This organ beats over 3 billion times in your lifetime.
What is the heart?
100
Recognizing the signs of a heart attack and calling 9-1-1 or the local emergency number is known as this in the cardiac chain of survival?
What is the early recognition and early access to the EMS system?
100
The main signal of cardiac arrest in an adult, a child and an infant are these;
What are unconsciousness and no breathing.
100
Most people who die of a heart attack die within ____ hours of the first signal.
What is 2?
200
This system is made up of your arteries, veins and capillaries.
What is the vascular system?
200
True or False: for each minute that CPR and defibrillation are delayed the chance of survival is reduced by 10%.
What is True?
200
Performing (immediate) CPR helps supply blood containing oxygen to the brain and other vital organs. This helps the person stay alive until an AED is used or advanced medical care is provided.
What is Early CPR?
200
The most common signal of a heart attack is this:
What is persistent pain, discomfort or pressure that lasts longer than 3-5 minutes?
200
You may be able to give this to a conscious person who is showing early signals of a heart attack.
What is an appropriate dose of aspirin (not Tylenol, acetaminophen or NSAIDs - aka ibuprofen)?
300
This automated device automatically diagnoses the potentially life threatening cardiac arrhythmias of V-fib (un-coordinated contraction of the heart) and tachycardia (fast heart beat).
What is an AED?
300
Fatty deposits in the arteries, causing them to narrow and harden, are called this.
What is plaque?
300
Early _____________ the "D" in AED is the third step in the cardiac chain of survival.
What is defibrillation?
300
Pain in these upper areas of the body, in addition to the chest may be signs of a heart attack. Name 3 of the six areas.
What are neck, jaw, shoulder, arm, stomach or back?
300
Without oxygen brain damage can begin in about _____ to _____ minutes, and the damage can become irreversible after about 10 minutes.
What is 4 to 6?
400
An emergency procedure that is performed manually to preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore blood circulation and breathing in a person in cardiac arrest.
What is CPR?
400
When there is a rapid loss of brain function due to a disturbance in the blood supply to the brain it is called this.
What is a stroke?
400
Otherwise known as more advanced medical care and transport to a hospital; the fourth step in the cardiac chain of survival.
What is early advanced medical care?
400
____________ faster than normal or having noisy __________ or a shortness of this can be a sign of a heart attack.
What is breathing?
400
These three steps are known as the emergency action steps when you come upon a person in distress.
What is Check - Call- Care?
500
The #1 killer in the United States and major cause of disability.
What is cardiovascular or heart disease?
500
By acting quickly, you are the ___________ link in the cardiac chain of survival and can make a positive difference for someone experiencing a cardiac emergency.
First (early recognition AND early access)
500
CPR alone may not be enough to help someone survive cardiac arrest. Advanced medical care is needed ASAP. A person in cardiac arrest will have the greatest chance of survival if you follow these.
What the cardiac chain of survival?
500
True or False: Skin color that is ashen or gray in color, or damp from sweat, feelings of dizziness, becoming nauseous, or vomiting are signals put on the body when the heart does not work as it should.
What is true?
500
You should only discontinue CPR under which of these conditions: 1)There is a second person trained in CPR or EMS person who can take over. 2) you notice an obvious sign of life. 3) An AED is available. 4) You are too exhausted to continue. 5) The scene is unsafe.