Before Giving Care
Equipment used to prevent pathogens from contaminating a caregivers
What is personal protective equipment?
The amount of chest compressions and rescue breaths in a cycle of CPR.
What is 30 chest compressions and 2 rescue breaths?
The difference between caring for a child victim of choking compared to an adult victim
What is adjusting for height?
An illness that requires continuous treatment to manage
What is chronic illness?
An injury caused by the piercing of the body by a sharp narrow object or by impaling
What is penetrating trauma?
Minimum length of time to wash hands after giving emergency care
What is 20 seconds?
Difference between Aspirin and other pain killers
What is a blood thinner?
Amount of back blows and abdominal thrusts in a set of emergency choking care.
What is 5 back blows and 5 chest thrusts?
Breathing that is faster and shallower than normal
What is hyperventilation?
An open wound caused by a cut, usually by a sharp object
What is Laceration?
The first step in taking action in an emergency
What is checking the scene?
The position an adult victim's head should be in when giving rescue breaths during CPR
What is past-neutral position?
The position a choking infant should be held in while attempting to give back blows
What is face-down on the forearm?
A severe, life-threatening allergic reaction
What is anaphylaxis?
Life-threatening condition in which the circulatory system fails to deliver blood to tissues and organs
What is Shock?
Assumed permission to give care when a victim in an emergency is unresponsive or when no one is available to give consent
What is implied consent?
Breaths occurring after the heart stops breathing
What is agonal breaths?
Standard procedure if giving abdominal thrusts is difficult or dangerous to a victim of choking
What is giving chest thrusts?
A common chronic illness that causes inflammation and narrowing of airways when the victim is exposed to certain substances
What is asthma?
An open wound caused when a portion of skin or the underlying tissue is partially or completely torn away from the body
What is an avulsion?
Laws made to protect first responders who give emergency care in a reasonable way
What is Good Samaritan Laws?
Locations on the chest where AED pads are placed on an adult victim experiencing cardiac arrest.
What is the upper right side and lower left side of the chest?
Procedure if someone is unresponsive and choking
What is giving CPR while trying to remove the object lodged in the airways before attempting to give rescue breaths?
Causes of Hypoglycemia
What is eating too little, taking too much medication, or exercising more than normal?
Locations on the body where a tourniquet is generally used to stop bleeding
What is Limbs of the body?