Chapter 1
a law that protects responders who act the way a reasonable person would act if that person were in the same situation
What is the Good Samaritan Laws?
Sign/Symptoms, Allergies, Medications
what is SAM?
What is a heart attack?
Firm strikes between a person's shoulder blades
what are back blows?
combination of 30 chest compression and 2 breaths
What is CPR
the law that assumes the person would give consent if he or she were able to do so
What is implied consent?
Checking person from head to toe
How do you check an adult?
chest pain or discomfort is persistent, lasting longer than 3 -5 minutes
What is a symptom of a heart attack.
inward and upward thrusts into the person's abdomen
What are Abdominal thrusts?
100 to 120 per minute
what is the rate for chest compression?
a network of professionals linked together to provide the best care for people in all types of emergencies
What is the emergency medical services?
check from toe to head
What is Cardiac arrest?
combination of 5 back blows followed by 5 chest thrusts
what is the Heimlich?
Automated external defibrillator
What is the AED
pathogens that are expelled into the air when an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes
What are Airborne pathogens?
nearest arm at right angle
bend the far knee and roll them onto their side
What is the adult recovery position?
cardiac arrest that can happen suddenly and without any warning signs
What is sudden cardiac arrest?
a person who has a panicked, confused or surprised facial expression
What are symptoms of choking?
use shout-tap-shout and tap the bottom of the infant's feet
how to check for responses in an infant
used to protect you from contact with saliva and other body fluids
what are breathing barries?
on their side, face-down along your forearm, supporting the head and neck
what is the infant recovery position?
Occurs even after the heart has stopped beating and are a sign of cardiac arrest
what are agonal breaths?
bend over and press your abdomen against any firm object
how to perform the Heimlich when you are alone
about 1 and 1/2 inches
what is the depth of chest compression on an infant?