First Aid
What kind of assessments are DOTS and SAPLE
Primary
You walk onto the scene and and when you take pulse there is a pulse and rise and fall but they are unresponsive. What do you do and describe it.
recover position- side youre on straight side across bent grab a shoulder and hip and roll towards you
What is the first thing you do when you rescue someone from a body of water?
5 initial
What do you do if you see foam while providing care?
Breath through it
how do you activate your EAP
3 whistle blasts
Explain the proper steps to take care of severe bleeding.
Direct pressure- guaze (dont take old off)
Elevate after 5 mins if still bleeding- above heart
after 5 more in 911 and pressure point above wound and warn them
Turnicuit
1-3 or 1-6 for 2 mins 40 or 20 breaths and when there is a pulse but no breathing
What is secondary cardiac arrest
lack of oxygen
Is water swallowed or inhaled? Does it go to the stomach or lungs?
swallow and stomach
What are the 4 steps when you walk onto a scene
1. check safety
2. responsiveness
3. 911
4. pulse and breathing
What does INDIAN stand for?
Intoxication. Nausea. Distracting Injury. Altered Mental State. Numbness and tingling
What is the compression to breath ratio on an infant if you have two or more rescuers
15:2
What grip do you do if someone hits their head and CANT raise their arms above their head
head chin clamp
Why do we do recovery position?
maintain and protect an open airway
How do we treat all bodily fluids and how do we clean them?
Why cant you give someone having heat stroke anything to drink?
because they are going in and out of consciousness
How do you discover if someone was choking if you just walked onto the scene?
If your breaths dont make the chest rise and fall
what is 10/20 and why does it equal 30 seconds?
10 to scan 20 to get to the furthest point and because thats when the drowning process begin
What are the two jumps and what are the reasons to do each one?
compact- out of stand or deep water
ease in- spinal or shallow water
What are the differences between using an AED on an adult or child/infant, and whata re some limitations to AEDs
pediatric vs regular pads and hair, tight clothes, wet body, etc
Someone is having a severe headache, feeling very weak, and having blurry vision, after about 10 mins they cant stand on their own what may be happening to them?
Stroke
If you are in a situation where you are on deck with ONLY a mother and baby and the baby begins choking how do you call 911?
Lunge while providing care so you can call 911
Name what happens after 1 minute, 2 minutes, 4 minutes, and 6 minutes of no oxygen
unresponsive, SCA, brain damage, organ failure
If you save a distressed swimmer what should you tell them when you get them out of the water?
respiratory distress symptoms
Why do we look at the chest for breathing and not listen for it?
Agonal breathing