Ch. 1 Foundations
These are 4 signs of emergency to look out for that are unusual.
What are Unusual Behaviors, Sounds, Odors, and Sights?
Acronym used to Gather more information from patients. These include asking for signs and symptoms, allergies, medications, pertinent medical history, last food/drink, and events leading up to incident.
What is SAMPLE?
Medical emergency when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked.
What is a Heart Attack?
Food and household objects and toys, when ingested, can be termed as this for children younger than 4 years.
What are choking hazards?
Illness that strikes suddenly and only lasts for a short period of time.
What is an acute illness?
Laws protecting first responders who act in a "reasonable/prudent" way in order to save someone.
What are Good Samaritan Laws?
Action where a responder rolls the responsive patient towards them.
What is an adult/child recovery position?
Persistent chest pain lasting longer than 3-5 minutes, discomfort/pain to both arms, dizziness, vomiting, paleness etc.
Panicked, confused actions people may make in this medical emergency: often place their hands on their throat or try to cough.
What are signs and symptoms of choking?
Illness that a person lives with on an ongoing basis and requires continuous treatment to manage.
What is a chronic illness?
When someone is unresponsive or can't grant consent themselves, first responders and the law assume this form of consent.
What is implied consent?
Amount of time used to check for responsiveness/breathing from a patient.
Medical emergency when the heart stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood to the brain and other vital organs. NOT THE SAME AS A HEART ATTACK.
What is a cardiac arrest?
Signs and symptoms for this include trouble breathing, pain, changes in level of consciousness, nausea, etc.
What are signs and symptoms for sudden illness?
Pathogens spread through blood of an infected person to a person who is not infected.
What are Bloodborne pathogens?
Surface you should put patient on in event of doing CPR.
What is a flat surface?
Sequence of actions taken when a person has a cardiac arrest.
What is 1) call 911 2) Begin CPR immediately 3) Use an AED ASAP?
Sequential steps for caring for an adult/child who is choking.
What are 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts?
Difficulty breathing evidenced by signs and symptoms including hyperventilation and shortness of breath which could lead to respiratory arrest.
What is respiratory distress?
Three Emergency Action Steps that are applied in emergency situations in a sequential order: all start with C.
What is Check, Call, Care?
30 chest compressions and 2 recovery breaths.
What is one set of CPR?
A skill used when a person is in cardiac arrest to keep oxygenated blood moving to the brain and other vital organs until advanced medical help arrives.
What is CPR?
Place to firmly push fist and fingers on to do abdominal thrusts when one is choking.
What is the person's navel?
A chronic illness when certain substances or conditions, called triggers, cause inflammation and narrowing of the airways, making breathing difficult.
What is Asthma?