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How does the American Red Cross help those in need?
They receive generous contributions of time, blood, and money from the American public.
When should you perform CPR on a choking person?
IF the person becomes unresponsive.
What is the Citizen Responders first step in an emergency?
Recognize -> check -> call
The blood type most often requested
type O
What are situations in which you would call 9-1-1?
No signs of life, no breathing, unconsciousness, seizures, apparent poisoning, injured arm with bone showing through the skin, deep burn on face, trouble breathing, and severe bleeding that does not stop.
What is the Red Cross?
A humanitarian organization that help people in need throughout the United States and, in association with other Red Cross networks, throughout the world.
What does the law assume a "reasonable and prudent" First Aider will do when helping an I'll or injured person?
Call 911/EMS
Why should you check a scene first before providing care?
To ensure the scene is safe. You don't want to place yourself in unsafe scene.
The average blood donation is
1 pint (out of an adult's 10 pints)
What are steps you would talk in checking a conscious person?
Check the scene, obtain consent, call 911, as the person what's their name, what happened, any allergies, where is the pain, any medical conditions, and is there any medications they take?
What's a rough estimate for how long the Red Cross has been around?
Over 140 years
If you encounter a person with life threatening external bleeding, which of the following is your top priority?
Starting to control the bleeding with direct pressure.
How should you check for signs of breathing?
Head back, chin up, face chest, listen for breathing watch chest, look listen and feel for 10 seconds
A single donation can save
What would you do if someone was in shock?
Call 911, have the person lie down, and control any external bleeding
Due to the war, the Red Cross began to focus on what?
The Red Cross began to focus on service to veterans and to enhance the programs in safety training, accident prevention, home care for the sick, and nutrition education.
What should you do if someone is choking?
Perform a combination of any two of the three options: back blows, abdominal thrusts, and chest thrusts.
What are the barriers to action?
Being sued, fear of disease transmission, bystanders fear getting sued
Blood donation is a simple four-step process:
registration, medical history and mini-physical, donation and refreshments.
How long do you check for signs of life?
10 seconds
Who founded the American Red Cross?
Clara Barton and a circle of her acquaintances in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 1881.
How does cardiovascular disease increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes?
It narrows the arteries, increasing their chance of becoming blocked.
A victim is found face-up. How do you know if he/she is breathing?
You ask then if no response head tilt chin lift face chest and listen for breathing
Every blood donor is given a mini-physical
checking the donor's temperature, blood pressure, pulse and hemoglobin to ensure it is safe for the donor to give blood.
Why is early CPR an important link in the cardiac chain of survival?