Chapter 1
A network of professionals that are linked together to provide the best care for people in emergencies.
What is the emergency medical system? (EMS)
An acronym for interviewing a person who has a injury.
What is S.A.M.P.L.E?
This medication helps with a heart attack.
What is aspirin?
Household items like toys can be a hazard for what?
What is choking?
An illness that shows up abruptly and quickly.
What is a sudden illness?
Laws who protect a person who is providing care to someone in need.
What are good Samaritan laws?
WHat does the M in sample stand for?
Medication.
This is the number of chest compression you give an adult while doing CPR on them.
What is 30?
This is a universal signal for choking.
What is two hands around your neck.
difficulty breathing is a sign of this illness.
What is sudden illness?
You need to ask for this before giving care to a person.
What is consent?
The first thing you do when treating someone who is unresposive.
What is call 911?
This machine sends an electrical shock to the body to wake it up.
What is an AED?
A technique used to help people who are choking.
What are back blows and abdominal thrusts?
This tool is used to help breathing for people who have asthma.
What is an inhaler?
These are spread when blood from an infected person enters a person who is not infected.
What are Blood-borne pathogens?
The correct order to check for injuries.
Head to toe.
The amount of breaths you give while doing CPR.
What is 2?
The amount of back blows to give someone who is choking.
What is 5?
You inject this for an allergic reaction.
What is an EpiPen?
These are spread in the air from an infected person by sneezing or coughing.
What are airborne pathogens?
Who do you gain consent from when treating a child.
Who is the parent or guardian?
When using an AED you yell this to notify people to move away from the boys.
What is Clear?
when someone goes unresponsive when choking the next thing you do is...
What is give CPR?
Dizzy headaches shaky hands and pale clammy skin are all symptoms of this illness.
What is a diabetic attack?