Before care
Emergency Medical Services
What does EMS mean?
First, introduce yourself, then ask if the child is ok, and then ask if you can give care to the child/infant.
What should you do if a child/infant is hurt and they have a parent?
Prevention
Pediatric Cardiac Chain of Survival first step?
Household objects
Toys
Food
What are 3 common things that produce choking?
30 chest compression and 2 breaths
How many chest compression and breaths in the CPR cycle?
Yes, unless the person is unconscious and there is no one around.
Should you always ask for consent to aid someone?
Check is the scene is safe and check the adult from head to toe and make sure he is laying on his back
If there is an unconscious adult, what is the first thing you do?
10% per minute
By how much does the chances of a person surviving a cardiac arrest decrease per minute that CRP or an AED is not applied?
5 of each
How many Back blows and Abdominal thrusts?
Give back blows and chest thrusts, because the person will be too big to do abdominal
What do you do for a choking fat person?
Unusual Sounds
Unusual Odors
Unusual Sighs
Unusual Behaviors
What are the 4 signs of emergencies?
Ask what medical problems they have before giving care.
If there is someone with disabilities and they have a family member, what should you ask?
4-6 minutes, brain damage starts to occur
8-10 minutes, brain damage can become irreversible
What are the cardiac arrest minutes for brain damage to occur and become irreversible?
5 back blows and 5 chest thrusts
For a choking infant, what do you do?
cardiopulmonary arrest
What does CPR stand for?
It is a protection toward the people that produce care and that they are considered to be "responsible and prudent" during critical situations.
What is the Good Samaritan Law
You have to tap their feet and call their name
How do you check if an infant is unresponsive?
It is when blood flows to the part of the heart muscle is blocked
What is a heart attack.
Lay the person on the ground and begin CPR if you are certified.
What do you do when the person becomes unresponsive?
1. check
2. call
3. care
in this order.
Before taking action in an emergency scene, what must you do?
The spread of blood of an infected person directly into the bloodstream of a not infected person
What are bloodborne pathogens?
Signs and symptoms
Allergies
Medication
What does SAM stand for?
It is when the heart stops beating are doesn't beat good enough for blood to circulate to the whole body.
What is a cardiac arrest?
Do not do back blows, just abdominal and get in between the wheel chair and the person
What do you do to a person that is on a wheelchair and is choking?
Give them aspirin only if they are not allergic to it
How can you help a person that is showing early symptoms of a heart attack?