General First Aid
Goals of first aid
What is Preserve Life, Prevent Further Injury, and Promote Recovery?
"No fire, wire, gas, and glass"
What is assessing hazards?
Fill in the blanks:
__ compressions: __ breaths
What is 30:2?
A systematic body search for secondary injuries.
What is a head-to-toe examination?
Non-prescribed medication for angina
What is ASA (aspirin)?
Acting as a reasonable person with your training
What is standard of care?
People around the accident scene who can assist you.
What is a bystander?
To identify level of consciousness. List 4 types
What is AVPU?
Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsiveness
List 5 vital signs
List the treatment for stroke.
What is Face, Arms, Speech, Time?
Identify yourself as a first aider
What is consent?
List 5 items in a first aid kit.
What are bandages (gauze pads, rolls, compression dressings...etc)?
What are barrier devices (masks/gloves)?
What are scissors?
What are instant cold/heat pads?
What are splint paddings?
What are tweezers?
What are safety pins?
A stable position that helps maintain an open airway and allow fluids to drain out
What is a recovery (semi-prone) position?
List out a victim and incident history
What is SAMPLE?
Signs & symptoms, Allergies, Medication, Past medical history, Last meal, Events leading to incident
Objects that remain in the wound.
What is an embedded object?
Protection for first aiders from liability for damages allegedly caused by first aid assistance.
What is the Ontario Good Samaritan Act?
Determine the causes of injuries and actions before the incident
What is mechanism of injury?
Three special rescue breathing techniques
List the 5 Rights when helping with medication.
A brain injury caused by a direct blow to the head, face or neck that is transmitted to the brain.
What is a concussion?
Written formal statement communicating a person's decision to decline CPR should they stop breathing.
What is a Do not resuscitate (DNR) order?
Considerable blow (injury) to the head, neck or back
What is a spinal injury?
The need to tend to "life (Airway, Breathing, Circulation) takes priority over a secondary injury, such as a "limb").
What is life over limb?
Medical condition information identifying conditions such as diabetes and severe allergies...etc)
What is a medical alert bracelet?
A result of an injury where air gets into the chest cavity.
What is pneumothorax?