Before Giving Care
What does EMS stand for?
What is Emergency Medical Services?
When checking to give care to a child, what must you get from the parent?
What is consent?
Occurs when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked.
What is a heart attack?
What are household objects or toys that children could choke on called?
What are choking hazards?
An illness that a person lives with on an ongoing basis?
What is a chronic illness?
Laws that protect responders who act the way a "reasonable and prudent" person would.
What are Good Samaritan Laws?
What does S stand for in SAMPLE?
What is signs and symptoms?
Medication that can help prevent blood clotting and a heart attacks if found early.
What is Aspirin?
How many back blows followed by how many abdominal thrusts are given when an adult or child are choking?
What are 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts?
An illness that strikes suddenly and usually only lasts for a short period of time.
What is an acute illness?
What must you obtain from the injured or I'll person before giving first aid care?
What is consent?
How should you physically check an injured or I'll person?
What is from head to toe?
Occurs when the heart stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood to the brain and other vital organs.
What is Cardiac Arrest?
The person choking is pregnant and cannot receive abdominal thrusts. What is the solution?
What are chest thrusts?
Difficulty breathing that is evidenced by signs and symptoms such as shortness of breath, gasping for breath, etc.
What is respiratory distress?
Four signs of an emergency.
What is unusual sounds, unusual odors, unusual sights, and unusual behaviors?
How should the injured or I'll person by lying if they are unresponsive?
What is face up?
Five actions that, when performed in rapid succession, increase the person's chance of surviving cardiac arrest.
What is Cardiac Chain of Survival?
What should you do when you are alone and start choking?
What is pressing your abdomen against any firm object and bending over?
What does respiratory distress lead to?
What is respiratory arrest?
What are the three steps to take in an emergency situation that all start with C? (In order)
What is Check, Call, Care?
What does the E stand for in SAMPLE?
What is events leading up to the incident?
What does CPR stand for?
What is cardiopulmonary resuscitation?
What should you use to remove an object in a choking person's mouth?
What is a finger sweep?
Chronic illness in which certain substances or conditions cause inflammation and narrowing of the airways.
What is asthma?