Chapter 1:
Before Giving Care
Before Giving Care
Before giving first aid care, you must obtain _____.
What is consent?
This occurs when blood flow to part of the heart is blocked.
What is heart attack?
Inward and upward thrusts just above the navel.
What are abdominal thrusts?
Bleeding that occurs inside the body.
What is internal bleeding?
The body loses heat faster than it can produce heat.
What is hypothermia?
A network of professionals linked together to provide the best care for people in all types of emergencies.
What is EMS?
This occurs when the heart stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood to the brain and other vital organs.
What is cardiac arrest?
If the person is unable to speak to you or is coughing weakly, _________________________.
What is send someone to call 911 and to obtain an AED and first aid kit?
A strip of material used to hold the dressing in place and to control bleeding.
What is a bandage?
Painful muscle spasms, usually in the legs and abdomen, caused by loss of fluids and electrolytes as a result of sweating.
What are Heat Cramps?
Personnel trained to give the highest level of advanced medical care at the scene of an emergency.
What are paramedics?
A small, portable computerized device that allows a minimally trained bystander to provide defibrillation much faster than EMS.
What is an AED?
If the person is able to speak to you or is coughing forcefully, ______________.
What is encourage the person to keep coughing, but be prepared to give first aid for choking?
A device placed around an arm or leg to constrict blood vessels and stop blood flow to a wound.
What is a tourniquet?
An injury caused by freezing of the skin
What is frostbite?
Laws that usually protect responders who act the way a reasonable and prudent person would act.
What are good samaritan laws?
You give _____ chest compressions per 2 breaths.
What is 30?
The number of back blows and abdominal thrusts given before switching between each movement.
What is 5?
Caused by impact with a flat object or surface.
What is blunt trauma?
The body’s ability to maintain an internal temperature within an acceptable range despite external conditions.
What is Thermoregulation?
A disease spread when blood from an infected person enters the bloodstream of a person who is not infected.
What are bloodborne pathogens?
What is 100-120 BPM?
Start giving _____ if the person becomes unresponsive.
What is CPR?
Occurs when a portion of the skin, and sometimes the underlying tissue, is partially or completely torn away.
What is an avulsion?
The Poison Help hotline is _________.
What is 1-800-222-1222?