RESPONDER SAFETY & KIT STORAGE
What is nitrile?
To prevent contamination, responders should wear disposable gloves made of this latex-free material.
What is F.A.S.T.?
This 4-letter acronym helps identify a stroke by checking the face, arms, speech, and time.
What is washing your hands?
Before touching or cleaning any wound, you should always complete this first step.
What is Major (or Call 911 Immediately)?
Sudden severe shortness of breath, gasping, and uncontrolled bleeding belong in this medical severity category.
What is Urgent Care for?
Minor skin cuts needing stitches or sprains should be taken to this type of medical facility.
What are plastic bags?
Before disposing of blood-contaminated materials, you must seal them inside these.
What are classic signs?
Heavy chest pressure, tightness, or severe discomfort are considered these types of cardiac emergency signs.
What is add a new layer right on top?
If blood soaks through gauze, you should never peel it away; instead, you do this.
What is Minor (Self-Care / Call Doctor)?
A bumped knee with no pain or a mild, familiar tension headache are classified under this care level.
What is your Doctor / Primary Care Physician for?
Routine medication refills, general wellness checkups, and non-urgent rashes should be handled by this person.
What are waist and chest height?
To avoid bending or reaching, a first aid kit should be stored between these two height landmarks.
What is heavy?
When evaluating the "A" in F.A.S.T., you ask the person to raise both arms to see if one drifts downward or feels this way.
What is a bone fracture?
To help control bleeding, an injured limb should be raised above heart level unless this injury is suspected.
What is unlock/prepare front access?
Before paramedics arrive at your house, you should clear a path and do this to your front entry.
What is the Emergency Room for (via 911)?
Symptoms like facial droop, arm numbness, or sudden confusion require an immediate visit to this facility.
What is humidity?
First aid supplies should never be kept in bathroom cabinets due to this environmental factor.
What is chest pain?
Seniors and females may experience atypical cardiac symptoms like fatigue, back pain, or nausea without this classic symptom.
What is the wound gap?
For severe, deep lacerations, you should tightly pack plain or hemostatic gauze directly into this gap.
What are blood thinners?
If someone suffers a fall while taking these specific medications, it is categorized as a major emergency requiring 911.
What is the Emergency Room for?
Urgent care can treat shallow skin burns, but uncontrolled heavy bleeding must go here
What is clear/transparent with large dark labels?
To keep supplies easy to identify and protect, store your kit in a tub that has these two features.
What is aspirin?
While waiting for an ambulance during a cardiac emergency, you may give the patient this medication if advised by dispatchers.
What is a tourniquet?
This device is used strictly for severe, life-threatening arterial bleeding on a limb when direct pressure fails.
What is an EKG?
EMS brings this 12-lead diagnostic tool directly to your home to evaluate heart conditions on scene.
What is Penn Medicine Princeton (or RWJ) for?
One of the two specific hospitals mentioned in the presentation that paramedics pre-notify en route.