Foundations
The three emergency action steps
What is check, call, care?
The first step when checking an injured/ill child.
This occurs when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked.
What is a heart attack?
This is where your hands should be positioned when giving back blows.
What is between the shoulder blades?
An illness that strikes suddenly and usually only lasts for a short period of time.
What is an acute illness?
The four signs of an emergency
What are unusual sounds, unusual odors, unusual sights, and unusual behaviors?
The 6-step system for gaining information regarding an incident.
What is SAMPLE?
This occurs when the heart stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood to the vital organs.
What is cardiac arrest?
This is the number of back blows and abdominal thrusts that should be given in a set.
What is five?
The position someone having respiratory distress should sit in.
What is leaning forward?
Laws that protect responders who injure a victim while giving care, as long as the responder was acting "reasonably and prudently"
What are Good Samaritan Laws?
When checking a young or frightened child without a life-threatening injury, you should check in this direction.
What is toe-to-head?
This is the CPR compression-to-ventilation ratio.
What is 30 compressions to two breaths?
When helping a choking pregnant person, you should use these in place of abdominal thrusts.
What are chest thrusts?
The first step when administering an Epi-Pen.
What is removing the blue cap?
The law assumes an unresponsive person would consent to care if they were able to do so.
What is implied consent?
The infant is face-down along your forearm, supporting the head and neck while keeping the mouth and nose clear.
What is the infant recovery position?
After 4-6 minutes with no oxygen, this can occur.
What is brain damage?
When giving abdominal thrusts to an infant, use this instead of your fist.
What are two fingers?
When a person is experiencing a seizure, you should hold the person down. True or False?
False. Give them space, move anything that could cause injury, and let the seizure run its course.
Equipment used to prevent pathogens from contaminating your skin, mucous membranes, or clothing.
What is person protective equipment (PPE)?
When a person is unresponsive and not breathing or only gasping, you should send someone to call 911 and get an AED/first aid kit before beginning this.
What is CPR?
When giving breaths to infants, you should tilt their head to this position.
What is the neutral position?
If a choking person becomes unresponsive, perform CPR, doing this after each set of compressions if the lodged object is visible.
What is a finger sweep?
You should check for one of these when checking a victim.
What is a medical identification tag?