Foundations
Emergency Medical Services abbreviated
What is EMS?
Occurs when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked
What is a heart attack?
Look for signs of difficulty breathing, speaking, or coughing, as well as clutching at the throat, a panicked expression, and potentially a change in skin color
What is how to tell if someone is choking?
the person comes back to life or EMS shows up
What is how long you should give CPR?
How to position your hands while giving CPR to an infant
What is putting your thumbs around the infant?
Laws that protect responders who act the way a "reasonable and prudent student would".
What are the Good Samaritan Laws?
The heart stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood to the brain and other vital organs
What is cardiac arrest?
5 blows
What is the number of back blows to treat a choking person?
Tilt the person's head and pinch the bottoms of their noses.
What is how to give breaths to an adult?
Most important thing to do before giving CPR to an infant?
What is asking for consent?
The step you take when the EMS is taking a long time to arrive at the scene
What is keep giving care?
An emergency procedure used during cardiac or respiratory arrest that involves chest compressions and breaths.
What is CPR?
5 thrusts
What is the number of abdominal thrusts to give when treating a person who is choking?
the difference between giving breaths to a child and an adult
What is no difference?
The difference in number chest compressions between an adult and an infant
What is no difference?
Someone designated or trained to respond to an emergency.
What is a first responder?
30 compressions
What is the amount of chest compressions before switching to mouth-to-mouth?
position yourself behind the person with your foot in the middle of his legs. then, bend him over and proceed to hit the middle of his upper back with the bottom of your palm
What is how to give back blows?
One hand on forehead and one hand giving compressions
What is how to give chest compressions to a small child?
Compress the breastbone. Push down 4cm (for a baby or infant) or 5cm (a child), which is approximately one-third of the chest diameter. Release the pressure, then rapidly repeat at a rate of about 100-120 compressions a minute. After 30 compressions, tilt the head, lift the chin, and give 2 effective breaths.
What is how to give CPR to an infant?
A virus that invades and destroys the cells that help us fight off infections?
What is HIV?
a portable medical device used to treat victims of sudden cardiac arrest by delivering an electric shock to restore a normal heart rhythm
What is an AED?
get behind the person, put your thumb around his waist and stick your thumb in his abdominals and then put your fit against it and thrust in
What is how to give abdominal thrusts?
when someone is unresponsive and not breathing normally
What are signs to give CPR?
the proper depth you should go down when giving chest compressions to an infant
What is 4cm?