Foundations
A network of professionals linked together to provide the best care for people in all types of emergencies.
What is then emergency medical services (EMS) system?
When blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked.
What is a heart attack?
What is hyperventilation?
A progressive, life-threatening condition in which the circulatory system fails to deliver enough oxygen-rich blood to the body's tissues and organs.
What is shock?
The body's ability to maintain an internal temperature within an acceptable range despite external conditions.
What is thermoregulation?
Unusual sounds, unusual odors, unusual sights, unusual behaviors.
What is the signs of an emergency?
When the heart stops bleeding or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood to the brain and other vital organs.
What is cardiac arrest?
A chronic illness in which certain substances or conditions called triggers, cause inflammation or narrowing of the airways, making breathing difficult.
What is asthma?
When the body is pierced by a sharp, narrow object or impaled on a sharp object, can also lead to internal bleeding.
What is penetrating trauma?
Occurs when fluids lost through sweating are not replaced.
What is heat exhaustion?
Protects individuals who act the way a "responsible and prudent person" would act if that person were in the same situation.
What is the Good Samaritan laws?
Five actions that, when performed in rapid succession, increase the person's likelihood of surviving cardiac arrest.
What is the Cardiac Chain of Survival?
A written plan that the person develops with his or her healthcare provider that details daily management of the condition as well as how to handle an asthma attack.
What is an asthma action plan?
A cut, commonly caused by a sharp object such as broken glass or a knife.
What is a laceration?
When the body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing the core body temperature to fall below 95 degrees F.
When someone is unresponsive, confused, or mentally impaired the law assumes the person would give consent if he or she were able to do so.
What is implied consent?
A skill that is used when a person is in cardiac arrest to keep oxygenated blood moving and other vital organs until advanced medical help arrives. Involves 30 chest compressions and 2 rescue breaths.
What is CPR?
A severe, life-threatening allergic reaction.
What is anaphylaxis?
A device places around an arm or leg to constrict blood vessels and stop blood flow to a wound.
What is a tourniquet?
An injury caused by freezing of the skin and underlying tissues as a result of prolonged exposure to freezing or subfreezing temperatures.
What is frostbite?
The three emergency actions steps to guide you in an emergency situation.
What is check, call, care?
A portable electronic device used to treat cardiac arrest by delivering an electric shock to the hear.
What is an AED?
A drug that slows or stops the effects of anaphylaxis.
What is epinephrine?
A traumatic injury to the skin caused by contact with extreme heat, chemicals, radiation, or electricity.
What is a burn?
The most severe heat-related illness. It occurs when the body's cooling system is completely overwhelmed and stops working.
What is heat stroke?