CH 1 & 2
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What is SAMPLE?
signs & symptoms
allergies
medications
patient & medical history
last food or drink
events leading up to the incident
What is a heat attack?
What is when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked, the cells in the affected area of the heart muscle are not receiving the oxygen and nutrients, they need, they die, causing permanent damage to the heart muscle.
What are the symptoms of choking?
What is a panicked, confused or surprised facial expression, people may place one or both hands on their throat, and coughing.
What is acute and chronic illness?
What is an acute illness is an illness that strikes suddenly and usually only lasts for a short period of time. A chronic illness is an illness that a person lives with on an ongoing basis and that often requires continuous treatment to manage.
What is Thermoregulation?
What is the body’s ability to maintain an internal temperature within an acceptable range despite external conditions, is important for human survival.
What must you receive before starting care on a child an/or person.
What is consent.
What are signs and symptoms of a heart attack?
Chest pain, pressure, squeezing, tightness, dizziness or light-headedness, nausea or vomiting, trouble breathing, sweating, unresponsiveness, extreme fatigue, anxiety, and aching or heaviness in the chest.
What is the care/response to adult/child who is choking?
What is give a combination of 5 back blows (blows between the shoulder blades) followed by 5 abdominal thrusts (inward and upward thrusts just above the navel) (Figure 4-1).
What is - Respiratory distress, or difficulty breathing, 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.
What is hypothermia?
What is the body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing the core body temperature to fall below 95° F (35° C). Hypothermia can result from exposure to cold
the position to use When a person is responsive but not fully awake.
What is an recovery position?
What is cardiac arrest?
occurs when the heart stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood to the brain and other vital organs.
What is the care/response to a infant who is choking?
What is give a combination of 5 back blows followed by 5 chest thrusts (instead of abdominal thrusts) (Figure 4-2). You can sit, kneel or stand to give first aid care to a choking infant, as long as you are able to support the infant on your thigh with the infant’s head lower than his or her chest.
What is Asthma?
What is a chronic illness in which certain substances or conditions, called triggers, cause inflammation and narrowing of the airways, making breathing difficult.
What is external & internal bleeding?
What is
Internal bleeding - bleeding that occurs inside the body, into a body cavity or space, can be a consequence of traumatic injury and may be life threatening.
External bleeding - bleeding that is visible on the outside of the body.
A person with a disablity might use a what?
What is a service animal.
What is The Cardiac Chain of Survival?
five actions that, when performed in rapid succession, increase the person’s likelihood of surviving cardiac arrest (Box 3-2). In the Cardiac Chain of Survival, each link of the chain depends on, and is connected to, the other links.
What to do when the person becomes unresponsive?
What is carefully lower him or her to the ground and, if you are trained, begin CPR, starting with chest compressions. After each set of chest compressions and before attempting rescue breaths, open the person’s mouth and look for the object. If you see an object in the person’s mouth, remove it using your finger (Figure 4-3).
What is Anaphylaxis?
What is a severe, life-threatening allergic reaction. Epinephrine or the Epinephrine auto injector/ Epi-pen is a drug that slows or stops the effects of anaphylaxis.
What is a Tourniquet?
What is device placed around an arm or leg to constrict blood vessels and stop blood flow to a wound. In some life-threatening circumstances.
What must you do when the injured or ill person speaks a different language?
What is when you call 9-1-1 or the designated emergency number, explain that you are having difficulty communicating with the person, and tell the dispatcher which language you believe the person speaks.
What is CPR?
What is a skill that is used when a person is in cardiac arrest to keep oxygenated blood moving to the brain and other vital organs until advanced medical help arrives (Figure 3-5). CPR involves giving sets of 30 chest compressions followed by sets of 2 rescue breaths.
What should you never do while giving care for a choking person?
What is never put your finger in the person’s mouth unless you actually see the object. If you cannot see the object and you put your finger in the person’s mouth, you might accidentally push the object deeper into the person’s throat.
What is Diabetes?
What is a chronic condition characterized by the body’s inability to process glucose (sugar) in the bloodstream.
What is a burn?
What is a traumatic injury to the skin (and sometimes the underlying tissues as well) caused by contact with extreme heat, chemicals, radiation or electricity (Figure 6-3).