vocabulary
What does EMS stand for?
Emergency medical services
Unusual sounds, odors, sights, and behaviors
What are Signs of an emergency
S- sign of symptoms. A- Allergies. M- Medications
What is SAM.
When checking an injured person, check from ..
What is head to toe.
30 compression and 2 breaths
What is CPR.
A quivering heart rhythm that prevents the normal contraction of the heart and the ability to pump blood.
What is Ventricular Fibrillation?
Emergency situations, and conditions
When to activate the EMS system?
A legal concept referring to the assumption that an unresponsive person would give permission to be helped if responsive.
What is implied consent.
Check for responsiveness and breathing for no more than ...
What is 5 to 10 seconds
The recommended technique to open and maintain the airway of an unresponsive person.
What is Head Tilt-Chin Lift
A small, portable computerized device that allows a minimally trained bystander to provide defibrillation much faster than EMS.
What is an AED?
High - performance CPR includes?
High quality CPR skills and an efficient team approach.
when the blood from an infected person enters the blood of an unaffected person.
What is blood borne pathogens.
occurs when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked.
What is a heart attack .
disposable gloves and a breathing barrier
What are equipment from PPE.
A medication that can help stop the blood from clotting
What is aspirin
Protects responders who act the way a reasonable person would act if that person were in a situation
What is the good Samaritan law?
pathogens that are expelled into the air when an infected person breathes,coughs,or sneezes. The infection then spreads to an unaffected person who inhales respiratory droplets containing the pathogens.
What is air borne pathogens .
chest pains, dizziness, trouble breathing, vomiting, sweating, pale, and extreme fatigue.
What are sign and symptoms of a heart attack .
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.
1. recognizing that an emergency exists
2. deciding to take action
3. Activating the EMS system
4. giving care until EMS personnel arrives
What are the 4 basic steps of your role in the EMS system
the permission from an ill or injured person, you have to receive before giving care.
What is consent.
check, call, care
What is the emergency action steps .
A life-threatening BLS emergency in which breathing is absent or not normal and the heart is still beating?
What is Respiratory Arrest.
The abrupt loss of the heart's ability to contract and push blood forward through the circulatory system. Typically caused by a sudden disruption of the heart's electrical system?
What is Sudden Cardiac Arrest.