Words to know
What does EMS stand for?
What is emergency medical services system.
What are the signs of an emergency?
What are unusual sounds, unusual odors, unusual sights, or unusual behavior.
What are the laws that protect responders who act the way a "reasonable and prudent person" would act if that person were in the same situation?
What is Good Samartian Laws.
The dominant pacemaker of the heart is...
What is SA Node.
What is a kit used during emergency that is filled with the supplies?
What is a First Aid Kit.
What are the 3 steps when dealing with an emergency?
What is check-call-care.
What do to if patient is responsive?
What is put them in the correct recovery position, call 9-1-1, and get an AED and first aid kit.
What is the assumption that an unresponsive person would give permission to be helped if responsive?
What is implied consent.
What are Infectious microorganisms in human blood that can cause disease in humans. These pathogens include hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)?
What is Bloodborne Pathogens.
What is technique to open and maintain the airway of an unresponsive person. It pulls the jaw forward and lifts the tongue away from the back of the throat?
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?
What to do if patient is unresponsive?
What is call 9-1-1, get an AED and first aid kit, ask for consent, and begin CPR (with compressions).
What to do if child is unresponsive and a parent is present?
What is ask parent or guardian for consent to care for their child.
The passageway between the mouth and lungs that allows life-sustaining oxygen into the body?
What is the Airway.
What is 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 are Chest Compressions.
What does SAMPLE stand for?
What is signs/symptoms, allergies, medications, pertinenet medical history, last food/drink, events before emergency.
What extent do you go to for checking?
What is check patient head-to-toe.
When helping an adult and they refuse consent-what do you do?
What is call 9-1-1 and find an AED and first aid kit.
What is 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.
What to do after using gloves and touching patients bodily fluid?
What does CPR stand for?
What is cardiopulmonary resuscitation?
How long are rescue breathes for an adult?
What is 5-6 seconds.
What is the law that protects the privacy of the patients specific health care information and providing the patient with control over how this information is used and distributed?
What is HIPAA.
What is a life-threatening BLS emergency in which breathing is absent or not normal and the heart is still beating?
What is Respiratory Arrest.
What is the rate for chest compressions per minute for any age?
What are 100 compressions.