Chapter 1-Before giving care
What are the four signs of an emergency
What are unusual sounds, sights, odors, and behaviors.
How long should you check an unresponsive person for breathing?
What is no more than 5-10 seconds.
A small, portable computerized device that allows a minimally trained bystander to provide defibrillation much faster than EMS.
What is an AED.
When caring for an adult this action you bend them over on your arm and hit their back.
What is Back blows.
Respiratory distress is...
What is difficulty breathing
What are your 4 roles in the EMS system which include
four basic steps?
1. Recognizing that an emergency exists.
2. Deciding to take action.
3. Activating the EMS system.
4. Giving care until EMS personnel take over.
1. Extend the person’s arm that is closest to you
above the person’s head.
2. Roll the person toward yourself onto his or her
side, so that the person’s head rests on his or
her extended arm.
3. Bend both of the person’s knees to stabilize
the body.
What is Recovery positions.
________ on the other hand, occurs when the heart
stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood to
the brain and other vital organs.
What is cardiac arrest.
When caring for an adult this step you grab them from behind and thrust.
What is abdominal thrust.
What is breathing faster then normal
hyperventilation
1. _____ the scene and the person.
2. _____ 9-1-1 or the designated emergency number.
3. _____ for the person.
What is Check, Call, Care.
What should you do if you detect signs or symptoms of illness or injury?
What is
Make sure to reassure the person by telling him or her that you will help and that EMS personnel have been called
What is the first step in the cardiac chain of survival?
What is prevention.
What are symptoms of choking?
What is
A person who is choking typically has a panicked, confused or
surprised facial expression. Some people may place one or both
hands on their throat. The person may cough (either forcefully
or weakly), or he or she may not be able to cough at all.
What is is a drug that slows or stops the effects of anaphylaxis.
Epinephrine
A legal concept referring to the assumption that an unresponsive person would give permission to be helped if responsive.
What is implied consent.
What should you assume if the person does not respond in any way and is not breathing or gasping for air?
What is
Assume cardiac arrest, send someone to call 9-1-1 or the designated emergency number and to get an AED and first aid kit
_____ or 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.
What is CPR.
Talking or laughing while eating can lead to ___
What is choking.
an illness that a person lives with on an ongoing basis and that often requires continuous treatment to manage.
What is a Chronic Illness
Before giving first aid care, you must obtain _______ (permission) from the injured or ill person (or the
person's parent or guardian if the person is a minor)
What is Consent.
If the child's parent or guardian is present, remember to get the parent's or guardian's consent to give care.
What is ask for the parent's/ guardians consent
Type of person that gets their noses pinched and head tilted back when receiving CPR.
What is an infant.
What should you do if an adult or child is choking?
What is
give a combination of 5 back blows
followed by 5 abdominal thrusts
An illness that strikes suddenly and usually only lasts for a short amount of time
What is An Acute illness