Vocabulary
spread around blood from an infected person to an uninfected person
What is pathogens
- unusual sounds
- unusual ordor
-unusual sights
- unusual behavoir
What is signs of an emergency
What is sudden cardiac arrest.
congenital heart disorder are at higher risk for sudden cardiac arrest.
Place one AED pad on the upper ____ side of the chest and the other on the
lower ___ side of the chest, below the armpit.
Right & left
The loss of measurable signs of life as the result of a blocked airway or loss of breathing?
What is Secondary Cardiac Arrest.
What is cardiac arrest
If you detect signs or symptoms of illness or injury
Reassure the person by telling him or her that you
will help and that EMS personnel have been called
(if appropriate).
A legal concept referring to the assumption that an unresponsive person would give permission to be helped if responsive.
What is implied consent.
TRUE OR FALSE: No one can touch the human body while aed is giving a scan
True
The recommended technique to open and maintain the airway of an unresponsive person. It pulls the jaw forward and lifts the tongue away from the back of the throat?
What is Head Tilt-Chin Lift
A person who has a known arrhythmia (irregularheartbeat) may have a pacemaker or an ICD.These are small devices that are surgicallyimplanted under the skin to automatically prevent or correct an irregular heartbeat.
Pacemakers and implantable
cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs).
Which of the following statments about DNR orders are false. A. A DNR order requires a signature from a physician.
B. You do not actually have to see the order, verbal comfirmation from a family member is sufficient.
C. Mentally competent patients may refuse care.
What is Answer B. You do not actually have to see the order, verbal comfirmation from a family member is sufficient.
Protect responders who are there for the good sake in an emergency. A person who acts in a responsible and prudent way
What is good samaritan laws
Some example of Recovery Positions are:
Extend the person’s arm that is closest to you above the person’s head.
Roll the person toward yourself onto his or herside, so that the person’s head rests on his or her extended arm.
Bend both of the person’s knees to stabilize the body.
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 is Chest Compressions.
To give abdominal thrusts,stand behind the person, with one foot in front
what is Abdominal thrusts.
Before offering aspirin, make sure the person is
responsive, able to chew and swallow, and allowed
to have aspirin. Ask the person:
Are you allergic to aspirin?
Q Do you have a stomach ulcer or stomach
disease?
Q Are you taking any blood thinners, such as
warfarin (CoumadinTM)?
Q Have you ever been told by a healthcare
provider to avoid taking aspirin?
How many chest compressions of cpr
30 each set
A life-threatening BLS emergency in which breathing is absent or not normal and the heart is still beating?
What is Respiratory Arrest.
The abrupt loss of the heart's ability to contract and push blood forward through the circulatory system. Typically caused by a sudden disruption of the heart's electrical system?
What is Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
Both
Signs and symptoms of heart attack
The pain or discomfort is persistent, lasting longer than 3 to 5 minutes, or going away and then coming back.
How to calm down someone while asking to give care
Reassure the person. Anxiety increases the
person’s discomfort.
Two abnormal heart rhythms in particular, ventricular fibrillation (V-fib) andventricular tachycardia (V-tach), can lead to
Cardiac arrest
If the child is able to speak to you or is coughing forcefully, What is the correct way to act?
Encourage the child to keep coughing, but be prepared to give first aid for choking if the child’s condition changes.