Before Giving Care
What does EMS stand for?
What is Emergency Medical Services
What age is considered an infant?
What is birth to 1 year of age.
What is a heart attack?
What is blood flow being blocked to a part of the heart muscle.
What are some of the biggest choking hazards?
What is foods, household objects, and toys.
What is epinephrine and what does it do?
What is a drug that slows or stops the effects of anaphylaxis.
What are the four main signs of an emergency?
What is unusual sounds, unusual sights, unusual odors, and unusual behaviors.
How long should you check for breathing and or responsiveness?
What is no more than 5 to 10 seconds.
How is cardiac arrest different from a heart attack?
What is cardiac arrest is when the heart stops beating or beating ineffectively to circulate blood to your brain and other organs, as opposed to a heart attack where blood is blocked to going into the heart.
What is the cycle for caring for somebody who is choking?
What is sets of 5 back blows to 5 abdominal thrusts.
TRUE OR FALSE: You should not try to stop someone who is having a seizure and let it run its course.
What is True (let the seizure run its course).
Who does implied consent protect?
What is the person giving care to an unresponsive individual.
When a parent is with a child or infant what must you do before giving care to that child or infant?
What is asking the parent for consent.
What are the six steps to the Cardiac Chain of Survival for adults?
What is recognizing the emergency/call 911, early CPR, early defibrillation, advanced life support, integrated post-cardiac arrest care, and rehabilitation.
How should you position an infant whilst giving back blows?
What is positioning the infant with its head downward with its head being strongly supported.
What is the acronym for quickly checking for signs or symptoms of someone suffering from a stroke?
What is F.A.S.T. (face, arm, speech, time).
What does the acronym PPE stand for?
What is Personal Protective Equipment.
What is the method you use to gather more information about a person who need help and is conscious?
What is using the S.A.M.P.L.E. system to gain more information.
What is the rate of compression per minute for all CPR levels?
What is 100-120 compressions per minute.
How should you position yourself for a child during back blows and abdominal thrusts?
What is kneeling down and positioning yourself to the side and slightly behind the chest.
What are the biggest signs that someone is undergoing an asthma attack?
What is wheezing/coughing, rapid shallow breathing, and sweating.
What are the three emergency action steps (in order)?
What is CHECK, CALL, CARE
What are the key characteristics of somebody who is responsive?
What is moving, opening their eyes/mouth, breathing normally, and somewhat awake.
Where would you place an AED on an infant child?
What is one on the front of the chest and one on the back between the shoulder blades (They cannot touch at all).
What do you do instead of abdominal thrusts on someone who is overweight or pregnant?
What is giving chest thrusts rather than abdominal thrusts.
What are the main signs/symptoms of somebody who is about to faint?
What is becoming pale, beginning to sweat, feeling weak/dizzy, and feeling as if your going to fall.