Medical Emergencies
Any situation in which a person suddenly becomes ill or sustains an injury that requires immediate help.
What is a medical emergency?
This can be used to put out a small fire
What is a fire extinguisher?
Needed on conscious adults, prior to providing help.
What is consent?
CPR stands for this.
What is cardiopulmonary resuscitation?
A condition where a patient's entire body is affected by cold.
What are hypothermia?
What is first aid?
The three elements to create the fire triangle.
What is fuel, heat, oxygen?
You do this when a foreign object is obstructing an adult patients airway.
What is abdominal thrusts/Heimlich maneuver
The amount of compressions you would give an adult, as a single rescuer.
What is 30?
Abnormally high amount of sugar in the blood.
What is hyperglycemia?
The first step during an emergency.
What is contacting EMS/call 911?
RACE stands for....
What is Rescue, Alarm, Contain, Evacuate?
Determining whether there are threats to your own safety or to the safety of the patient or bystanders.
What is evaluating the scene for safety? or What is the scene is safety?
What is 15:2?
Sudden development of cramps in skeletal muscles resulting from exposure to high temperatures.
What are heat cramps?
OSHA stands for what?
What is Occupational Safety and Health Administration?
Class K is what type of fires?
What is cooking media (vegetable or animal oils and fats)?
Both hands placed around a persons neck is....
Universal sign for choking
Allowing the chest to rise and fall.
What is recoil?
A type of shock that occurs quickly, with sever life-threatening consequences.
What is anaphylaxis?
NFPA stands for?
What is the National Fire Protection Association?
Class D is used on these types of fires.
What are combustible metals and combustible metal alloys?
Law protects people from civil and criminal liability if they provide first aid to a victim?
Good Samaritan Law
The compression depth for an infant?
What is 1 and 1/2 inches or 4cm?
What is heat stroke?