Chapter 1:
BEFORE GIVING CARE
BEFORE GIVING CARE
The law that protects responders from financial liability.
What is Good Samaritan Law?
What occurs when blood flow to the heart is blocked?
What is a Heart Attack?
What is this a sign of when someone looks panicked, has one or both hands on their throat, and may be coughing
What are Signs and Symptoms of Choking?
What is an illness that happens suddenly and lasts for a short time?
What is an Acute Illness?
A life-threatening condition that the circulatory system cannot supply enough oxygen to the body.
What is Shock?
What must someone have before giving care
What is Consent?
What occurs when the heart stops or beats too weak to circulate blood?
What is Cardiac Arrest?
What should someone do to care for someone who is choking after asking for consent?
What are 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts?
What is a illness that is constant and requires continuous treatment?
What is a Chronic Illness?
What can be applied to a bruised area to reduce bleeding, swelling, and pain?
What is a Cold Pack?
Equipment used to to stop pathogens from touching you.
What is Personal Protective Equipment(PPE)?
What drug helps prevent blood clotting and can help during a heart attack?
What is Aspirin?
What should someone do if they cannot get arms around the abdominal area of a choking person?
What are Chest Thrusts?
What can offer a clue into what could have caused a sudden illness?
What is a Medical Identification Tag?
What are open wounds?
What are abrasions, lacerations, avulsions, and puncture wounds
A Harmful microorganism that may cause disease through close contact
What are Pathogens?
5 Actions that preformed quickly can increase the likelihood that someone will survive cardiac arrest?
What is the Cardiac Chain of Survival?
What should someone do if the choking person is pregnant?
What are Chest Thrusts?
What is a condition that causes inflammation that narrows the airways and making breathing hard?
What is Asthma?
A device placed on the body to stop blood flow from wounds by squeezing blood vessels.
What is a Tourniquet?
Unusual sounds, sights, odors, and behaviors are signs of?
What are Signs of an Emergency?
What is on the Pediatric Cardiac Chain of survival that is not on the Adult Cardiac Chain of survival?
What is Injury Prevention and Safety ?
Talking and or laughing with a food in mouth, medical conditions that affect chewing and swallowing, and dental problems can increase risk of what?
What can Increase Risk of Choking?
What is a drug that can slow and or stop effects of anaphylaxis?
What is Epinephrine?
What to evaluate to find if a burn is critical or not?
What are depth of burn,location of burn, percentage of burn area on the person,age of the burned victim, and the cause of the burn?