Chapter 1
Unusual sounds, odors, sights, and behaviors
What is signs of emergency?
At least 2 inches at a rate of 100-120 compressions a minute
What is CPR on a Adult?
Nuts, Hot dogs, peanut butter, popcorn
What is food choking hazards?
Wheezing, sweating, rapid and shallow breathing
What is signs of an Asthma attack?
an injury that results when the skin or other issues of the body are damaged
What is a wound?
What is Emergency Action Steps?
Rehab
Coins, Buttons, Marbles, and Magnets
What is household chocking hazards?
Trouble breathing, chest pain, fever, nausea
What is signs of a sudden illness?
abrasion, laceration, avulsion, puncture wound
What is types of open wounds?
What is Personal Protective Equipment?
Blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked
What is a Heart Attack?
Back blows and chest thrusts
Breathing that is faster and shallower than normal
What is hyperventilation?
bleeding that occurs inside the body, into the body cavity or space
What is Internal Bleeding?
Someone who is unresponsive, confused, or mentally impaired may not be able to grant consent
What is Implied Consent?
When the heart stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood to the brain and other vital organs
What is a Cardiac Arrest?
Back blows and abdominal thrusts
What is caring for an Adult or child who is choking?
Chronic condition characterized by the body's inability to process glucose in the bloodstream
What is Diabetes?
device placed around an arm or leg to constrict blood vessels and stop blood flow to a wound
What is a tourniquet?
Protect responders who act reasonable and prudent if that person were in the same situation.
What is Good Samaritan Law?
Tilt the head past a neutral position
What is opening a airway?
Person has panicked, confused, or surprised facial expression. May be holding throat or cough
What is signs of choking?
Chronic illness in which certain substances or conditions which cause inflammation and narrowing of the airways
What is Asthma?
restlessness, rapid breathing, weak heartbeat
What is signs of shock?