Foundations
This is what you do when you need to check someone who is in need of assistance. You check them from their head all the way down to their toes to figure out the problem.
What is Checking head to toe?
What happens when an object lodges in the throat or windpipe blocking the flow of air?
What is choking?
Illness that strikes suddenly and usually only lasts for a short period of time.
What is an acute illness?
A progressive, life-threatening condition in which the circulatory system fails to deliver enough oxygen-rich blood to the body’s tissues and organs.
What is shock?
Attack occurs when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked
What is a heart attack?
Emergency medical services
What is EMS?
What actions do you take when someone is choking?
What is a combination of 5 back blows (blows between the shoulder blades) followed by 5 abdominal thrusts?
An illness that a person lives with on an ongoing basis and that often requires continuous treatment to manage.
What is a chronic illness?
Bleeding that occurs inside the body, into a body cavity or space.
What is internal bleeding?
Occurs when the heart stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood to the brain and other vital organs.
What is cardiac arrest?
What position do you put someone when they are responsive.
What is Recovery Position?
To force the object out of the airway, allowing the person to breathe?
What is the Goal of Giving Back Blows and Abdominal Thrusts?
Breathing that is faster and shallower than normal.
What is what is hyperventilation?
Occurs when the body is pierced by a sharp, narrow object (such as a knife or bullet) or impaled on a sharp object (such as a branch or piece of metal), can also lead to internal bleeding.
What is Penetrating trauma?
A medicine that helps to prevent blood clotting and is most effective when given soon after the onset of signs and symptoms of a heart attack.
What is Aspirin?
What acronym do you follow when you are checking a person to get a better understanding of their situation.
What is SAMPLE?
What is the first thing you ask someone who is in need of assistance?
What is consent?
A chronic illness in which certain substances or conditions, called triggers, cause inflammation and narrowing of the airways, making breathing difficult.
What is asthma?
Caused by impact with a flat object or surface, is a common cause of internal bleeding.
What is blunt trauma?
Helps keep oxygen-rich blood flowing to the brain and other vital organs until professional medical help arrives. It can buy time and potentially prevent brain damage or death.
What is CPR?
What does the acronym SAMPLE stand for?
WHAT IS
S- Signs and Symptoms
A- Allergies
M- Medications
P- Pertinent Medical History
L- Last food or drink
E- Events Leading Up to the Incident?
You start CPR when the patient
a) wakes up
b) becomes unresponsive
c) does a dance
d) shakes your hand
What is B) Becomes unresponsive?
Drug that slows or stops the effects of anaphylaxis.
What is Epinephrine?
The skin’s surface is broken and blood may come through the tear in the skin, resulting in external bleeding.
What is an open wound?
Medical device that can analyze the heart's rhythm and, if necessary, deliver an electrical shock, or defibrillation, to help the heart re-establish an effective rhythm.
What is an AED?