Chapter #1
What does EMS stand for?
What is emergency medical services.
What do you do if you check the person and they are conscious?
What is, blood flow to the heart muscle becomes blocked?
What are some common things people (especially children) choke on?
What are, foods, household objects, toys, and other small things.
An illness that strikes suddenly and usually only lasts for a short period of time.
What is acute illness.
What is the first step in your role in the EMS system?
What is: recognizing an emergency exists.
What do you do if the injured person is a child/infant?
What is, ask for consent from the parent/legal guardian if present, then administer care.
What are the signs/symptoms of a heart attack?
What are:
- Discomfort or pain that spreads to one or both arms, the back, the shoulder, the neck, the jaw or the upper part of the stomach
- Dizziness or light-headedness
- Trouble breathing, including noisy breathing, shortness of breath or breathing that is faster than normal
- Nausea or vomiting
- Pale, ashen (gray) or slightly bluish skin, especially around the face and fingers
- Sweating
- A feeling of anxiety or impending doom
- Extreme fatigue (tiredness)
- Unresponsiveness
What is, 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.
An illness that a person lives with on an ongoing basis and that often requires continuous treatment to manage.
What is a chronic illness.
What is the second step of your role in the EMS system?
What is: Deciding to take action.
What should you do if the person you are giving care to is an elderly person?
What is, treat them with respect, speak slowly and clearly, and explain what you are doing.
What is the suggested first aid care for a heart attack?
What is:
- call 911
- have the person stop what they are doing
- reassure the person
- closely monitor the person's condition until EMS arrive
- if you are trained in CPR and AED use, administer that when it becomes necessary.
What is the first aid for choking?
What is, asking the person if they are choking, encourage the person to keep coughing if they already are, if they can't cough, then have someone call 911 and start performing back blows and abdominal thrusts.
What are the signs and symptoms of sudden illness.
What are:
- trouble breathing
- pain, such as chest pain, abdominal pain, or a head ache
- changes in levels of consciousness
- light headed or dizziness
- nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or stomach cramps
- a fever
- pale or very flushed skin
What is the third step of your role in the EMS system?
What is: Activating the EMS system.
What should you do if the victim has a disability?
What is, either speak with the care giver or the adult with them, or speak directly to them, and be aware of their disability and how it could affect how you care for them.
How does cardiac arrest occur?
What is, occurs when the heart stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood to the brain and other vital organs.
Position yourself to the side of the person. Place one arm across the person’s chest and bend the person forward so that the person’s upper body is almost parallel to the ground. Strike the person between the shoulder blades with the heel of your other hand.
What is back blows.
What is respiratory distress?
What is, evidenced by signs and symptoms such as shortness of breath, gasping for breath, hyperventilation (breathing that is faster and shallower than normal), or breathing that is uncomfortable or painful. Respiratory distress can lead to respiratory arrest (absence of breathing).
What is the fourth, and final, step of your role in the EMS system?
What is: Giving care until EMS personnel take over.
How do you interview the victim?
What is S.A.M.P.L.E.
What is a medication you can administer to help with a heart attack?
What is Aspirin.
Stand behind them. Wrap your arms around their. Find their navel, put your fingers on the navel. Make a fist with your other hand and place the thumb side just above your fingers. Cover your fist with your other hand and give quick, inward and upward thrusts into the person’s abdomen.
What is abdominal thrusts.
A chronic illness in which certain substances or conditions, called triggers, cause inflammation and narrowing of the airways, making breathing difficult.
What is asthma.