chapter 1
Which item would be in a first aid kit:
A. 7 lollipops
B. 9 masks
C. 8 sterile gauze pads
what is C. * 8 sterile gauze pads
what do you have to do before giving first aid
What is gathering information that will guide your next action
Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the patient has been transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training.
What is Abandonment.
The dominant pacemaker of the heart is...
What is SA Node.
The loss of measurable signs of life as the result of a blocked airway or loss of breathing?
What is Secondary Cardiac Arrest.
why was the good Samaritan law developed
what is to encourage people to help others in emergency situations
What should you do with the service animal if the person in need of care has a disability
Keep them together to avoid anxiousness
A legal concept referring to the assumption that an unresponsive person would give permission to be helped if responsive.
What is implied consent.
List the four chambers of the heart.
What is right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, and left ventricle.
The recommended technique to open and maintain the airway of an unresponsive person. It pulls the jaw forward and lifts the tongue away from the back of the throat?
What is Head Tilt-Chin Lift
what are the 2 types of pathogens that can affect you or the person you are caring for
If the person in need of care speaks a different language how should you speak
in a normal voice
A finding of failure to act properly in a situation in which there was a duty to act and that harm was caused to the patient as a result.
What is Negligence.
The passageway between the mouth and lungs that allows life-sustaining oxygen into the body?
What is the Airway.
Infectious microorganisms in human blood that can cause disease in humans. These pathogens include hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)?
What is Bloodborne Pathogens.
the 4 signs of emergencies
what are unusual sights, sounds, behaviors, and odors?
What is the first thing you should check if the person seems unresponsive
Check for breathing for no more than 5-10 seconds
A law enacted to legally protect trained providers who voluntarily stop to help, act prudently, do not provide care beyond training, and are not completely careless in delivering emergency care.
What is Good Samaritan law.
Heartbeat pulsations of the femoral arteries that can be felt just below the middle of the crease where the leg and torso meet.
What is femoral pulse.
A basic CPR skill that creates increased pressure in the chest cavity and direct compression of the heart. This forces blood to move from the chest to the lungs, brain, and rest of the body?
What is Chest Compressions.
who are 3 professions the EMS systems
what are police officer, firefighter, ski patrol officers, park rangers, athletic trainers, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics
What do you need to do first if the person in need of care is a child
What is checking for their parent or guardian
A federal law protecting the privacy of the patients specific health care information and providing the patient with control over how this information is used and distributed
What is HIPAA.
A life-threatening BLS emergency in which breathing is absent or not normal and the heart is still beating?
What is Respiratory Arrest.
The abrupt loss of the heart's ability to contract and push blood forward through the circulatory system. Typically caused by a sudden disruption of the heart's electrical system?
What is Sudden Cardiac Arrest.