Cardiac Emergencies
This is any situations where the heart is not functioning properly and may include a heart attack or cardiac arrest
What is a Cardiac Emergency?
This is a blockage of the airway caused by a foreign object, preventing normal breathing.
What is Choking?
This refers to a physical condition that begins quickly and requires immediate medical attention, such as a stroke, seizure, or diabetic emergency.
What is a sudden illness?
This organ is responsible for pumping oxygenated blood throughout the body.
What is the heart?
This type of environmental injury occurs when the body loses heat faster than it can produce, leading to a dangerous low body temperature.
What is Hypothermia?
This occurs when blood flow to the heart is blocked, while its more severe counterpart happens when the heart stops beating altogether.
What is the difference between a heart attack and cardiac arrest?
This is the action that a person performs to signal they are choking.
What is grabbing or clutching their throat.
This is the general care approach for any sudden illness and included checking the scene, calling for help, and monitoring the person.
What is check, call, care?
This system of the body is responsible for delivering oxygen and nutrients to cells and removing waste products.
What is circulatory system?
This condition results from prolonged exposure to heat, causing the body to lose its ability to cool itself, potentially leading to confusion, nausea, and fainting.
What is heat exhaustion?
This is the most common symptom of a heart attack, often described as pressure, squeezing, or fullness in the chest.
What is chest pain or discomfort?
For a conscious adult who is choking, this sequence of actions involved 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts.
What is the Heimlich Maneuver?
This acronym-FAST-is used quickly identified the signs of this medical emergency.
What is a stroke?
This part of the body contains the brain and spinal chord and is responsible for controlling most of the body's functions.
What is the nervous system?
This heat-related injury is more severe than heat-exhaustion and can cause the body's temperature to rise to dangerous levels, requiring immediate medical attentions.
What is heat stroke?
This is the first action you should take if you suspect someone is experiencing a cardiac emergency
What is call 911?
If the choking person becomes unresponsive you should call 9-1-1 and begin this life-saving procedure.
What is CPR
This is what you should give a responsive person showing signs of a diabetic emergency.
What is sugar?
This body part is crucial for breathing and is located in the chest, protected by the rib cage.
What are the lungs?
This type of injury occurs when a person is exposed to extreme cold, leading to the freezing of body tissues, commonly affecting the fingers, toes, ears, and nos.
What is frostbite?
Pathogens that are spread when blood from an infected person enters the bloodstream or a person who is not infected
What are Bloodborne Pathogens?
For infants under 1 year old, this modified technique includes 5 back blows followed 5 chest thrusts.
What is choking first aid for infants?
When someone is experiencing this, you should protect them from injury, not restrain them, and never put anything in their mouth.
What is a seizure?
This is the body's largest organ and acts as a protective barrier against the environment.
What is the skin?
This environmental injury can occur when the body is exposed to high altitudes, leading to symptoms like headaches, dizziness, and nausea due to lack of oxygen.
What is altitude sickness?