CPR
It consists of recognition of cardiac arrest with early activation of EMS, high quality CPR, rapid defibrillation, and early advanced life support
What is AHA Chain of survival?
This is the medical term for slow heart rate
What is bradycardia?
The heart and lungs are organs within this body cavity
What is the thoracic cavity?
This is the most common cause of airway obstruction
What is the tongue?
The spleen and pancreas are organs located in this abdominal section
What is the left upper quadrant (LUQ)?
This is the correct compression rate for adult CPR
What is 100-120 per minute?
An accumulation of blood within the pleural cavity
What is a hemothorax?
This includes cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal
What are the levels of the spine?
Also called an airway adjunct, its purpose is to prevent the tongue from obstructing the airway?
What is an oralpharyngeal airway(OPA)?
What is the left atrium?
Cardiac arrest in infants is children is most commonly due to this
Respiratory problems
In medical terms, this means face down
What is supine?
Air exchange occurs in these little sacs within the lungs
What are alveoli?
One method is to place a folded towel under the shoulders of a pediatric patient
What is maintaining the airway?
This in an injury to the ligaments of a joint
What is sprain?
After delivering shock and performing CPR for 2 minutes, you find that the patient has a weak pulse, so this is what your next step would be
What is assess ventilations?
Sometimes described as a joint “popped out of its socket”
What is dislocation?
The skin is considered an organ in this system
What is the integumentary system?
This should be completed before administering anything by mouth to a patient with a diabetic emergency
What is assess the airway?
This is and injury that tears loose a flap of skin
What is avulsion?
Ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation are the only two rhythms
What are shockable rhythms?
This is the medical term for low blood pressure
The pulmonary arteries lead to this
What is the lungs?
The tongue is proportionately larger, trachea is smaller and less rigid, and airway is more easily obstructed are examples of this
What are the differences between child and adult airways?
Laceration on the forehead is an example of this
What is open head injury?