Chapter 1
Network of professionals linked together to provide the best care for people.
What is EMS
Steps when someone is unresponsive
What is Check, Call, Care
This occurs when the heart stops beating or beats irregularly.
What is Cardiac Arrest
This occurs when your airway becomes blocked.
What is choking
Chronic condition that is characterized as the body's inability to proces glucose
What is diabetes
Unusual Sounds, Odors, Sights, and Behaviors.
What are signs of an emergency
What is Medications
This is the first thing you do if you think someone is having a heart attack.
What is call 911
Foods such as nuts and seeds, household objects, and toys.
What are Risk Factors for Choking
This is a chronic illness where certain triggers cause inflammation and narrowing of the airways make breathing difficult
What is Asthma
These protect responders who act the way a reasonable and prudent person would act if that person were in the same situation
What are Good Samaritan Laws
The A in Sample
What is Allergies
This occurs when blood flow to the heart muscle is blocked
What is a heart attack
This is the amount of back blows and abdominal thrusts you should give to a choking adult or child
What is 5
Illness that person lives with for an ongoing period of time and has care occasionaly
What is a chronic illness.
When someone who is unresponsive is unable to give consent
What is Implied Consent
Where do you approach someone if they are hearing impaired
What is from the front
Chest pain,Discomfort or pain that spreads to one or both arms,Dizziness or light-headedness,Trouble breathing, Nausea, etc
Suprised facial expressions, hands on throat, possibly coughing.
Illness that strikes suddenly but lasts for only a short period of time
What is an acute illness
A person's body fluids that may be spread from direct on indirect contact when giving care.
What are Pathogens
What is Sample
This is how fast you deliver chest compressions on an infant.
What is 100-120 compressions per minute
This is what you do if you're giving care to a choking pregnant person.
What is give chest thrusts
Unusual sensation or feeling that a person with epilepsy may experience
What is an aura