Sudden Illness
Signs and Symptoms of an Asthma Attack
Wheezing, Hyperventilating, tightness in the chest, fatigue, sweating, weak cry (infants)
Types of Bleeding
Capillary: Ooze, dark red, clots with pressure or spontaneously
Venous: steady flow (could be severe), dark red, can be easier to stop than arterial
Arterial: bright red, spurts from the wound, will not clot or stop easily, decreases depending on blood pressure
The amount of time it should take you to scan your entire zone
30 seconds
Normal range for all baseline vitals
BP: 120/80
Pulse: 60-100
Respiratory: 12-20
SIDS
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Types of and providing care for Diabetes
Type 1: Produces insufficient amount of insulin, insulin dependent
Type 2: Produces insufficient amount of insulin but not dependent, can regulate through diet or medication (oral)
Gestational: caused by hormones during pregnancy/shortage of insulin, goes away after childbirth but likely to develop type 2
Where and when you place a tourniquet
2 inches above wound, never over a joint
Severe bleeding that is life-threatening and cannot be stopped with direct pressure, scene unsafe, multiple severe victims, cannot apply direct pressure
Rescue: A child is bouncing, not realizing he is heading towards deeper waters. He is now barely unable to get his footing to the floor and is struggling.
Simple Assist
Ventilation rate and head tilt position for all individuals
Adult: 1:6, past neutral
Child: 1:2-3, slight past neutral
Infant: 1:2-3, neutral
Irregular contractions, related to a false labor
Braxton Hicks Contractions
Phases of and types of seizures
Phases: Aura, tonic, clonic, post-ictal
Types: Generalized (tonic-clonic) Partial (simple/complex), Absence (Petit Mal), Febrile
Identify Injury: An individual was in a motorcycle accident without protective equipment. He was dragged across the ground causing his skin to be partially torn away.
Avulsion
There is an individual in the deep end performing a simulation of a submerged rescue. The rescuer attempted to do a head-first surface dive, but the victim had not submerged enough yet. The rescuer and victim collided heads, one went unconscious and the other didn't but is struggling to stay above water.
EAP and announce multiple victims with spinal, scene/ppe, approach the nearest person
Name the mnemonics used in secondary assessment
SAMPLE, OPQRST, DOTS, DCAP-BTLS, AVPU, CMS
When an infant is born feet first and how you can create an airway for them
What is Breech birth and 3 minutes?
Heart Attack: Term, Cause, and Caring
Myocardial Infarction, Obstruction of blood flow to the heart,
Identify Injury and Extent: An individual was pouring hot water for tea and unfortunately spilled it on herself. The spill covers the front portion of her right thigh. Her quad muscle is now exposed but she is not in pain.
Full-Thickness Burn, 9%
You have just rapidly extricated an individual who you have determined does not have a pulse and is not breathing. You need to apply the AED pads, but they are in a wet rash guard and have a lot of chest hair.
Cut rash guard where necessary, wipe chest with rag, and use razor to remove hair
Which delivery device should you use: Your injured persons pulse oximeter is reading 85 and is struggling to stay conscious
BVM
Where you clamp the umbilical cord after the infant is born
What is 6 inches above the navel, then 3 inches above that?
Differences between heat stroke and heat exhaustion
Stroke: Changes in mental status, could be confused or unresponsive, could lead to seizures, vomiting; less common, more severe; rapidly cool individual for 20 minutes
Exhaustion: fatigue/loss of appetite, heat cramps, elevated heart & breathing rate; more common, less severe; move to cool environment, cool individual, can provide liquids to hydrate
Provide care: You and your manager were completing hourly chems. They needed to check inside the vats but when they opened the lid, chorine shot out and into their eye.
EAP, Scene size/PPE, move them to the rinse station and flush eye for at least 15 minutes, direct another lifeguard to call 911 upon arrival
You're on walk when two adult patrons start to argue but they break away from each other. #1 leaves to the locker room but later returns and approaches the same individual (#2). You hear a loud bang and screams to find #2 bleeding from his abdomen while #1 is running out of the facility but left the weapon.
EAP, scene/ppe already completed - A mother gives you consent to care for her infant that she states is choking on Cheez-its, but the baby is limp when given to you
Lay on firm, flat surface, begin CPR with obstructed airway
What APGAR stands for and the normal range for it
What is Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiratory and 7-10?