THE HEART
The structures of the heart that act as a chamber to hold and pump the blood through the heart.
What are Atrium & Ventricles?
The laws that protect you from legal action if you decide to give first aid to a victim.
What are good samaritan laws?
CPR stands for
What is Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation?
If an adult was choking and responsive, the following treatment should be provided.
What is placing your fist above the bellybutton and giving upward thrusts to remove the object?
AED stands for...
What is an Automated External Defibrillator?
The structure of the heart that takes oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
What is the AORTA?
The steps taken, such as wearing medical gloves, goggles, and face shields, to avoid contact with patients' bodily fluids when providing first aid.
What are universal precautions?
The ratio of compressions to breaths in CPR.
What is 30 compressions to 2 breaths?
If an infant was choking and responsive, the following treatment should be provided.
What are 5 back slaps and 5 chest compressions w/ 2 fingers to remove the object?
The 5 steps taken to reduce the likelihood of mortality in a cardiac arrest emergency.
What is the Chain of Survival?
The structure of the heart that takes deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs.
What are pulmonary arteries?
If a responsive child needed first aid care and the parent is present, you would need to do the following.
What is ask the parent/guardian for consent?
The depth of compressions and rate of compressions for an adult victim of CPR.
What is 2 inches and 100-120 compressions per minute?
The step that must be taken after compressions but before giving breaths to an unresponsive choking victim.
What is to look for the object and perform a finger sweep if you see it?
The 2 main functions of an AED.
What is
1. Analyze the heart rhythm
2. Deliver shock to the victim if needed.
The structure of the heart that brings oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the heart.
What are the pulmonary veins?
Symptoms of a stroke are known by the acronym F.A.S.T. F.A.S.T. stands for...
What is face drooping, arm pain, slurred speech and time?
2 differences between adult CPR and infant CPR.
What is...
1. Tapping shoulder (adult) vs. foot (infant)
2. Compressing with 2 hands & 2 inches deep (adult) vs. 2 fingers and 1.5 inches deep (infant)
3. Pinching nose to give breaths (adult) vs. covering mouth and nose to give breaths (infant)
4. Laying flat on the floor (adult) vs. laying flat on the table (infant)
True or False. If you don't see the object in an unresponsive choking victims' mouth, you should still do a finger sweep before giving breaths.
What is FALSE?
The first step of AED use.
What is press the "ON"/"POWER" button?
The structure of the heart that brings deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart.
What is the vena cava?
A victim of severe external bleeding would need the following first-aid treatment. (2 steps)
What is
1. Apply pressure with dressing.
2. Wrap dressing with a bandage.
Take to the ER for further treatment.
1 of the 5 reasons you would stop CPR.
What is...
1. The victim becomes responsive.
2. The AED is in use.
3. You are too tired to continue.
4. EMS arrives to take over.
5. The scene becomes unsafe.
True or false. You do not need to ask consent to help a responsive adult choking victim.
What is FALSE?
The difference between a heart attack & cardiac arrest.
What is a blockage of a blood vessel to the heart & an electrical abnormality of the heart (rhythm)?