Before Giving Care
Recognizing that an emergency exists, Deciding to take action, Activating the EMS system, and Giving care until EMS personnel take over.
What is your role in the EMS system?
30:2
What is the ratio of compressions to breaths?
Implied Consent
If there is no parent/guardian present with the child or person is unresponsive what type of consent is present?
What technique do you use when an adult or a child is choking?
difficulty breathing, painful breathing, and hyperventilation
Signs and Symptoms of Respiratory distress?
EMRs (Emergency Medical Responders), EMTs (Emergency Medical Technicians), AEMTs (Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians), and Paramedics.
What does the EMS system consist of?
Tilt to a slightly past neutral position using the head-tilt/chin-lift technique.
How do you open the airway when giving breaths to a child?
SAM: Signs and Symptoms, Allergies, and Medications and Medical History
When Interviewing a person what mnemonic can you use to remember what to ask?
Chest Thrusts
If the person is obviously pregnant what do you do instead of abdominal thrusts?
Call 9-1-1 and if the person carries medication, offer to help the person admitting the medication.
What do you do if someone is having an allergic reaction/anaphylaxis.
Personal Protective Equipment, such as latex free gloves or CPR breathing barrier masks.
What is PPE?
Adult- upper right side for the chest and lower left side of the chest
Child- upper right side for the chest and lower left side of the chest
Infant- middle of the chest and back between the shoulder blades
*No matter what never let the pads touch*
When using an AED, where do you place the pads on the person. (Adult, Child, and Infant)
From head to toe, checking one part of the body at a time.
How do you check the person?
5 back blows and 5 chest thrusts (using 2 fingers)
How do you care for an infant choking?
excessively low blood glucose levels and excessively high blood glucose levels.
What is Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia?
CHECK the scene and the person, CALL 9-1-1 or the designated emergency number, and CARE for the person.
What are the steps you take in an emergency situation?
occurs when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked.
What is a Heart Attack?
Shout to get the person’s attention, using the person’s name if known but If there is no response, tap the person’s shoulder (if the person is an adult or child) or the bottom of the person’s foot (if the person is an infant), and shout again while checking for normal breathing. Do this for no more than 5-10 seconds.
How do you check a person if unresponsive?
After doing compressions for CPR but before starting rescue breaths Check and Sweep for the object in the persons mouth
What do you do if a person becomes unresponsive?
convulsions (grand mal), silence and blank star (absence seizure), and some may get a feeling/aura and will notify.
What are signs and symptoms of seizures?
What do you tell EMS personnel when you call?
occurs when the heart stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood ti the brain and other vital organs.
What is Cardiac Arrest?
Extend the person’s arm that is closest to you above the person’s head, then Roll the person toward yourself onto his or her side, so that the person’s head rests on his on her extended arm, and lastly bend both of the person’s knees to stabilize the body.
How do you place an Adult or Child in Recovery Position?
some may place their hands on throat, coughing or may not be able to cough, panicked expressions, and high pitched noises
What are signs and symptoms of someone choking?
drooling, weakness, confusion, loss of consciousness, and paralysis or numbness in the face.
What are signs of a stroke?