Nuts and Bolts
Three trademarked symbols of the Red Cross.
What are the Red
Cross, Crescent, Crystal?
The letters A, B, C stand for these things we need to check during our Primary Assessment
What are
Airway
Breathing
Circulation?
I alternate between any two of these three responses when someone has a fully obstructed airway and I have gotten their consent to help them
What is
5 backblows
5 abdominal thrusts
5 chest compressions?
These are 3 signs of a Heart Attack
What are pale sweaty skin, chest pain or pressure, jaw or arm pain, nausea, difficulty breathing, lower back pain, sense of doom, indigestion, tightness, denial?
The ratio of compressions to breaths when delivering CPR to an adult, child or infant
What is 30 compressions to 2 breaths?
Concerns about diseases, doing something wrong, making a person worse
Why might someone be reluctant to give first aid?
I need to check for this before I see if the person has A, B, C's
What is check the scene...?
What is... responsiveness?
I assist with this medication when someone's asthma is causing breathing difficulties.
What is a rescue inhaler? (Ventolin/Salbutamol)
I use the acronym FAST (Face, Arms, Speach, Time) to determine whether a person is having this type of circulation emergency.
What is a Stroke?
Three reasons I can stop CPR once I have initiated it would be....
What is:
The person becomes responsive, A person with equal or higher training takes over, An AED arrives and I have to apply it myself, I am too exhausted to continue, EMTs arrive and are ready to take over
Five things that you would find in a first aid kit.
What are Tape, Scissors, Gauze, Bandaids, Triangular Dressing......Answers will vary...
When I first approach a casualty, if they can talk to me I immediately know 4 things about their condition.
What are Responsiveness, Airway, Breathing, Circulation?
My friend is having a severe allergic reaction to the fish she just ate. This medication I assist her to take will help open her airway, and calm the reaction.
What is Epinephrine? (Epi-pen)
A person with a known heart condition like Angina can take aspirin and this medication if they feel chest pain.
What is nitroglycerin (Nitro)?
The person I am placing the AED pads on is 5 years old. This would be a good alternative pad placement.
What is centre of the chest and centre of the back?
You have checked the scene for safety and you approach a person lying on the ground. You look, listen and feel for breathing and find out they are unresponsive and not breathing...the first thing you would do is...
What is:
CALL 911!
When someone with a serious injury reguses to give us this, we stay with them, don't touch them, and simply call 911.
What is Consent?
When a person's airway is only partially blocked, they are still able to do this...
What is Cough or Speak?
The blood flow is impaired by a blockage (blood clot) or a bleed in the brain.
What is a stroke?
It would be unsafe to press the flashing shock button on the AED under this circumstance
What is
Someone is touching the person?
The person is lying in liquids?
You have called 911 - what are some of the questions they will ask you.....
What is:
your location, # of ill or injured, hazards, who is helping, nature of illness or injury, which service you require ... or others
The three components to a Vitals Check in a Secondary Assessment are:
Levels of Responsiveness
Skin Color and Tone
And........
What is Breathing?
Two things I would do if I was alone, and choking...
What is:
Move to a place where I can be noticed, Call 911 EMS, and perform abdominal thrusts against a safe object?
The medication I can provide to someone who may be having a heart attack (Myocardial Infarction).
What is Aspirin?
2" or 5 cm
What is
the depth of CPR compressions on an adult?