Severe External Bleeding
Trauma is another word for this.
What is WOUND
What is SHOCK
When dealing with someone with an altered mental status you want to position them in this position.
What is sit them down in a comfortable position
When dealing with heat related emergencies you want to relocate the victim to this type of location
We care for a bee sting by removing this
What is a stinger
What are Blood Vessels
When handling a nose bleed you position the head in this direction.
What is Forward
You call this hotline when someone has consumed or has been exposed to poisonous chemicals
What is POISON CONTROL
You want to provide this back into the body when handling a heat related emergency
What are electrolytes?
When handling a snake bite, you need to do this with the clothing before you provide care
What is remove any restrictive clothing or jewelry
Applying this technique is used to initially attempt to stop bleeding.
What is Direct Manual Pressure
When faced with an impaled object you do this to the object?
What is leave it in and pack around the object with bandages to stabilize it.
When someone is having difficulty breathing or their asthma is acting up you would care for them in this manner.
What is sit down, loosen any restrictive clothing and get them their inhaler
When treating frostbite how do you want to protect the injured area if it was on the fingers?
Loosely wrap area with gauze like a burn
After we stop the bleeding we need to do this to the injured area thoroughly
If bleeding is life threatening using this device to cut off blood supply to the injured area
What is a Tourniquet
When dealing with a conscious victim you need to obtain this before you provide care to them
What is CONSENT.
When administering an EPIpen, you would follow these steps.
What is:
Take safety cap off
Inject in the side of the thigh and hold for a count of 3
Remove EPIpen and massage area for 10 seconds.
For someone to have hypothermia the core body temperature needs to be this degrees?
What is 95
If bitten by a dog you need to obtain this from the owners
What are Immunization records/ Medical records
To stop the bleeding internally you can use this to pack the wound.
What is hemostatic dressing
When dealing with thermal burns you need to do this for 10 mins
What is run cool water on the burned area.
When treating someone who is having a seizure you want to protect the victim by doing this.
What is protect the head and neck and remove any objects that could injure the victim
If a victim goes unresponsive what are the next steps of care for them
What is Call 911 and start CPR
This disease is associated with tick bites
What is LYME Disease