Choking
Is the number of back blows given during choking first aid different for adults and children?
An unresponsive person who is breathing normally and has a pulse is put into this position.
Recovery position
A patron who has lost a lot of blood is likely to experience what condition?
Shock
What acronym do we use to assess for broken bones?
DOTS
A patron approaches you with a red eye complaining that they accidentally touched it with sunscreen. What care do we provide?
Eye irrigation with a flush
Three whistle
Fear of impending doom is a common sign of what condition?
Heart attack.
Narcan.
A patron catches their arm on a section of the slide while riding. They exit the bottom complaining of extreme pain. Notably one arm is now hanging lower than the other and their shoulder appears deformed. What condition do they most likely have?
The pump room explodes and many patrons are injured. After activating your EAP, What should do before treating any patrons?
Triage to assess who should receive care
The reason we do compressions for choking
To dislodge the object
A patron who you treated with a nosebleed 15 minutes ago returns, they are still bleeding and the gauze has become saturated with blood. What is your next high priority step?
Call EMS
Hemostatic Dressing
Stretching or tearing injuries to muscles or tendons
Strain
This type of seizure is characterized by confusion, staring spells, aimless wandering, and strange confusing behavior.
Simple Seizure
Re-seal your mask, Re-tilt the airway, and Re-give the breaths.
A patron has fallen asleep with their shoulder against the hot metal bars in the play pool. They come to the guard room with red skin and blisters on their shoulder and are asking for an icepack for their burns. What care do you provide?
DO NOT GIVE THE ICEPACK.
Run the affected area on cool, drinkable water ASAP. Do not touch blisters. After cooling loosely cover the burn wit ha dry sterile dressing. Do not apply any ointments, aloe, or remedies.
A patron doing cartwheels in the grass falls on their fold up chair. They have an open chest injury. You hear an audible sucking sound and bloody air bubbles. What care do we provide?
Remove clothing exposed to the injury site.
Do not apply dressing or device to chest wound, leave it open and exposed.
Assess injury while waiting for EMS. Treat for shock as needed.
You notice a patron slip in the competition pool ramp and hit their arm on the metal bars. They scream out in pain and when you approach them you cannot find any symptoms other than a little swelling, however the skin is discoloring and turning blue. What should you do?
3 whistle/EMS immediately
A patron has impaled their eye accidentally but are conscious, responsive, and are engaging in conversation with you. While waiting for EMS, what care should you provide.
Cover the uninjured eye to prevent simultaneous movement.
The MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY that describes the reason someone falls unconscious from choking.
For example, HYPERTHERMIA describes someone whos internal temperature is elevated.
Hypoxia
While on Beach, you notice a patron who seemingly gets more disoriented/uncoordinated in the 15 minutes you got on chair. Recently you heard them slurring their words while complaining of a severe headache and their eye twitching. What is the most likely condition they are suffering from?
Stroke. The patron is complaining of a headache. They fit the following FAST acronym.
Their eye is half open/twitching (Face).
They are uncoordinated/disoriented (Arms).
Their speech is slurred (Speech).
Their condition worsened to its current state over the course of 15 minutes (Time).
Their airway closed and they have fallen unconscious due to hypoxia.
In the instance that EMS is delayed, and you must rapidly MOVE a patron with a broken bone. What must we apply before attempting to move them?
A splint OR improvised splint.
What does CPR stand for?
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation