Vocabulary
progressive, life-threatening condition in which the circulatory system fails to deliver enough
What is Shock
Your first responsibility at any scene
What is Personal Safety.
network of professionals linked together to provide the best are for people in all types of emergencies.
What is the EMS system.
bleeding that occurs inside the body, into a cavity or space.
What is internal Bleeding?
An injury that results when the skin or other tissue in the body is damaged.
What are Wounds
severe bacterial infection that can result from a puncture wound or a deep laceration.
What is Tetanus
Three simple steps to take to guide your actions.
What is Check Call Care?
A legal concept referring to the assumption that an unresponsive person would give permission to be helped if responsive.
What is implied consent.
Occurs when the body is pierced by a sharp, narrow object which can lead to internal bleeding
What is Penetrating Trauma?
Very common type of closed wound caused by blunt trauma.
What is a Bruise
A small, portable computerized device that allows a minimally trained bystander to provide defibrillation much faster than EMS.
What is an AED
Before rushing to help an injured person what must you first do?
Check the scene
protect the responder from financial liability and encourage people to help in emergency situations
occurs when something rubs roughly against the skin, causing damage to the skin’s surface.
What is abrasion?
serious infection that attacks the brain and spinal cord and causes death if it is not treated.
What is rabies.
a device placed around an arm or a leg to constrict blood vessels and stop blood flow to a wound.
What is a Tourniquet
a skill that is used when a person is in cardiac arrest to keepo xygenated blood moving to the brain and other vital organs until advanced medical help arrives
What is CPR
What must you give in order for somebody to applying first aid care?
Consent
body’s ability to maintain an internal temperature within an acceptable range despite external conditions, is important for human survival.
What is thermoregulation
A basic CPR skill that creates increased pressure in the chest cavity and direct compression of the heart. This forces blood to move from the chest to the lungs, brain, and rest of the body?
What is Chest Compressions.
Traumatic injury to the skin caused by contact with extreme heat chemicals radiation or electricity
What is a Burn
What must you ask when a person starts to choke?
Are you choking
Where must you place your arm when providing back blows.
Opposite shoulder.
A life-threatening BLS emergency in which breathing is absent or not normal and the heart is still beating?
What is Respiratory Arrest.
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 Cardiac Arrest.