Before Giving Care (CH.1)
EMS stands for...
Emergency Medical Services
From where to where do you check a responsive person...
What is head to toe
When blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked...
What is a heart attack
Number of back blows and abdominal thrusts in each set...
What is 5?
illness that strikes suddenly and usually only lasts for a short period of time...
What is an acute illness?
How to activate EMS system
What is Call 9-1-1
How to check baby for consciousness...
What is tap bottom of foot
First thing to do when there is a cardiac emergency...
Common choking hazards...
What is food and household items?
illness that a person lives with on an ongoing basis and that often requires continuous treatment to manage...
What is a chronic illness?
First step in helping the EMS system
What is Recognize and Emergency Exists
SAM stands for...
when the heart stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood to the brain and other vital organs...
What is cardiac arrest?
Signs and symptoms of choking...
What is panicked face and hands on throat?
acute flare-ups of asthma, lung and respiratory tract infections, severe allergic reactions, heart conditions, trauma, poisoning, etc.
What is causes of respiratory distress?
PPE stands for...
What is Personal Protective Equipment
How to check adult/child for consciousness...
What is tap the shoulders
Allergy that aids a heart attack
What is aspirin?
How to position yourself when helping a choking child...
What is kneel beside them?
Most common type of inhaler...drug that slows or stops the effects of anaphylaxis.
What is dry powder inhaler?
Signs of Emergency
What are unusual sounds, unusual odors, unusual sights, unusual behaviors
Ages where parents consent is needed before care (if parent in present)...
What is under 18
Cardiac Chain of Survival in order...
What is...
- Recognize Emergency (call 9-1-1)
- Early CPR
- Early Defibrillation
- Advanced Life Support
- Integrated Post Cardiac Arrest Care
- Recovery
Where to hold infant while caring for choking...
What is on thigh?
drug that slows or stops the effects of anaphylaxis...
What is epinephrine?