Scene & Safety
This means checking for dangers before helping.
What is Scene Safety?
Permission given by a conscious person to provide care.
What is Consent?
Acronym for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
What is CPR?
Sudden stopping of the heart’s pumping ability.
What is Sudden Cardiac Arrest?
Immediate care given before professional help arrives.
What is First Aid?
Something that could cause harm at an emergency scene.
What is a Hazard?
Permission assumed when someone is unconscious.
What is Implied Consent?
Pushing on the chest during CPR.
What are Chest Compressions?
Cardiac arrest caused by a heart rhythm problem.
What is Primary Cardiac Arrest?
The first person to help in an emergency.
What is a Responder?
Stop, look, listen, and think before acting.
What is Scene Size-Up?
When someone says they do not want help.
What is Refusal of Care?
Breaths given during CPR.
What are Rescue Breaths?
Cardiac arrest caused by breathing problems.
What is Secondary Cardiac Arrest?
Calling 911 activates this system.
What is EMS (Emergency Medical Services)?
Gloves and masks worn to protect rescuers.
What is PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)?
Leaving a victim after starting care without proper transfer.
What is Abandonment?
A portable device that shocks the heart.
What is an AED?
When the heart quivers instead of pumping.
What is Ventricular Fibrillation?
The person who answers 911 and gives instructions.
What is a Dispatcher?
Treating all blood and body fluids as infectious.
What are Universal Precautions?
Laws that protect people who help in emergencies.
What are Good Samaritan Laws?
The shock delivered to restore a normal rhythm.
What is Defibrillation?
A drug overdose that can lead to cardiac arrest.
What is an Opioid Overdose?
The steps that improve survival in cardiac arrest.
What is the Chain of Survival?