Foundations
Protects responders who act the way a "reasonable and prudent person" would act if that person were in the same situation.
What are Good Samaritan laws?
Occurs when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked.
What is a heart attack?
An 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 tissue and organs, is otherwise referred to as...
What is Shock?
The body’s ability to maintain an internal temperature within an acceptable range despite external conditions, is important for human survival is also known as...
What is thermoregulation?
Reduces your risk for catching an infectious disease significantly when giving first aid care.
What is personal protective equipment (PPE)?
Occurs when the heart stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood to the brain and other vital organs.
What is cardiac arrest?
A chronic illness is:
A. Ongoing
B. Short-lived
C. Circumstantial
D. None of the above
What is answer A: Ongoing?
Can be a consequence of traumatic injury and may be life threatening.
What is internal bleeding?
What are often the first sign that the body is having trouble with the heat?
What are heat cramps?
What do these signs indicate: unusual signs, odors, sights and behaviors.
What are signs of an emergency?
A common blood thinner used when a heart attack occurs.
What is an aspirin?
What chronic illness causes inflammation and narrowing of the air ways, making breathing difficult?
What is asthma?
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?
What is the least common but most severe heat-related illness? It occurs when the body’s cooling system is completely overwhelmed and stops working
What is heat stroke?
What are the emergency action steps.
What is Check-Call-Care?
Describes five actions that, when performed in rapid succession, increase the person’s likelihood of surviving cardiac arrest
What is the Cardiac Chain of Survival.
What type of inhaler delivers a measured dose of medication in mist form directly into the person’s lungs?
What is a Meterd Dose Inhaler (MDI)?
What is injured?
Hypothermia can result from exposure to...
What is cold air and/or water temperatures?
HIV and Hepatitis are examples of what?
What are bloodborne illnesses ?
Shocks and disrupts the heart’s electrical activity long enough to allow the heart to spontaneously develop an effective rhythm on its own.
What is an AED?
Respiratory distress often leads to what?
What is respiratory arrest (absence of breathing)?
What one is not an open wound:
A. Abrasion
B. Bruise
C. Laceration
D. Avulsion
What is B: Bruise?
What is the correct first aid care for hypothermia?
What is: Call 9-1-1 or the designated emergency number immediately and if the person is unresponsive and not breathing or only gasping, give CPR and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) if you are trained?