Vocabulary
Painkillers that are highly addictive and can stop breathing.
What is Opioid?
Your first responsibility at any scene
What is Personal Safety.
Define abandonment
A stroke happens in what part of the body
What is The brain
What is the emergency number in the United States?
9 1 1
An assessment that allows the responder to know of resuscitation is needed
What is an BLS assessment.?
This is what a DNR order means
It means Do Not Resuscitate, so you may not revitalize the person if they have this order.
A law that provides protection to the person giving care to an individual
What is Good Samaritan law.
A heart attack is...
The heart stopping or beating unnaturally
A basic CPR skill that creates increased pressure in the chest cavity and direct compression of the heart. This forces blood to move from the chest to the lungs, brain, and rest of the body?
What is Chest Compressions.
An abnormal heartbeat that disrupts the normal blood flow.
What is Ventricular Fibrillation?
How do you check if an infant is unresponsive
Tap them in the bottom of their feet
The idea that when the person can not consent to care, it is implied that they would consent.
What is implied consent.
When does brain damage start to occur when a person is not breathing
At about 4 minutes
how many hands should you use when performing CPR on an infant?
1 hand
2 fingers or 2 thumbs
A portable device that can be used by civilians for defibrillation before EMS personnel arrive.
What is an AED?
How long do you perform CPR for?
Until EMS arrives
Improper or ignorant execution or use of first response procedure or equipment
What is Negligence.
What are some signs of a stroke?
Limp left side, left side of the face is paralyzed, impaired speech, confusion.
About how far do you compress when performing CPR on an adult?
About 2 inches
A medication that can potentially reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
What is Naloxone?
How do you safely remove gloves?
By turning them inside out and not touching the contact side.
You must do what before you give care to a minor?
Ask consent from the parent of guardian
What is asthma
a condition that causes difficulty breathing by constricting the airway
What does CPR stand for?
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.