Cardiac Emergencies
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?
This occurs when the airway becomes either partially or completely blocked by a foreign object, such as a piece of food or a small toy; by swelling in the mouth or throat; or by fluids, such as vomit or blood.
What is choking?
This happens when a person becomes suddenly ill.
What is Sudden Illness.
This is a network of professionals linked together to provide the best care for people in all types of emergencies.
What is EMS.
This is a position that helps to lower the person’s risk for choking and aspiration.
What is recovery position.
This is provided by EMS personnel at the scene and en route to the hospital, early advanced life support gives the person access to emergency medical care delivered by trained professionals.
What is early advanced life support?
You may hear high-pitched squeaking noises as the person tries to breathe, or nothing at all.
What is Signs and Symptoms of Choking?
This is an illness that strikes suddenly and usually only lasts for a short period of time.
What is an acute illness.
These are laws that are designed to protect people from civil liability when they provide reasonable assistance to someone injured or in peril during an emergency.
What are Good Samaritan Laws.
You interview the person using SAMPLE to get a better understanding of the situation and the nature of the person’s illness or injury when?
What is Checking a Responsive Person.
This is an attack that occurs when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked.
What is a heart attack?
Position yourself to the side and slightly behind the
person. For a child, you may need to kneel. Place
one arm diagonally across the person’s chest (to
provide support) and bend the person forward at
the waist so that the person’s upper body is as
close to parallel to the ground as possible. Firmly
strike the person between the shoulder blades
with the heel of your other hand. Each back blow
should be separate from the others.
What is back blows?
This is an illness that a person lives with on an ongoing basis and that often requires continuous treatment to manage.
What is chronic illness.
Unresponsiveness is an example of what types of symptoms?
What is Emergency Conditions.
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 and yourself) only if?
What is if the person does not respond and is not breathing or is only gasping.
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?
Stand behind the person, with one foot in front of the other for balance and stability. If possible, place your front foot between the person’s feet. Wrap your arms around the person’s waist.
What is Abdominal thrusts?
Q Trouble breathing.
Q Pain, such as chest pain, abdominal pain or a headache.
Q Changes in level of consciousness, such as being confused
or unaware of one’s surroundings, or becoming unresponsive.
Q Light-headedness or dizziness.
Q Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or stomach cramps.
What is Signs and Symptoms of Sudden Illness.
This applies when a minor needs emergency medical assistance and the minor's parent or guardian is not present.
What is implied consent.
What are some strategies for gathering information effectively?
Being able to communicate and interact effectively with the person who is injured or ill can increase the person’s comfort level with you, and makes it more likely that you will be able to get the information you need in order to provide appropriate care.
Q You notice an obvious sign of life.
Q An AED is ready to use and no other trained responders are available to assist you
with the AED.
Q You have performed approximately 2 minutes of CPR (5 sets of 30:2) and another
trained responder is available to take over compressions.
Q EMS personnel take over.
Q You are alone and too tired to continue.
Q The scene becomes unsafe.
What is how to give CPR to an adult?
Certain behaviors can put a person at risk for choking, such as talking or laughing with the mouth full or eating too fast.
What is Risk Factors for Choking.
Breathing that is faster and shallower than normal, or breathing that is uncomfortable or painful.
What is hyperventilation.
These are harmful microorganisms that can cause disease.
What is Pathogens.
Provide care for any conditions found when?
What is checking a responsive person.