Abbreviations
What does AED stand for?
Automated External Defibrillator
If you activate the EMS system, what information should you give to the operator?
Box 58-1
Emergency Care Rules
• Call for help. Or have someone activate the EMS system. Do not hang up until the operator has hung up. Give the following information.
• Your location—street address and city, cross streets or roads, and landmarks
• Phone number you are calling from
• What seems to have happened (for example: heart attack, crash, fire)—police, fire equipment, and ambulances may be needed
• How many people need help
• Conditions of victims, obvious injuries, and life-threatening situations
• What aid is being given
Whats the first step when you find someone unresponsive?
Safety- check the scene
IF a patient has a pacemaker, where are you going to place the pads?
place on the back mirroring the location its suppose to go
What if you can't get your arms around the individual?
Use a chair to push down
What does CPR stand for?
Cardiac pulmonary Resuscitation
The 3 major signs of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) are?
• No response.
• No breathing or no normal breathing. The person may have agonal gasps (agonal respirations) early during SCA. (Agonal means to struggle. Agonal relates to death and dying.) Agonal gasps do not bring enough oxygen into the lungs. Agonal gasps are not normal breathing.
• No pulse.
What's the rate for compressions?
100-120 per minute
What if your patient is in the water? What should you do?
Move to a dry spot, not in water
An individual is choking, they become unresponsive, no pulse, and no breathing.. what do you do?
Start CPR
What does EMS stand for?
Rescue breaths are given when there is a ______
but no _________.
2. breathing or agonal gasping only
every 2 minutes or every 5 cycles
What if you patient has hair on their chest?
use a razor before applying pads to help with better connection
NO!!
What does SCA stand for?
Sudden Cardiac Arrest
To find the carotid pulse, place 2 fingers on the ______. Slide your fingers down _________.
A, Place 2 fingers on the trachea. B, Move the fingertips down into the groove of the neck to the carotid artery. Feel for a pulse for at least 5 seconds but no more than 10 seconds.
List the steps for CPR
1. Check for safety
2. Check for a response
3. Determine the need for CPR
4. Give CPR
5. Use an AED (if available)
What if you do not have pediatric pads?
You can "sandwich"- one pad on front and on pad on the back
For an infant choking, what do you do?
5 back slaps and 5 stomach area
Ventricular Fibrillation
When doing chest compressions, you push _______
and ________ in the center of the chest.
down
hard
Before hooking up AED, what do you want to check for?
Pacemakers/medication patches
go up towards the sternum area
What if an adult is choking?
abdominal thrust until object is expelled or becomes unresponsive