Cardiac Problems
Occurs when blood flow to a part of the heart muscle is blocked
What is a heart attack
What should your first action be when a person is choking
What is back blows
What is an acute sickness.
What is an illness that strikes suddenly and usually only lasts for a short period of time.
Heat cramps are what?
What is painful muscle spasms usually in the legs or abdomen caused by loss of fluid as a result of sweating
A chronic condition characterized by the body's inability to process glucose in the bloodstream
What is diabetes
occurs when the heart stops beating or beats to ineffectively to circulate blood to the vital organs such as the brain.
What is cardiac arrest?
What should you do after back blows
What is abdominal thrusts
What is the first step of caring for someone with an acute sickness
What is do no more harm
Occurs when fluids lost through sweating are not replaced
What is heat exhaustion
Result of abnormal electrical activity in the brain leading to temporary and involuntary changes in body movement
What is a stroke
skill used to when a person is in a cardiac arrest to keep oxygenated blood moving to the brain and other vital organs
What is CPR
What should you do if the person you are treating for choking becomes unresponsive
What is lower them carefully to the ground and begin chest compressions
What is respiratory distress
What is difficulty breathing or hyperventilation
Least common heat related illness but most severe, occurs when body's cooling system stops working
What is heat stroke
Occurs when blood flow to the part of the brain is interrupted by a blood clot resulting in the death of braincells
What is stroke
This device is can the correct underlying problem for some people who go into cardiac arrest
What is an AED
What is different about treating choking in a infant and an adult
What is position the infant so that it is resting on your forearm with it facing down then do back blows
What is asthma
What is chronic illness in which certain substances or conditions called triggers cause inflammation and narrowing of airways
Occurs when the body loses heat faster than it can produce heat
What is hypothermia
Progressive life threatening condition in which the circulatory system fails to deliver enough oxygen rich blood to the body's tissues and organs
What is stroke
what is the rate of compressions during CPR for an adult
What is 100-120 compressions
What should you do after performing back blows to an infant
What is turn the infant over and then use two fingers and give abdominal thrusts
What is epinephrine
What is a drug that slows or stops the effects of anaphylaxis
What are symptoms of venomous snake bites
What is puncture wounds and localized pain and redness
Bleeding that occurs inside the body can be consequence to traumatic injury and may be life threatening
What is internal bleeding