CPR
What should you use when enacting CPR that protects you from contact with saliva and other bodily fluids as you give breaths?
What is breathing barriers
What 2 abnormal heart rhythms can lead to sudden cardiac arrest?
What is ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia
What is a heart attack?
What is it occurs when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked
What is respiratory distress evidences by?
What is shortness or breath and hyperventilation
What are signs and symptoms of fainting?
What is a person who is about to faint often becomes pale, begins to sweat and may feel weak or dizzy. The person may sense that he or she is about to faint and may attempt to sit down to prevent a fall
What do you always do before providing care on a child with a parent present?
What is ask for consent
What does the AED send to the heart?
A shock
When a person is having a heart attack every _____ counts.
What is minute
____ is a chronic illness which certain substances or conditions cause inflammation and narrowing of the airways, making breathing difficult
What is asthma
What is a stroke?
What is when blood flow to part of the brain is interrupted by a blood clot, resulting in the death of brain cells.
Before starting CPR what pneumonic should you use?
What is SAMPLE
When should an AED be used?
What is when someone goes into sudden cardiac arrest
True or false. If you think someone is having a heart attack, you should ignore them and let them deal with it themselves.
What is false. Always call 9-11 and have the person stop what they are doing immediately.
What are signs and symptoms of an asthma attack?
What is weezing or coughing, rapid shallow breathing, and sweating
What is you can place an infant on his or her side as you would an older child, or you can hold the infant in a recovery position by positioning the infant face-down along your forearm, supporting the infant’s head and neck while keeping the mouth and nose clear.
Before performing CPR, you should check a child from ____ to _____
What is head to toe
Where should the AED pads be placed on an adult?
What is one on the upper right side of the chest and the other on the lower left side of the chest below the armpit
Does anxiety increase the persons discomfort while having a heart attack?
What is yes.
When would an EPIPEN be used?
For every minute that CPR and use of an AED are delayed, the persons chance for survival is reduced about __%
What is 10
How many rescue breaths should you give an infant?
What is two
Do AED's have pediatric settings?
What is yes.
What medicine is used to thin blood?
What is diabetes?
What is a condition characterized by the body’s inability to process glucose (sugar) in the bloodstream.
The abrupt loss of the heart's ability to contract and push blood forward through the circulatory system. Typically caused by a sudden disruption of the heart's electrical system?
What is Sudden Cardiac Arrest.