CPR
The rate at which CPR compressions must be performed.
100-120 bpm
When splinting a fractured radius and ulna (lower arm), which type of splint works best?
Rigid Splint
You are outside at practice and see a lightning strike and count 20 seconds until you hear the thunder. Using the flash-to-bang method, approximately how far away was the lightning from your location?
4 miles
During exercise, what is the body’s primary cooling mechanism?
Evaporation
This type of shock is caused by severe fluid or blood loss.
Hypovolemic
When doing CPR on an infant, your chest compressions should be approximately how many inches deep?
1.5
A person is signaling that they are choking and they are unable to speak, cough, or breathe. They are silently gasping and cyanosis is starting to set in. This person is experiencing ____.
Complete Obstruction
An athlete takes a vicious elbow to the abdomen during a basketball game. Later that evening, she begins to cough up blood and has a bruise where she was elbowed. Her parents notice that her skin is cool and clammy and she is starting to become confused. Her mom calculates her pulse to be 145 bpm. What condition is this athlete experiencing and what should her parents do next?
Internal Bleeding. Take to ER
The Wet Bulb Globe Temperature measures heat stress in direct sunlight using how many specific temperature sensors?
3
What type of shock is caused by primary cardiac failure?
Cardiogenic
List 3 acceptable surfaces to perform CPR on.
Athletic field, basketball court, ambulance backboard, hard floor.
What is the leading non-traumatic cause of death in young, physically active individuals?
Sudden Cardiac Arrest
An athlete collapses at practice and is exhibiting confusion, slurred speech, hot skin, and a core body temperature of 105.3ºF with a rapid pulse. He is experiencing what medical emergency and what steps need to happen to ensure best survival chances?
Cold Tub Immersion and Call 911
Deep tissue freezing extending down to the tendons, muscles, and bone is what type of medical emergency?
Severe/Deep frostbite
Anaphylactic
What is the first step in CPR protocol?
Check scene safety
In an Emergency Action Plan (EAP), the role responsible for activating EMS is the:
Emergency Communication Coordinator
During an outdoor practice, an athlete collapses after being stung by a bee. He is conscious but anxious, with rapid/shallow breathing, cool and clammy skin, and a weak pulse. After a few minutes, he starts breaking out in itchy hives and his throat starts to swell shut. Why kind of shock is this athlete experiencing and what is the protocol that needs to be followed?
anaphylactic shock and administer an epi-pen/call 911
In Farwell, TX, if the WBGT exceeds ____ degrees,all outdoor practices must be moved indoors, canceled, or postponed.
90 degrees Fahrenheit
Syncope is another name for this type of shock.
Psychogenic
When an AED is analyzing, what should you, the rescuer doing CPR, do?
Stand back and take hands off.
In a physical examination, the clinical abbreviation PEARRL stands for:
Pupils Equal and Round, Reactive to Light
During a late-February outdoor track practice in 18°F weather with a heavy wind chill, a 16-year-old high school distance runner completes a 45-minute workout wearing thin running gloves and damp socks. Upon returning indoors, he complains of complete loss of feeling in the toes and fingertips. What is this athlete experiencing?
Superficial frostbite
Heat transfer through the movement of air or liquid across the skin.
Convection
Neurogenic shock is characterized by the loss of sympathetic vascular tone following high _________ trauma.
spinal cord