Foundational Concepts
Thinking clearly and rationally to identify connections between information and actions
Critical Thinking
This can happen anywhere
Emergencies
AED
Automated External Defibrillator
The act of wrongdoing
Tort
Concerning a medical team, who oversees the entire emergency situation
Team Leader
Essential for caring for a patient who is experiencing a life-threatening emergency
Communications
An unconscious person cannot fend for themselves, so you take it upon yourself to apply patient care.
Implied Consent
Two methods of clearing the airway
Head Tilt Chin Lift
Jaw Thrust Maneuver
Act of neglecting care when you have the tools to do it.
Neglegance
What must all team members demonstrate?
Respect for one another
Use clear, closed loop communication
The ability to use readily available recourses to find solutions to challenging situations or issues that arise
Problem Solving
Steps of Rapid Assessment
Perform Visual Survey
Check Responsiveness
Activate EMS
ABC's
The law that dictates your responsibility to deliver care to an unresponsive person without penalty
Good Samaritan Law
The Rapid Assessment includes these first steps
Perform Visual Survey
Check Responsiveness
Open the airway and simultaneously check for breathing, pulse and bleeding
Length of time to check for breathing on an adult repiratory arrest victim.
6 seconds
Sender, Message, Receiver, Feedback
4-Steps of Closed Loop Communication
Irregular Breathing
Agonal Breaths
Assessing for safety, obtaining an initial impression of the patient and looking for life-threatening bleeding and determining need for additional resources
Performing a visual survey
BLS
Basic Life Support
Continue to check for pulse and breathing every __________ with a respiratory arrest victim
2-minutes
Confirmation by the receiver that the message is received and understood
Feedback
Method of ranking patients in the order you will treat them
Triage
What are the three steps (a concept) in the systematic, continuous approach for adult care?
Assess, Recognize and Care concept
CPR
Cardio Pulmonary Resussitation
What is an opioid overdose victim administered at the ER?
Naloxone