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A group of professionals linked together to provide the best care for people in all type of emergencies.
What is emergency medical services (EMS) system ?
What is SAM?
What is signs and symptoms, allergies, medication
What are some Signs and Symptoms of a Heart Attack?
What is chest pain, Dizziness or light-headedness, Trouble breathing, etc. ?
What are 2 choking hazards?
What is food and items in house?
What are some signs and symptoms of sudden illness?
What is trouble breathing, chest pain, a fever, seizures?
What are the 3 C's?
What is Check, Call, Care.
What should you do if the person is unresponsive?
What is tap their shoulders and get someone to call 911 and get a first aid kit and an AED, then begin CPR.
How does a Heart Attack occur?
What is when blood flow to a specific part of the heart muscle is blocked?
When someone is having severe difficulty in breathing because of a constricted or obstructed throat or a lack of air
What is choking?
A condition where a person breathes rapidly and deeply, resulting in an excessive loss of carbon dioxide from the blood
What is hyperventilation?
4 unusual signs that could be an emergency.
What is unusual behaviors, unusual sounds, unusual odors, unusual sights?
If you detect signs or symptoms of illness/injury what should be done?
What is determine whether to call 911 or the designated emergency number?
What is a medicine that thins blood to help with Heart Attacks.
What is Aspirin?
What is a sign or sympton of choking?
What is a person is choking they are normally panicked, confused or with a facial expression?
An illness that strikes suddenly and usually only lasts for a short period of time
What is an acute illness?
What are 2 ways you can obtain consent to help the person?
verbal affirmation, a nod, or by extending an injured limb for examination
If the person does not respond and is not breathing or is only gasping what should you do?
What is Send someone to call 9-1-1 or the designated emergency number and to obtain an AED and first aid kit?
A sudden, unexpected stoppage of the heart, causing blood flow to stop to vital organs
What is Cardiac Arrset?
How should you care if a child or adult is choking?
What is back blows and abdominal thrust?
An illness that a person lives with on an ongoing basis and that often requires many treatments to manage.
What is a chronic illness?
Legal protection for individuals who voluntarily provide aid to a person in need during an emergency, it shields them from civil liability for negligence or harm that may occur during the act of helping, as long as the aid is given in good faith.
What is Good Samaritan Laws?
If a person is responsive and not fully awake what should be done?
What is send a person to call 911 or the designated emergency number and to obtain an automated external defibrillator (AED) and first aid kit?
What should you do if someone is having a cardiac arrest?
What is have someone call 911 immediately, Begin CPR immediately, Use an AED ASAP?
What are some special situations of choking?
What is the person is pregnant, too large for you, in a wheelchair, or alone?
A chronic illness in which certain substances or conditions.
What is asthma?