The very first step in using an AED.
The first step you should complete before you render aid to a victim to ensure you do not become a victim yourself.
What is ensure scene safety?
One in how many people are affected by mental health issues.
What is 1 in 5?
Medications should be kept in this type of place to prevent accidental use by others (mainly children).
What is Safe/secure/locked?
A term that describes a condition that lasts for a short period of time. It's also a term you would use when describing a puppy.
The proper ratio of compression to breaths for an adult.
What is 30:2?
The three options for treating life-threatening bleeding.
What is Pressure, Packing, & Tourniquet?
Your physical health is (less important than, equally as important as, or more important than) your mental health.
What is equally as important?
The term that refers to the effects that can happen when two medications are taken together and alter how one or both work. You can search for these online by entering both medications in a search engine.
What is Drug Interactions?
Something a patient feels, like a headache.
What is a "symptom"?
For a choking infant you should complete 5 alternating what.
What is back blows and chest compressions?
The ABCs of bleeding are "Alert 9-1-1", "Bleeding" identification, & this which starts with the letter C.
Those dealing with mental health issues are more likely to be _____ than to _____ others.
What is hurt?
A friend offers you their prescription medication for your symptoms. This is the safest response.
What is decline and only take medication that is prescribed to you or available over the counter.
The term for something that can be measured, like a fever or blood pressure.
What is a "sign"?
Where you check for a pulse on an infant.
What is the brachial artery located on the inside of the upper arm?
These are two locations where a tourniquet can't be applied.
Neck, torso, chest, and joints.
A mental health condition in teens that can include persistent sadness, loss of interest in activities, and low energy.
What is depression?
The most stringent safety warning required by the FDA for prescription medications, highlighting serious, life-threatening, or potentially fatal adverse effects.
What is a Black Box Warning?
The term that refers to identifying a disease based on symptoms and tests.
What is "diagnosis"?
How deep your compressions should go on an adult when doing CPR.
What is 2 inches?
You stop tightening the tourniquet when this happens.
What is the bleeding stops or you can't tighten it anymore?
Taking breaks from this can help reduce stress, comparison, and anxiety for many teens.
What is social media?
You should always read and familiarize yourself with these to ensure you are taking the medication safely and correctly.
What is the information on the label or the print-out from the pharmacy?
The term that refers to the expected outcome or course of a disease.
What is "prognosis"?