CPR 1
What does CPR stand for
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
High quality CPR is required when a person is...
Unresponsive and not breathing normally, or gasping
These symptoms indicate what condition? confusion, memory loss, slurred speech, exhaustion, drowsiness, loss of consciousness, numb hands feet, shallow breathing, shivering
Hypothermia
Initial response when approaching a trauma scene
Assess the scene
how long do you spend assessing breathing of a victim?
5-10 seconds
Compressing fast and hard and giving effective rescue breaths describes
High quality adult CPR
What happens if you are not performing CPR at the correct pace (staying alive beat, 100-120 per min)?
the blood/oxygen will not get to the brain and will not circulate throughout the body.
3 types of bleeding
What do you do after assessing a trauma scene
Take standard precautions
what happens as soon as you stop compression during CPR?
The heart stops pumping the blood through the body and oxygen ceases to get to the brain.
The amount of high quality depressions and rescue breaths
30:2
Consent that is given through a persons actions
implied consent
A suspected spinal cord injury would be handled how?
manually stabilize the immobilize
After assessing the scene, taking standard precautions, what is your next step after approaching a trauma scene?
Assess responsiveness
Early recognition of cardiac arrest (assessment/911), Immediate high quality CPR, Defibrillation (AED), Advanced life support (EMS response
Chain of Survival
The ABCs of CPR stand for
A - Airway
B - Breathing
C - Circulation
High quality CPR improves a victim's chance of survival by providing
oxygen/blood to the heart and brain
You notice a person is having difficulty breathing, wheezing, lips and face are swelling, what is likely the cause?
allergic reaction
If a person is RESPONSIVE and BREATHING, what do you do first?
Ask for censent
A coworker is choking, but there is a high pitch whistling noise between frequent hard coughs, you have assessed the scene, taken standard precautions, EMS is on the way, what do you do next?
Encourage the person to continue coughing
Three (3) steps in assessing breathing
Look
Listen
Feel
Consent that is give verbally or written
expressed consent
FAST is an acronym for a stroke victim. What does FAST stand for?
What is the Good Samaritan Law
Protects people from liability when they provide emergency care to someone in need
You have a trauma victim with a deep cut on the palm of their hand. The blood is flowing continuously from the deep jagged cut. You have a first aid kit with you...Next step
Apply gauze sponges and push down hard, continues to bleed, add more gauze and continue to press down hard.