Rapid Assessment
First step in a rapid assessment
What is sizing up the scene?
Characterized by shortness of breath and wheezing
What is an asthma attack?
This is done to aid a victim within reach
What is the reaching assist?
Device that helps to restore normal cardiac rhythm
This is how we remove a victim from the water when they are suffering a head, neck, or spinal injury
What is backboarding?
We do this for 10 seconds
What is check for breathing and a pulse?
This is how we respond to a diabetic emergency
What is giving the victim something to eat and drink?
This is done to help a victim that cannot catch their balance in shallow water
Ratio of ventilations to rescue breaths while 1 rescuer provides CPR to an adult.
30 ventilations:2 breaths
This is a technique used to minimize further injury of the spine
Found on the brachial artery
What is a baby's pulse?
What is non life-threatening breathing?
Done by pulling the wrist in a twisting motion
What is the passive victim front rescue?
This is the correct placement of AED pads on an infant
What is 1 on the front and 1 on the back?
This is the entry used when a victim has a head, neck or spinal injury
What is the slide-in entry?
The location where we check for responsiveness in a baby
What is the foot?
This is a secondary condition as a result of trauma
What is shock?
This rescue requires towing the victim to safety while communicating with them
What is the active rear rescue?
This is the correct hand placement when providing multiple-rescuer CPR to an infant.
What is the encircling thumbs technique?
This is the strap that is fastened first when securing a victim to the backboard
What is the chest strap?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY- This type of behavior does not count as breathing, and is characterized by isolated, infrequent breaths
What is agonal breathing?
This is a series of steps followed to gain as much information about a victim as possible.
What is a secondary assessment?
These are 2 rescues that require rolling to victim to a face-up position
What are the passive shallow submerged rescue and the passive rear rescue for a victim on the surface?
This is the proper depth to provide compressions for a child
What is 2 inches?
This is the final step of backboarding before removing the victim from the water
What is applying the head immobilizers and chin strap?