Cardiac Emergencies
What is Heart Attack?
If a child's parent is present you must ____ before giving care
What is Get the parents consent?
An illness that strikes suddenly and usually only lasts for a short period of time.
What is an Acute illness?
A progressive, life-threatening condition in which the circulatory system fails to deliver enough oxygen-rich blood to the body’s tissues and organs. As a result, organs and body systems begin to fail.
What is Shock?
Caused by drinking large quantities of alcohol in a short period of time (binge drinking).
What is Alcohol Poisoning?
If you think that someone is having a heart attack you should.....
What is Call 911.
SAMPLE stands for...
An illness that a person lives with on an ongoing basis and that often requires continuous treatment to manage.
What is a Chronic Illness?
Bleeding that occurs inside the body, into a body cavity or space.
When the body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing the core body temperature to fall below 95° F (35° C).
What is Hypothermia?
Occurs when the heart stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood to the brain and other vital organs.
What is Cardiac Arrest?
How long you should check for responsiveness and breathing.
What is no longer than 5-10 seconds?
Evidenced by signs and symptoms such as shortness of breath, gasping for breath, hyperventilation, or breathing that is uncomfortable or painful.
What is Respiratory distress?
Occurs when something rubsroughly against the skin, causing damage to theskin’s surface.
What is an Abrasion?
Occurs when the body’s cooling system is completely overwhelmed and stops working. Heat stroke is a life-threatening emergency.
What is Heat Stroke?
The pediatric Cardiac Chain of Survival
What is Prevention, Early CPR, Activation of the Early Medical System, Early advanced live support, and Integrated post Cardiac care.?
The steps to interviewing the injured person or bystanders around them.
-Wheezing or coughing.
-Rapid, shallow breathing (or trouble
breathing).
-Sweating.
What are Symptoms of an Asthma attack?
A severe bacterial infection that can result from a puncture wound or a deep laceration.
What is a Tetanus?
Occurs when fluids lost through sweating are not replaced. The body’s primary mechanism of cooling itself is through sweating.
What is Heat exhaustion?
The 3 C's of CPR.
What is Check, Call, Care?
To place an adult or child into the recovery position.....
What is extend the person’s arm that is closest to you above the person’s head. Roll the person toward yourself onto his or her side, so that the person’s head rests on his or her extended arm. Bend both of the person’s knees to stabilize the body?
A person who is having a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction is experiencing...
What is Anaphylaxis?
What to use when severe, life-threatening bleeding cannot be controlled using direct pressure.
What is a Tourniquet?
The body’s ability to maintain an internal temperature within an acceptable range despite external conditions, is important for human survival.
What is Thermoregulation?