Chapter 1
What does EMS stand for?
What is Emergency medical services
When a person if smaller than you, you should_____?
What is kneel down to their level.
What is a heart attack?
When Blood flow to the part of the heart muscle is blocked.
What are the two ways to care for an adult or child in the case they are choking?
What is 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts.
What is an acute illness?
An acute illness is an illness that strikes suddenly and usually only lasts for a short period of time.
What are the four signs of an emergency?
What are Unusual sounds, Unusual odor, Unusual Sights, Unusual behaviors.
What does the SAM acronym?
What is:
S- Signs and Symptoms
A- Allergies
M- Medications
What is a sign and symptoms of a heart attack?
What is persistant heart pressure and discomfort.
When you are giving back blows to someone who is larger than you, how would you adjust your technique?
What is, move your arms up their body towards their chest.
What is a chronic illness?
An illness that a person lives with on an ongoing basis and that often requires continuous treatment to manage.
What is the main idea of the good Samaritan law?
What is Good Samaritan Laws protect protect responders who act in a way that a "Reasonable and Prudent person would act if that same person were in the same situation.
When a person is having a medical emergency you should check and touch them ______?
What is Head to toe
True or False: Men can only have heart attacks
False, men and women can both have heart attacks.
How do you give back blows to an infant?
What is, turning the baby's face down and gently striking the infant 5 times.
What is respiratory distress?
Respiratory distress is simply difficulty breathing, but is also breathing, is evidenced by signs and symptoms such as shortness of breath, gasping for breath.
What are pathogens?
What are harmful microorganisms that can cause disease.
What is the age of a adolescent child when identifying an emergency?
What is from 12-20 years.
A law enacted to legally protect trained providers who voluntarily stop to help, act prudently, do not provide care beyond training, and are not completely careless in delivering emergency care?
What is Good Samaritan law.
How do you give chest trusts to an infant?
Turn the infant face side up and us your middle and index fingers to press on the breast bone 1 1/2 inches deep for 5 times.
What is asthma?
It is a chronic illness in which certain substances or conditions that can cause inflammation and narrowing of the airways, making breathing difficult.
What are the 3 C's of First Aid?
What is
Check
Call
Care
What do you not do if you encounter a person who does not speak the same language, but is have a medical emergency?
What is do not shout at them.
Where would one place the AED pads in the case of emergency?
What is the upper right and lower left of the chest.
Where do you strike a person when giving back blows?
Strike them between the shoulder blades.
What is Epinephrine?
Epinephrine is a drug that slows or stops the effects of anaphylaxis.