Chapter 3
What is the rate for chest compressions per minute for any age?
what is 120 compressions per minute
Heat cramps
What is painful muscle spasms usually in legs and abdomen, caused by loss of fluids
What should be offered to a conscious insulin shock patient?
What is drink with sugar in it
There are often barriers associated with taking action.
What is DECIDE TO TAKE ACTION
any substance that causes injury, illness or death if it enters the body
What is Poisoning
What is the depth of compressions on an adult?
What is 2 inches
Heat exhaustion
what is occurs when fluids lost through sweating are not replaced
What should a patient who shows signs of fainting do?
What is Sit down and place the head between the knees
life-threatening conditions
What is Unresponsiveness
An altered level of consciousness (LOC), such as confusion
Breathing problems (trouble breathing or no breathing)
severity of a local cold injury
What is Duration of the exposure
Temperature to which the body part was exposed
The compression-ventilation ratio for one or two rescuers for ADULT CPR is?
What is 30 compression to 2 ventilation breaths
Heat stroke
most severe, when body's cooling system is overwhelmed and stops working
What is another name for a seizure?
What is Convulsions
The passageway between the mouth and lungs that allows life-sustaining oxygen into the body?
What is the Airway.
Most serious local cold injury because the tissues are actually frozen
What is Frostbite
Where should the hands be placed on the chest for adult CPR?
What is hands should be placed on the lower half of breast bone
body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing core body temp to fall below 95 degrees
what is Hypothermia
airway is partially blocked but there is still a good air exchange and the person can still cough forcefully, breath and speak
What is Mild Obstruction
Heartbeat pulsations of the femoral arteries that can be felt just below the middle of the crease where the leg and torso meet.
What is femoral pulse.
Management of hypothermia in the field, regardless of severity, consists of stabilizing the ABCs and preventing further heat loss.
What is Scene size-up for cold injuries
2 thumb - Thumb & encircling hand technique (compressions with thumbs)
What is 2 hand technique
Freezing of skin and underlying tissues as a result of prolonged exposure to freezing temps
What is Frostbite
There is no air exchange; the person cannot cough, speak or breathe. Without first aid the casualty may die
What is Complete airway blockage
A life-threatening BLS emergency in which breathing is absent or not normal and the heart is still beating?
What is Respiratory Arrest.
Secondary assessment for cold injuries
What is Physical examinations
Focus your physical examination on the severity of hypothermia. access the areas of the body directly affected by cold exposure.