Chapter 1: Before giving care
Implied consent
What is assumed when the injured person in unresponsive and cannot give consent?
You ask consent from the parent
When the injured person is a child, who do you ask consent from?
What is CPR?
Foods and household objects and toys
What are the most common choking hazards?
An illness that strikes suddenly and only lasts a short period of time
What is an acute illness?
During emergency situations or emergency conditions.
When should you activate the EMS system?
Start with compressions
This pill helps by preventing blood clots and is most effective when given right after symptoms of a heart attack are first seen
How does aspirin help someone who is having a heart attack?
Give 5 back blows followed by 5 abdominal thrusts
An illness that a person lives with on an ongoing basis and that often requires continuous treatment to manage
What is a chronic illness?
These laws protect the responder from financial liability, these laws assume a responder will do his or her best to save a life or prevent further injury.
What are the Good Samaritan laws?
Approach them from the front and position yourself so that they can see your mouth and facial expressions
How should you approach an individual with impaired hearing?
It occurs when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked
What is a heart attack?
Give chest thrusts instead of abdominal thrusts
What to do when a pregnant women is choking?
A drug that slows or stops the effects of anaphylaxis
What is epinephrine?
Unusual sounds, unusual odors, unusual sights, unusual behaviors
What are the four signs of an emergency?
Determine if to call 9-1-1, help the person rest comfortably, reassure them by saying EMS has been called, give care according to your level of training, be alert of worsening in the condition
If you detect signs or symptoms of illness or injury:
Isolated or infrequent gasping in the absence of normal breathing which can occur even after the heart stops beating
What are agonal breaths?
Give abdominal thrusts the same way but kneel down, if the wheelchair prevents you from being able to give abdominal thrusts then give chest thrusts
What to do if a person in a wheelchair is choking?
A chronic condition characterized by the body's inability to process glucose (sugar) in the bloodstream
What is diabetes?
Is the scene safe to enter?, What happened?, How many people are involved?, What is you initial impression on the injury or illness?, Is anyone else available to help?
What five questions should you ask yourself when entering a scene?
Signs and symptoms, Allergies, Medications, Pertinent medical history, Last food or drink, Events leading up to the incident
Prevention, Early CPR, activation of the emergency medical services (EMS) system, early advanced life support, integrated post- cardiac arrest care.
What is the pediatric cardiac chain of survival?
Place arm against their back and cradle their head with your head, place your other arm along infants front, support the infants jaw with your thumb and fingers, turn the infant facing the other way, lower you arm on your thigh so that the infants head is lower that their chest
How to position an infant when responding to choking?
The result of abnormal electric activity in the brain leading to temporary and involuntary changes in body movement, awareness and behaviors