Before Giving Care
Checking an Injured or Ill Person
Cardiac Emergencies
Choking
Sudden Illness
100

EMS stands for

What is emergency medical system?

100

How to check a responsive young or frightened child that does not appear to have any life-threatening illness

What is checking from toe to head?
100

A heart attack occurs when

What is when the blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked?

100

Foods that are choking hazards

What are nuts and seeds, hot dogs and sausages, peanut butter, popcorn, raw vegetables, chunks of fruit, and chunks of meat or cheese?
100
An acute illness

What is an illness that strikes suddenly and usually only lasts for a short period of time?

200

Sounds of an emergency

What is screaming, moaning, yelling, or calls for help?

200

How long to check for responsiveness and breathing

What is for no more than 5 to 10 seconds?

200

True or false: a sign/symptom of a heart attacks is when the pain or discomfort is persistent, lasting longer than 3 to 5 minutes, or going away then coming back.

What is true?

200

Signs and symptoms someone is choking

What are panicking, confused, or surprised facial expressions.

200

A chronic illness

What is an illness that a person lives with on an ongoing basis that often requires continuous treatment to manage?

300

Laws that usually protect responders who act the way a "reasonable and prudent person" would act if their were in the same situation.

What are Good Samaritan laws?

300

SAMPLE stands for 

What are signs and symptoms, allergies, medications, pertinent medical history, last food or drink, and events leading up to the incident.

300

When you think a person is having a heart attack you should

What is call 9-1-1 and have the person stop what he or she is doing and rest in a comfortable position to reduce the heart's need for oxygen?
300
How to care for an adult or child that is choking
What is give 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts?
300

Asthma

What is a chronic illness in which certain substances or conditions called triggers, cause inflation and narrowing of the airways, making breathing difficult?

400

Consent where the law assumes the person would give consent if he or she were able to do so.

What is implied consent?

400

True or false: When a person is responsive but not fully awake they should be put into a recovery position if the person has no obvious signs of injury.

What is true?

400

True or false: cardiac arrest is the same as a heart attack

What is false? Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood to the brain and other vital organs.

400

What to do if the person choking is pregnant or known to be pregnant

What is give chest thrusts instead of abdominal thrusts?
400

Signs and symptoms of allergic reactions and anaphylaxis

What are trouble breathing, swelling of the face, neck, tongue, or lips, a feeling of tightness in the chest or throat, and skin reactions?

500

Harmful microorganisms that can cause disease

What are pathogens

500

Recovery position for an infant 

What is place the infant on his or her side and position him or her face-down along your forearm, supporting the infant's head and neck while keeping the mouth and nose clear.
500

What to do before offering aspirin for a heart attack

What is to ask if the person is allergic to aspirin, if they have a stomach ulcer or stomach disease, if they are taking any blood thinners, or if they have been told by a healthcare provider to avoid taking aspirin?

500

What to do if the person choking becomes unresponsive

What is carefully lower him or her to the ground and, if you are trained, begin CPR, starting with chest compressions?
500

Signs and symptoms of diabetic emergencies 

What is a person seeming generally ill, dizzy, shaky, having a headache, or have cool and clammy skin?

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