vocabulary
Emergancy procedure that can help save a person's life if their breathing or heart stops
What is cpr?
• Save Lives
• Prevent a patient's condition from worsening
• Alleviate or minimize suffering until proffesional medical care becomes available
Aim of First Aid is
Informing the person of the risks of not receiving care
Informed consent
Front of the body
Anterior
Three basic steps you should take in any emergency: CHECK-CALL-CARE-
Emergency action steps:
Injury cause by rubbing or scraping the skin?
Abrasion
What you observe or detect
Sign
The person actually saying yes they will accept medical help
Actual consent
Back of the body
Posterior
Is the scene safe..What happened...How many victims are there...Are bystanders available to help
CHECKING SCENE
Material used to hold dressings in places, secure splints, and support and protect body parts?
Bandages
A feeling that the patient experiences and reports to you
Symptom
patient is incapacitated and therefore you can assume they would consent to medical help
Implied consent
Smaller respiratory structures, easily obstructed airways, Tongues take up more space in the mouth, more flexible trachea, Primary cause of cardiac arrest is uncorrected respiratory problem
Differences for Infants or children
Unconsciousness......Trouble breathing.....No signs of Life(normal breathing or movement) and, for Children and Infants, no pulse......Severe bleeding .... make to get CONSENT form conscious adult before you begin to give care on conscious adult
CHECKING VICTIM
Partial or complete loss of consciousness caused by a temporary reduction in the supply of blood to the brain?
Fainting
Assesss the scene for danger to yourself, bystanders and the patient.
Survey the scene
Help is given gratuitously, without pay, in good faith, and is done within the best knowledge of that person
Good Samaritan Law
Grunting, Flared Nostrils, Pale or bluish lips, wheezing, use abdominal muscles
Signs of inadequate breathing
when pathogens enter the body, they can sometimes overpower the body's natural defense systems and cause illness.
Infection
Immediate care given to a victim of an injury to minimize the affect of the injury or illness?
First Aid
Technical knowledge by virtue of their training and learning; Holds a current first aid certificate; Is able to use their knowledge to assess the situation and administer first aid as needed; Is able to react confidently under pressure; Presents and maintains a professional appearance
Qualities of a good first aid provider
1) duty-responsibility to act reasonably based on standard of care
2) breech of duty-failure to act within expected and reasonable standard of care
3) damages- physical or psychological harm created in a noticeable way
4) cause-existence of reasonable cause and effect
Negligence (needs 4 elements)
Effective first aid providers must be familiar with the basic structure and functions of the human body.
Using the proper medical terms allows you to communicate more effectively with the person and with medical care providers
Human Body
Normal breathing or movement
Signs of Life