Question

complete this worksheet after reading about and watching the video about first aid care for a bleeding victim. 1. classification of bleeding - use the terms to complete the chart. write the correct term under the type of bleeding that is occurring. bright red blood light red blood continuous flow dark oozes out spurting out capillaries veins arteries 2. match the picture to the correct type of open wounds - use the terms to label the images with the type of open wound. laceration incision avulsion (tearing) amputation (cut off) embedded (implanted) object abrasion 3. what system do the blood vessels belong to? 4. what organ pumps the blood?

Explanation:

1. Arterial bleeding has bright - red blood and spurts out. Venous bleeding has dark blood and has a continuous flow. Capillary bleeding oozes out and has a light - red blood.
2. Laceration is a torn or jagged wound. Incision is a clean cut. Avulsion is a tearing away of tissue. Abrasion is a scraping of the skin. An embedded object is an object that is implanted in the skin.
3. Blood vessels are part of the circulatory system.
4. The heart is the organ that pumps blood.

Answer:

1.

• Arterial: Bright Red Blood, Spurting Out
• Venous: Dark, Continuous Flow
• Capillaries: Light Red, Oozes Out

2.

• First picture (hand with torn skin): Laceration
• Second picture (head with cut): Incision
• Third picture (arm with skin scraped): Abrasion
• Fourth picture (hand with object in it): Embedded (implanted) Object
• Fifth picture (finger with tissue torn away): Avulsion

1. Circulatory system
2. Heart