Sudden Illness (Chapter 5)
An illness that strikes suddenly and usually only lasts for a short period of time.
What is Acute Illness?
If the person can speak or cry and is coughing forcefully, encourage him or her to...?
Keep Coughing
This occurs when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked.
What is a Heart Attack
When the Injured or Ill Person Is a Child, and the child’s parent or guardian is present, you need to first..?
Get the parent’s or guardian’s consent to give care.
What does the acronym "EMS" stand for?
Emergency Medical Services
A chronic condition characterized by the body’s inability to process glucose (sugar) in the bloodstream.
What is Diabetes?
When giving abdominal thrusts, use two fingers of one hand to find the person’s..?
Navel or Belly Button
This 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
What does the "A" stand for in the acronym "SAM"?
Allergies
List at least two of the signs of an emergency
1. Unusual Odors
2. Unusual Sounds
3. Unusual Behaviors
4. Unusual Sights
The result of abnormal electrical activity in the brain, leading to temporary and involuntary changes in body movement, function, sensation, awareness or behavior.
What is a Seizure?
To give ____ , stand behind the person, with one foot in front of the other for balance and stability.
What is Abdominal thrusts?
Brain Damage can begin within how many minutes?
4-6 Minutes
Check for responsiveness and breathing for no more than how many seconds?
5-10 seconds
These laws protect responders who act the way a "reasonable and prudent person" would act if that person were in the same situation.
What is Good Samaritan Laws
This occurs when the blood flow to part of the brain is interrupted by a blood clot, resulting in the death of brain cells.
What is a Stroke?
To give ______, position yourself to the side and slightly behind the person.
What is Back blows?
Brain damage can become irreversible within..?
8-10 minutes
This position helps to lower the person’s risk for choking and aspiration (the inhalation of foreign matter, such as saliva or vomit, into the lungs).
What is Recovery Position
List at least two ways to obtain consent to the injured or ill person (or the person's parent or guardian)
1. State your name
2. State the type and level of training that you have
3. Explain what you think is wrong
4. Explain what you plan to do
5. Ask if you may help
List at least two signs of a person who is having a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction.
1. Trouble breathing
2. Swelling of the face, neck, tongue or lips
3. A feeling of tightness in the chest or throat
4. Skin reactions (such as hives, itchiness or
flushing)
When an adult or child is choking, give a combination of _ back blows (blows between the shoulder blades) followed by _ abdominal thrusts.
A combination of 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts.
This occurs when the heart stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood to the brain and other vital organs.
What is Cardiac Arrest
If the person responds and is breathing normally but is not fully awake OR If the person does not respond and is not breathing or is only gasping, you should always do this first.
Send someone to call 9-1-1 or the designated emergency number and to obtain an AED and first aid kit (or, if you are alone, complete these actions yourself).
Someone who is unresponsive, confused or mentally impaired may not be able to grant consent. In these cases, the law assumes the person would give consent if he or she were able to do so.
What is Implied Consent