chapter 1
What is your role in the EMS system?
1 recognize that an emergency exists
2 Decide to take action
3 activate the EMS system
4 Giving care until EMS personnel take over
What information should you gather
Sighns and symptoms
allergies
medication
pertinent medical history
last food or drink
events leading up to the accident
What is a heart attack?
When blood flow to parts of the heart muscle is blocked
What are the signs and symptoms of choking?
panicked confused coughing not breathing not able to cough
What are the signs and symptoms of sudden illness
trouble breathing
pain in the chest
light headed
nauseua
fever
pale or very flush
What are the different types of EMS?
EMR
EMT
AEMT
parametics
if the person is unresponsive and an adult what consent is that?
Implied consent
What is cardiac arrest?
When the heart stops beating or beats to intensively to circulate blood to the brain and other vital organs
5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts
What is an acute illness?
an illness that strikes suddenly and usually only lasts for a short period of time
What are the signs of an emergency?
Unusual sounds, unusual orders.Unusual sights,Unusual behaviors
If a person is an infant and unresponsive and their is a parent present what must you do?
Ask the adult/Gardian of child for concent
every minute that CPR and an AED is delayed what percent is their survival rate reduced by?
10%
How do you give back blows?
position yourself beside the person place one arm directly across the persons chest and bend the person forward then firmly strike the persons back between the sholder blades
What is a chronic illness?
an illness that a person lives with on an ongoing basis and that often requires continues treatment to manage
What is the law that protects responders who act the way a reasonable and prudent person would act if that person were in the same situation
Good Samaritan law
If an infant or child is unresponsive and no adult what consent is that
implied concent
CPR involves giving what?
30 chest compression and 2 breaths
How do you give abdominal thrusts?
wrap your arms around the persons waits place one hand in a fist right above the naval-and thumb toward the naval then place the other hand on top and give quick inward upward thrusts into the persons abdomen
What are the different types of asthma inhalers?
Metered Dose Inhalers
Dry powder inhalers
Small volume nebulizers
What are the three emergency action steps in an emergency
check call care
How do you check if someone is responsive? infant child and adult
infant-tap food and say their baby baby baby
child -tap shoulders and say something to get their attention
adult -tap shoulders and say something to get their attention
How do you position your hands on an adult child and infant to perform CPR?
Adult- position the heel of the hand in the center of the person and place other hand on top and interlock figures compress at least 2 inches (2 hands)
Child-One hand on center of chest or 2 hands and only compress about 2 inches (1 or 2 hand)
Infant-two figures center of chest and compress about 1 1/2 inches or use both thumbs and do compression( two figures)
How do you give CPR to an infant?
Place the infant on forearm and give back blows then flip them over onto your other forearm and give chest thrust using two figures in the middle of the chest make sure to always be supporting their head
sighns and symptoms of an allergic reaction?
trohb le breathing
swelling
tightness in chest skin reactions