Heat/Cold
What is hypothermia
When a person cannot warm itself and core temp drops, due to rapid loss of heat.
Which type of burn is the most severe?
Third degree
What might cause shock?
What is injury, accident, extreme stress
What is triage
What is the process to efficiently treat multiple patients in a urgent matter
This form of stroke is the most commonly experienced, often 80% or more of the time a person suffers a stroke or CVA.
What is an ischemic stroke?
What causes heat exhaustion
Dehydration, warm environment, overworking oneself
What type of burn is sunburn?
First degree
Name 2 signs of a heart attack
What is pain in chest/arm/jaw/sweating/nausea/sob
What is the first step in responding to an emergency?
What is the scene safety?
This is the difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke, the threshold symptom.
What is altered mental status?
True or false> Nausea is a sign of heatstroke
True
How is second degree burns treated?
Place injured area in cold water or apply wet clothes until pain improves, then loosely bandage
A severe allergic reaction is also known as what?
What is Anaphylactic Shock
When you arrive on scene, and get out of your unit, this is a good practice as a team to follow upon entry to the incident address.
What is entering as a group?
This form of stroke, often called a "mini stroke", is a blood clot in the brain that self-resolves within 24 hours.
Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
What should you do if frostbite?
move the person into shelter, dry clothing, warm blanket 911/hospital.
Why would a person not feel pain after a third degree burns
What is nerve damage
What is the difference in adult CPR and infant CPR
What is infant CPR is 2 or 3 fingers with compressions and not as deep.
What is extended extrication time?
This pertinent question is crucial to ask bystanders when obtaining a potential stroke patient's history.
When was the patient's last known well/normal?
True or false: Someone suffering from a heatstroke needs to drink as much water as possible
False
True/False: A burn can be helped by applying ice or extremely cold water
What is false
What are the steps in responding to a stroke
What is FAST: face weakness/have the patient lift their arms/have pt. speak/ time started
This condition puts an agitated patient at risk for sudden cardiac arrest.
What is excited delirium syndrome?
This cardiac condition, causing blood pooling in the atria of the heart, puts those who have it at a higher risk of having strokes.
Atrial Fibrillation (A-fib)