Medical Emergencies
List two types of heat illnesses
What are Heat cramp, heat exhaustion or heat stroke
The very first thing to check for when arriving on a scene
What is your safety
What is the maneuver called to open the airway in someone that doesn't appear to have a spine injury?
What is the head tilt/lift chin maneuver?
Someone that is awake but is complaining of pain or pressure in the chest may be experiencing this
What is a heart attack?
If someone is experiencing low blood sugar and is awake and able to respond what do you do?
What is give them something to eat or drink with sugar like juice or candy.
Water to care for a burn should be....
What is cool but not ice-cold
What is 30:2
In the acronym C A B what does the A stand for?
What is airway?
Symptoms of this are weakness or numbness in the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body. Face may droop on one side. Speech may be slurred.
What is a stroke?
You have checked for safety, tapped and shouted, checked for breathing and pulse but the victim is unresponsive what do you do next?
What is start CPR with 30 compressions?
You have no phone, you have given 5 cycles of CPR to a child what do you do next?
Go find a phone, call 911 and find an AED
How deep should compressions be for an adult?
What is at least 2 inches?
What does the patient need if they have a pulse but are not breathing?
What are rescue breaths?
If someone has trouble breathing, swelling of the face and tongue, the person may stop responding what is likely to be happening?
What is a severe allergic reaction?
Someone has cut themselves and is bleeding. What is the first thing you do to care for that wound?
What is apply dressing over wound and apply pressure?
FAST stands for
What is Face, Arm, Speech, Time
Give 2 examples of when you should stop CPR?
What is if the person starts to responds, other responders are ready to take over, the scene becomes unsafe or you become too tired.
What is a finger sweep?
Someone who has sudden loss of muscle control, has fallen to the ground, stops responding, has jerking movements of the arms, legs and sometimes other parts of the body may be experiencing this...
What is a seizure?
What are the steps to care for Shock?
What are phone 911, get the first aid kit and AED. Help the person lie down. Cover person with blanket. Give CPR if it becomes necessary.
Someone who is irritable or confused, hungry or weak, sleepy or sweaty is showing signs of this
What is Low blood sugar
If there are two people administering CPR when do those people switch roles from compressions to rescue breathing and vise versa?
What is After 5 cycles or two minutes
When using a mask to give rescue breaths what are the two letters you make with your fingers to help position that mask correctly?
What are C and E. C around the valve and E to lift the chin.
Children that are typically healthy and their heart stops, it is more likely due to this than a heart attack.
What is choking?
Someone is experiencing heat exhaustion what is the first step you take?