Cardiac Emergencies
Checking an Injured or Ill person
Sudden Illness
Traumatic Injuries
ENVIRONMENTAL
INJURIES AND
ILLNESSES
100
Occurs when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked.

What is Heart Attack?

100

If a child's parent is present you must ____ before giving care

What is Get the parents consent?

100

An illness that strikes suddenly and usually only lasts for a short period of time.

What is an Acute illness?

100

A progressive, life-threatening condition in which the circulatory system fails to deliver enough oxygen-rich blood to the body’s tissues and organs. As a result, organs and body systems begin to fail.

What is Shock?

100

Caused by drinking large quantities of alcohol in a short period of time (binge drinking). 

What is Alcohol Poisoning?

200

If you think that someone is having a heart attack you should.....

What is Call 911.

200

SAMPLE stands for...

What is Signs and Symptoms, Allergies, Medications, Pertinent medical history, Last food or drink, and Events leading up to the incident?
200

An illness that a person lives with on an ongoing basis and that often requires continuous treatment to manage.

What is a Chronic Illness?

200

Bleeding that occurs inside the body, into a body cavity or space.

What is Internal Bleeding?
200

When the body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing the core body temperature to fall below 95° F (35° C).

What is Hypothermia?

300

Occurs when the heart stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood to the brain and other vital organs.

What is Cardiac Arrest?

300

How long you should check for responsiveness and breathing.

What is no longer than 5-10 seconds?

300

Evidenced by signs and symptoms such as shortness of breath, gasping for breath, hyperventilation, or breathing that is uncomfortable or painful.

What is Respiratory distress?

300

Occurs when something rubsroughly against the skin, causing damage to theskin’s surface.

What is an Abrasion?

300

Occurs when the body’s cooling system is completely overwhelmed and stops working. Heat stroke is a life-threatening emergency.

What is Heat Stroke?

400

The pediatric Cardiac Chain of Survival

What is Prevention, Early CPR, Activation of the Early Medical System, Early advanced live support, and Integrated post Cardiac care.?

400

The steps to interviewing the injured person or bystanders around them.

What is SAMPLE?
400

-Wheezing or coughing.

-Rapid, shallow breathing (or trouble

breathing).

-Sweating.

What are Symptoms of an Asthma attack?

400

A severe bacterial infection that can result from a puncture wound or a deep laceration.

What is a Tetanus?

400

Occurs when fluids lost through sweating are not replaced. The body’s primary mechanism of cooling itself is through sweating.

What is Heat exhaustion?

500

The 3 C's of CPR.

What is Check, Call, Care?

500

To place an adult or child into the recovery position.....

What is extend the person’s arm that is closest to you above the person’s head. Roll the person toward yourself onto his or her side, so that the person’s head rests on his or her extended arm. Bend both of the person’s knees to stabilize the body?

500

A person who is having a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction is experiencing...

What is Anaphylaxis?

500

What to use when severe, life-threatening bleeding cannot be controlled using direct pressure.

What is a Tourniquet?

500

The body’s ability to maintain an internal temperature within an acceptable range despite external conditions, is important for human survival.

What is Thermoregulation?

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