Foundations
If someone is unresponsive, the law assumes a person would give this if the person was lucid
What is implied consent?
True/False: When checking a child's responsiveness when he/she doesn't seem to be experiencing a life-threatening emergency, you check from head to toe
What is false? You check from toe to head.
When blood flow is blocked when going to a part of the heart muscle
What is a heart attack?
Two typical choking hazards in children
What are foods and household objects/toys?
An illness that is long-term and ongoing for a person, which ultimately requires a continuous treatment
What is a chronic illness?
Laws that protect the bystander attending to someone experiencing an emergency situation from financial liability and encourage people to help
What are Good Samaritan Laws?
True/False: If a person is responsive, fully awake, and breathing normally, an AED is not necessary for recovery
True/False: After 4-6 minutes, brain damage is irreversible.
What is false? After 4-6 minutes, brain damage begins.
The two parts of helping a person who is choking
What are back blows and abdominal thrusts?
A useful written plan a person develops with his/her healthcare provider to help with their asthmatic conditions or in the event of an asthma attack
What is an asthma action plan?
Harmful microorganisms that cause disease as an infected person's blood enters another person's unaffected bloodstream
What are bloodborne pathogens?
Recovery position for an adult
What is: arm closest to you above their head, on their side resting their head on the arm, and knees bent?
What is cardiopulmonary resuscitation?
Way to help a person who is pregnant and choking
What is giving chest thrusts rather than abdominal thrusts?
What is Anaphylaxis?
Signs of an emergency
What are:
Unusual sounds
Unusual odors
Unusual sights
Unusual behaviors
Acronym used to gather more information and interview a person
SAMPLE
S: signs and symptoms
A: allergies
M: medications
P: pertinent medical history
L: last food/drink
E: events leading up to the incident
The alternative to giving full CPR
What is true?
A medication that goes against the effect of histamine, a chemical that is released by the body during an allergic reation.
What are antihistamines?
Harmful microorganisms that are spread through the air
Two abnormal heart rhythms that can lead to sudden cardiac arrest
True/False: When you are certain that there is an object stuck in a person's mouth, you remove it with your finger.
What is True?
When blood flow to the part of the brain is obstructed, leading to the death of brain cells.
What is a stroke.