Before Giving Care Ch. 1
1. Recognizing that an emergency exists.
2. Deciding to take action.
3. Activating the EMS system.
4. Giving care until EMS personnel take over.
What is our role in the EMS system?
A system to help gather more information about
what is the S.A.M.P.L.E system?
When blood flow to part of the
heart muscle is blocked.
What is a heart attack?
What are nuts, seeds, cheese, and chunks of meat?
What is a choking hazard?
an illness that strikes suddenly and usually only lasts for a short period of time.
What is an acute illness?
a network of professionals linked together to
provide the best care for people in all types of emergencies
What is EMS?
What direction to check an adult?
What is from head to toe?
The pain or discomfort is persistent, lasting longer than 3 to 5 minutes, or going away and then coming back.
What are symptoms of a heart attack?
What are these symptoms of:
1. A panicked, confused, or surprised facial expression.
2. Placing both hands on their throat.
3. Coughing forcefully.
What are symptoms of choking?
A chronic illness in which certain substances or conditions, called triggers, cause inflammation and narrowing of the airways, making breathing difficult.
What is Asthma?
When does the EMS system begin?
What is by calling 9-1-1?
What direction to check a young child or infant?
What is from toe to head?
Why should you calm down a person with a heart attack?
What is to increase the persons discomfort?
What are two things to do when caring for a child who is choking?
What are back blows and abdominal thrusts?
What are these symptoms of:
1. Wheezing or coughing.
2. Rapid, shallow breathing.
3. Sweating.
What are symptoms of an asthma attack?
What are unusual sounds, unusual odors, unusual sights, and unusual behaviors signs of?
What are signs of an emergency?
What is the first step to check for responsiveness and breathing?
What is shouting to get the person's attention?
What occurs when the heart stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood to the brain and other vital organs?
What is a cardiac arrest?
What are two things to do when caring for a infant who is choking?
What are back blows and chest thrusts?
What are these symptoms of:
1. Trouble breathing
2. Swelling of the face, neck, tongue or lips
3. A feeling of tightness in the chest or throat
4. Skin reactions
what is an allergic reaction?
What law protects the responder from financial liability, and was developed to encourage people to help others in emergency situations?
What are the Good Samaritan Laws?
How do you support an infants neck in a recovery position?
What is laying them face down along your arm?
How long after the start of a cardiac arrest can brain damage start to become irreversible?
What is 8-10 minutes?
When giving back blows and and abdominal thrusts, how many times should you do each?
What is 5 and 5
A drug that slows or stops the effects of anaphylaxis.
What is epinephrine?