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When a person is conscious, you should do this to find out what happened.
What is ask questions
A person is conscious and looks to be choking. They are coughing. What should you do?
What is encourage them to keep coughing.
The body's cooling system begins to fail and core temperatures rise above 105 degrees.
What is Heatstroke
The method used to control bleeding.
What is Direct Pressure
You see an unconscious person near the pool of water. What is your first step?
What is check the scene.
What is the "Good Samaritan Law"?
Laws that protect anyone from making a good faith effort the help the victim of an injury or illness. Whenever you are confronted with a first aid emergency, use the skills you have to the best of your ability. No one expects you to have the knowledge of a physician, but you can use your training to help until professional medical attention is available.
CPR should be performed when there is no ________ and no ____________.
What is breathing and circulation
Occurs when blood flow decreases or stops in one of the two coronary arteries of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle.
What is a Heart Attack
Without enough fluids, it can happen in both hot weather as well as cold weather.
What is Dehydration
A person has fallen unconscious but still has a pulse. You have checked breathing (no breathing) and given two rescue breaths. They did not go in. What do you do?
What is re-tilt the head and try again.
What does AED stand for?
Automated External Defibrillator
After asking the person if they are choking and calling 911, it is important to ____________ before giving back blows and chest thrusts.
What is get consent or permission.
Occurs when a body part is subjected to a high force or pressure, usually after being squeezed between two heavy objects.
What is a Crush Injury
What are two things you should not do for a person who is experiencing a seizure?
What is hold them down or put things in their mouth.
You are called for someone that was impaled by a piece of rebar. Patient is conscious and breathing, complaining of pain and wanting you to remove the piece. What do you do?
What is control serious bleeding and stabilize the object.
How should you care for a minor eye injury caused by a foreign object?
What is Flush the eye with clean water or saline solution
Fill in the blanks: Recognize that an _________ exists, Decide to __________. Activate the EMS system, Give care until ______________.
What is emergency, act, and help arrives.
Occurs when something blocks blood supply to part of the brain or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts.
What is a Stroke.
True or False: when someone is stung by a bee or wasp, you should squeeze the wound to get the stinger out.
False. Squeezing will force more venom into the skin from the sac attached to the stinger. Use the edge of a knife blade to scrape away the stinger.
You are called for a person that had a bin of parts tip over and fall on them. Before you get there, co-workers have already lifted the parts off. The patient is conscious, but vomiting blood, and you notice some areas of the body that are tender, swollen, and hard bruised areas. The person seems very confused and drowsy. What might this person be experiencing?
What is internal bleeding
Early CPR is important because.
What is it keeps oxygen-rich blood flowing to the brain and other organs when the heart unexpectedly stops beating (cardiac arrest).
Continue CPR until... (give all 3 answers)
What is help/EMS arrives, you see signs of life, and/or you are too exhausted to continue.
Sudden, uncontrolled electrical disturbance in the brain which can cause changes in behavior, movements, feelings, and consciousness.
What is a Seizure.
In checking for a stroke, what does the acronym "F.A.S.T" stand for?
What is Face, arms, speech, time
You are called for someone complaining of Shortness of breath. When you start talking to the patient you can hear WHEEZING and a DRY cough. What could this person be experiencing?
What is an Asthma attack.