Basic First Aid/CPR
What is the rate of compressions per minute when performing CPR?
What is 120 compressions/minute
What does ED stand for?
what is Emergency Department
What would you do for a sore throat/cough/cold like symptoms?
What is call go to General Practitioner/ walk-in
What is meant by the term Sharp?
What is a needle/razor
While at the hospital and on scene paramedics must wear this on their face?
What is a mask
What does RICE stand for, and when do you use it?
What is Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevate. What is strains or sprains
What does EMS stand for?
What is emergency medical services
What would you do for someone having chest pain?
What is call 911
What safety gear is best used while touching sharps?
What is gloves
Every call requires paramedics to wear this on their hands?
What is gloves
What is the ratio of compressions to breaths (if breathing device available) for an adult?
What is 30 compressions to 2 breaths
Who works on the ambulance?
What is Paramedics
What would you do for ongoing low grade fever (37.5-39 degrees Celsius) not helped by medication?
What is call general practitioner/ go to walk-in
Can sharps go into the general garbage?
What is no they cannot
Paramedics must wear these on their feet at all times while working?
what is steel toe boots
How do you bandage a broken finger/toe?
What is the "buddy system", bandage it to the next finger/toe
What is the patient secured to in the ambulance?
What is the stretcher
What would you do for a broken finger/toe/nose?
What is take yourself to walk-in/somewhere with x-ray
Where do sharps go when we are done using them?
What is a yellow/red sharps container
Paramedic uniforms must be _____ for paramedic safety?
what is high visibility/reflective
What is the "recovery" position?
What is laying someone left lateral (on their side)
What does VSA stand for?
What is Vital Signs Absent
What is call 911
What do you do if you find a sharp on the ground?
What is leave it alone/tell an adult about it
while on scene of a car accident, paramedics must wear these two pieces of equipment?
what is a helmet and high visibility vest