Instructions
Before you can give first aid care you......
gather information that will guide your next actions
CPR
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure for manually preserving brain function until further measures to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest.
What is the most likely to cause of chest pain?
heart attack
Your role in EMS system includes four basic steps, what are they?
1. recognize that an emergency exists
2. deciding to take action
3. activating the EMS system
4. giving care to EMS personal take over
Whenever anyone collapses......
call 911, and prepare to begin CPR
After sizing up the scene, if your initial check of the person reveals that he or she is responsive and awake.......
start by introducing yourself and getting consent to give care. If the person does not have any immediately
obvious life-threatening conditions, begin to gather additional information about the nature of the person’s
illness or injury by interviewing the person and checking him or her from head to toe
Compression
Act of pressing upon or together; the state of being pressed together. or in embryology, the shortening or omission of certain developmental stages.
How do u know someone is unresponsive?
The seven steps of CPR are as follows:
check for Danger, call for Help, check the Victim's Airway, give Two Rescue Breaths, perform Chest Compressions, switch Roles with the Compressor (if available), and continue Compressions until Advanced Medical help arrives
What is the most important step in CPR
Compressions
When interviewing a person you start with....
Begin by asking the person’s name, and use it when you speak to the person.
Airway
The passage by which air enters and leaves the lungs.
What is the most likely cause if someones left arm is limp?
stroke
at home
What is an important step to CPR?
Applying chest compressions and then providing breaths.
Before checking someone head to toe you...
Tell the person what you are going to do
Breathing
The passage of air into and out of the lungs to supply the body with oxygen.
What is the most likely cause if someone faints in front of you and is unresponsive?
heart attack
what are the two main parts of CPR?
pushing hard and fast on the chest is the most important part of CPR
What are the 5 cycles to CPR?
If the person is responsive you.....
the
person is responsive, but may not be fully awake. If the person is not fully awake but appears to be breathing
normally, send someone to call 9-1-1 or the designated emergency number and to obtain an automated
external defibrillator (AED) and first aid kit.
Cardiac arrest
when the heart stops beating
What is the most likely cause if someone is short of breathe?
allergy attack
especially if administered immediately after cardiac arrest it can....
can double or triple a person's chance of survival.
What DON'T you do in CPR?
Don't bend your arms – keep them as straight as possible. This is because arm muscles tire much quicker than body weight. ...