Foundations
Usually contains latex free gloves, bandages, gauze, tweezers, and a breathing barrier.
What is a first aid kit?
Children take emotional cues from adults, so you should do this.
What is stay calm and encourage other adults to do so as well?
This is when blood flow to a part of the heart muscle is blocked.
What is a heart attack?
What are choking hazards?
This is an illness that a person lives with on an ongoing basis and often requires continuous treatment.
What is a chronic illness?
What paramedics and medical technicians are part of.
What is Emergency Medical Services?
The age range of these are 1-3 years old.
What are toddlers?
Chest pain, dizziness, trouble breathing, vomiting, and sweating are examples of what.
What is a heart attack?
Panicked facial expressions, clutching their throat, and weak coughing or strained breaths are these.
Signs and symptoms of choking.
Pale and flushed skin, trouble breathing, vomiting, and a fever are examples of this.
What are signs and symptoms of sudden illness?
Unusual sounds, unusual odors, unusual sights, and unusual behaviours are.
What are signs that an emergency exists?
Signs and symptoms, allergies, medications, pertinent medical history, last food or drink, and events leading up are all examples of this.
What are ways to gather information from the patient?
This is not a heart attack and occurs when the heart stops beating or beats ineffectively.
What is cardiac arrest?
People who are choking receive first aid help through this.
What are back blows and abdominal thrusts?
This is always to be kept in mind while giving first aid for sudden illness.
What is do no further harm?
These protect you from lawsuits for taking action to help someone in need.
What are Good Samaritan Laws?
Tapping the shoulder of an adult or child, or the foot of an infant, are all this.
What are ways to check is someone is unresponsive?
This is different than other pain killers because it thins the blood.
What is aspirin?
When giving care to an infant who is choking it's always important to remember this.
What is not covering the infants mouth while supporting its jaw?
Hyperventilation, gasping for breath, and shortness of breath are all signs of respiratory distress which can lead to this.
What is respiratory arrest?
You always have to do this before preforming care on another person.
What is ask for consent?
These help lower the risk of choking and aspiration of someone who is responsive but not fully awake.
What are recovery positions?
Recognizing an emergency, early CPR, early defibrillation, advanced life support, and integrated post cardiac arrest care are part of this.
What is the Adult Cardiac Chain of Survival?
This removes an object from an unresponsive person's throat.
What is a finger sweep?
This chronic illness is brought on by certain triggers and can be treated with this.
What is asthma and an inhaler?