Vocab
S - signs and symptoms
A - allergies
M - medications
P - pertinent medical history
L - last food or drink
E - events leading up to the incident
what is SAMPLE
emergency medical services
What is EMS?
Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the patient has been transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training.
What is Abandonment.
call 9-1-1 or the designated
emergency number immediately. Trust your instincts.
first aid care for a heart attack
Check
Call
Care
Emergency Action steps
CPR circulates oxygen-containing
blood to the brain and other vital organs,
helping to prevent brain damage and death.
Unusual Sounds
Unusual Sights
Unusual Odors
Unusual Behaviors
Four signs of an emergency
A legal concept referring to the assumption that an unresponsive person would give permission to be helped if responsive.
What is implied consent.
prevention
early CPR
activation of the EMS system
early advanced life support
integrated post-cardiac arrest care
The recommended technique, it pulls the jaw forward and lifts the tongue away from the back of the throat
What is Head Tilt-Chin Lift
A small, portable computerized device that allows a minimally trained bystander to provide defibrillation much faster than EMS.
What is an AED?
what must you do before you can help an ill or injured person?
You must obtain consent
1. Recognizing that an emergency exists
2. Deciding to take action
3. Activating the EMS system
4. Giving care until EMS personnel take over
What are the four basic steps of the EMS system?
Shortness of breath, nausea, fatigue, dizziness
Female symptoms of a oncoming heart attack
The passageway between the mouth and lungs that allows life-sustaining oxygen into the body?
What is the Airway.
cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a skill that is used when a person is in cardiac arrest to keep oxygenated blood moving to the brain and other vital organs until advanced medical help arrives
Definition of CPR
A law enacted to legally protect trained providers who voluntarily stop to help, act prudently, do not provide care beyond training, and are not completely careless in delivering emergency care.
What is Good Samaritan law.
what is it called when infants turn away from you and can cling to their parent
stranger anxiety
A life-threatening emergency in which the heart is not beating and not circulating blood to the brain and other vital organs
What is Cardiac Arrest.
A basic CPR skill that creates increased pressure in the chest cavity and direct compression of the heart. This forces blood to move from the chest to the lungs, brain, and rest of the body?
What are Chest Compressions.
Occurs when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked
What is a heart attack?
Two different type of pathogens which can contain harmful things that can cause a disease for you
- Airborne pathogens
Recovery Positions for children and Infants
Lay them on their sides
Have someone call 911
Have someone grab a first aid kit/AED
What to do before starting chest compressions
- chest pain
- radiating pain in arms
- secondary symptoms
what are the mens signs of a heart attack