Chapter 1 - Foundations
This part of the infant's body is where where you should tap to check responsiveness.
What is the bottom of the foot?
This medical emergency occurs when blood flow to the part of the heart muscle is blocked.
What is a heart attack?
This first aid technique is used when a person is choking and involves hitting your palm firmly between the shoulder blades.
What are back blows?
This type of illness occurs suddenly and only lasts for a short amount of time.
What is an acute illness?
This is the name of the injury that describes bleeding occurring inside the body.
What is internal bleeding?
These laws protect responders who act reasonable and prudent in a situation from financial liability
What are Good Samaritan Laws?
This medical emergency occurs when the heart stops beating or beats to ineffectively to circulate blood to the brain.
When someone is choking, this amount of back blows and abdominal thrusts each should be given.
What is 5?
This type of illness happens on an ongoing basis and often requires continuous treatment.
This type of wound occurs when a portion of the skin is partially or completely torn away.
What is an avulsion?
List the three Emergency Action steps IN ORDER.
What is check, call, care?
You should tilt a child's head to this position when giving CPR.
What is slightly past-neutral position?
This is what you should do when a pregnant woman is choking.
What is only give chest thrusts?
Diabetes is a chronic condition where the body cannot process this in the bloodstream.
What is glucose?
This type of wound is caused by a sharp object cutting at the skin.
What is a laceration?
This equipment is used to prevent pathogens from contaminating your skin, used when giving first aid care.
What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?
This is the constant rate at which you should give compressions to all unresponsive victims.
What is 100-120 compressions/min?
This part of your body is where an infant should be resting when giving back blows and chest thrusts.
What is the forearm?
This is a written plan that a person with asthma develops with a healthcare provider that details daily management and how to handle an asthma attack.
What is an asthma action plan?
This is a severe bacterial infection that can result from a puncture wound or deep laceration.
What is Tenatus?
You should wait for this amount of time to check for the responsiveness and breathing status of a person.
What is 5 to 10 seconds?
If you are unable or unwilling for any reason to give full CPR, you can give this special type of first aid.
What is compression-only CPR?
What is nothing?
This is a medication that counteracts the effects of a histamine, a chemical released by the body during a allergic reaction.
What is an antihistamine?
What is blunt trauma?