH DURING DELIVERY
BLOODBOURNE PATHOGEN - ANSWER-PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS IN HUMAN FLUIDS.
BREACH OF DUTY - ANSWER-THE FAILURE OF AN OFFICER TO ACT OR FAILURE TO ACT APPROPRIATELY.
BRUISING - ANSWER-AN OBVIOUS DISCOLORATION (BLACK AND BLUE) OF THE SOFT TISSUE AT THE
INJURY SITE.
CAPILLARY BLEEDING - ANSWER-DARK RED BLOOD OOZING FROM A WOUND, INDICATING DAMAGE
CAPILLARIES.
CARDIAC MUSCLES - ANSWER-THE MUSCLES IN THE HEART THAT WORK CONSTANTLY TO EXPAND AND
CONTRACT IT.
CDC - ANSWER-CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM - ANSWER-LOCATED IN THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD; ITS COMPONENTS
ARE THE BODYS MAINFRAME COMPUTER WHERE ALL COMMUNICATION AND CONTROL ORIGINATE.
CERVIX - ANSWER-THE NECK OF THE UTERUS; CONTAINS A MUCUS PLUG.
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM - ANSWER-THE SYSTEM THAT PUMPS BLOOD THROUGHOUT THE BODYS; IT
CONSIST OF THE HEART, BLOOD VESSELS, AND BLOOD.
CLOSED CHEST INJURY - ANSWER-RESULTS FROM BLUNT TRAUMA TO THE CHEST AREA; DAMAGES
INTERNAL ORGANS AND/OR CAUSES INTERNAL BLEEDING.
FDLE FIRST AID DEFINITIONS
ABANDONMENT - ANSWER-THE RELINQUISHING OF A RIGHT OR INTEREST WITH THE INTENTION OF
NEVER AGAIN CLAIMING IT.
ABDOMINAL EVISCERATION - ANSWER-AN OPEN WOUND WHERE ORGANS PROTRUDE FROM THE
ABDOMINAL CAVITY.
ABRASION - ANSWER-AN OPEN WOUND CAUSED BY SCRAPING, SHEARING AWAY, OR RUBBING THE
OUTERMOST SKIN LAYER.
ADVANCED DIRECTIVE - ANSWER-DOCUMENTS A PATIENTS REQUEST TO WITHHOLD SPECIFIC MEDICAL
CARE.
AIRBORNE INFECTION - ANSWER-ANY INFECTION SPREAD FROM PERSON TO PERSON THROUGH THE
AIR.
AMNIOTIC SAC - ANSWER-THE BAG IF FLUID SURROUNDING THE FETUS.
AMPUTATION - ANSWER-THE GROSS REMOVAL OF AN APPENDAGE, COMPLETE OR INCOMPLETE.
ANAPHYLAXIS - ANSWER-A SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTION IN WHICH AIR PASSAGES SWELL AND RESTRICT
BREATHING: CAUSED BY INSECT BITES OR STINGS, POLLEN, MEDICATIONS, FOODS, CHEMICALS, OR
OTHER SUBSTANCES.
ARTERIAL BLEEDING - ANSWER-BRIGHT RED BLOOD SPURTING FROM A WOUND, INDICATING A SEVERE
OR DAMAGE ARTERY.
ASTHMA - ANSWER-RESULTS FROM THE NARROWING OF AIRWAY PASSAGES, CAUSING BREATHING
DIFFICULTIES.
AVPU - ANSWER-A METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING FOUR LEVELS OF PATIENT RESPONSIVENESS: ALERTNESS,
VERBAL ABILITY, PAIN, UNRESPONSIVENESS.
FDLE FIRST AID DEFINITIONS
, FDLE FIRST AID DEFINITIONS
AVULSION - ANSWER-AN INJURY CHARACTERIZED BY A FLAP OF SKIN, TORN OR CUT, THAT MAY NOT BE
COMPLETELY LOOSE FROM THE BODY.
BIRTH CANAL - ANSWER-THE PASSAGE THE FETUS IS PUSHED THROUGH DURING DELIVERY
BLOODBOURNE PATHOGEN - ANSWER-PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS IN HUMAN FLUIDS.
BREACH OF DUTY - ANSWER-THE FAILURE OF AN OFFICER TO ACT OR FAILURE TO ACT APPROPRIATELY.
BRUISING - ANSWER-AN OBVIOUS DISCOLORATION (BLACK AND BLUE) OF THE SOFT TISSUE AT THE
INJURY SITE.
CAPILLARY BLEEDING - ANSWER-DARK RED BLOOD OOZING FROM A WOUND, INDICATING DAMAGE
CAPILLARIES.
CARDIAC MUSCLES - ANSWER-THE MUSCLES IN THE HEART THAT WORK CONSTANTLY TO EXPAND AND
CONTRACT IT.
CDC - ANSWER-CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM - ANSWER-LOCATED IN THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD; ITS COMPONENTS
ARE THE BODYS MAINFRAME COMPUTER WHERE ALL COMMUNICATION AND CONTROL ORIGINATE.
CERVIX - ANSWER-THE NECK OF THE UTERUS; CONTAINS A MUCUS PLUG.
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM - ANSWER-THE SYSTEM THAT PUMPS BLOOD THROUGHOUT THE BODYS; IT
CONSIST OF THE HEART, BLOOD VESSELS, AND BLOOD.
CLOSED CHEST INJURY - ANSWER-RESULTS FROM BLUNT TRAUMA TO THE CHEST AREA; DAMAGES
INTERNAL ORGANS AND/OR CAUSES INTERNAL BLEEDING.
FDLE FIRST AID DEFINITIONS
