Ch. 1
EMS stands for this
What is Emergency Medical Services?
The best way to find information about the scene
What is SAMPLE
When blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked.
What is heart attack?
Food and household items and toys
What are child choking hazards?
sudden illness that only lasts a short period of time
What is an acute illness?
The signs of emergency are
What is unusual sounds, sights, odors, and behaviors?
The order in which you check a person
What is Head to Toe?
When the heart stops beating or beats too ineffectively to carry blood around the body.
What is cardiac arrest?
Hands on throat and forceful coughing
illness someone lives with and will need constant care to treat for
What is a chronic illness?
Good Samartin laws protect people who
what is act as any sensible and prudent person would act?
0-1 year old
What is the age of an infant?
Thins blood to allow more flow for people with heart problems
What is aspirin?
sets of 5
What is the number of back blows and abdominal thrusts given in each set?
Shortness of breath, grasping for breath, hyperventilation, or uncomfortable/ painful breathing
What is Respiratory Distress?
when a child collapses without a parent around and you give care
What is implied consent?
5-12 years old
What is the age of a school child?
4-6 minutes
When brain damage can begin.
Interlock arms and put your hand over the chest
What to do to prevent your victim from falling over in case of passing out.
Absence of breath
What is Respiratory Arrest
The steps of taking action include
What is Check, Call, and Care
12-20 years old
What is the age for adolescents?
8-10 minutes
When brain damage can become irreversible.
1 1/2 inches deep
How deep chest thrusts must be to care for an infant.
Narrowing of airways caused by triggers or certain substances or conditions that make breathing difficult.
What is asthma?