Ch 1: Foundations
Unusual Sounds, Unusual Odors, Unusual Signs, and Unusual Behaviors
What is Signs of Emergency?
Chest pain or discomfort that is persistent, longer than 3-5 minutes, or going away and then coming back.
What is biggest sign of heart attack?
Becoming pale, begining to sweat, feeling weak or dizzy.
What is signs of a person about to faint?
Device placed around an arm or leg to constrict blood vessels and stop blood flow to a wound.
What is a tourniquet?
Any substance that causes injury, illness or death if it enters the body
What is a poison?
Protects people from liability when they help someone in need during an emergency.
What is Good Samaritan Laws?
Occurs when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked.
What is Heart Attack?
Occurs when blood flows to part of the brain is interrupted by a blood clot or bleeding into the brain tissue.
What is a stroke?
Injury that results when tissues of the body are damaged. Either closed or open.
What is a wound?
Occurs when body's cooling system is overwhelmed and stops working.
What is Heat stroke?
Check the scene and the person, Call 9-1-1 or the designated emergency number, Care for the person.
What is the three steps that should guide you in an emergency situation?
Occurs when the heart stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood to the brain and other vital organs.
What is Cardiac Arrest?
Severe, life-threatening allergic reaction.
What is anaphylaxis?
Life-threatening condition in which the circulatory system fails to deliver enough oxygen-rich blood to the body's tissues and organs.
What is Shock?
Painful muscle spasms caused by loss of fluids and electrolytes.
What is Heat Cramps?
Granted someone is unresponsive, confused, impaired and cannot grant consent and when minor's guardian is not present during emerrgency.
What is Implied Consent?
Someone call 9-1-1 or the designated emergency number immediately, Begin CPR immediately, Use an AED as soon as possible.
What is steps to take when a person is in cardiac arrest?
A chronic condition characterized by the body's inability to process glucose in the bloodstream.
What is Diabetes?
Occurring inside the body, consequence of a traumatic injury.
What is internal bleeding?
When the body loses heat faster than it can product heat and results from exposure to extremely cold air, water, or both.
What is hypothermia?
Recognizing an emergency exist, deciding to take action, activating the EMS system, Giving care until EMS personnel take over.
What is you role in the EMS sytem?
Used when a person is in cardiac arrest to keep blood moving to the brain and other organs until medical help arrives. Involved 30 compressions and 2 rescue breaths.
What is CPR?
Result of abnormal electrical activity in the brain leading to changes in body movement, function, awareness or behavior.
What is a seizure?
Abrasian, Avulsion, Laceration, and Puncture
What is the four types of open wounds?
Injury caused by freezing of the skin and underlying tissues due to prolonged exposure to freezing temperatures.
What is Frostbite?