Title: Identify first aid terms and abbreviations.
Course: Public Safety I (15101-I) > Section: FIREFIGHTING: Practicing First Aid

Identification should include

- airway, breathing, circulation (ABCs)–the techniques involved in assessing airway, breathing, and circulation
- compressions, airway, breathing (CABs)–cardiac arrest or major bleeding
- signs–what the examiner can objectively see
- symptoms–what a patient subjectively complains of
- shock–a state in which the body is hypoperfused, resulting in inadequate oxygenation of cells, tissues, and organs.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What occupations use medical terminology and vocabulary? How are signs commonly misunderstood?
- What are ways of verifying causes?
- Why is it important to be a good listener when dealing with a conscious subject?
- When should one switch from ABCs to CABs?