Responding to Emergencies
This symbol is only legally allowed to be used by the Red Cross, or the militaries medical services, to protect Red Cross workers around the world.
What is the Red Cross
What is check for hazards, determine if the scene is safe, and/or ask what happened.
Speaking or coughing is a sign of this type of choking
30:2 is the ratio for these two parts of CPR
What is compressions to breaths?
This acronym, for quickly identifying if a person is having a stroke, is aptly named to reinforce that time is of the essence.
What is FAST? (Face, Arms, Speech, Time)
Part 11 of this blue book is written to ensure every worksite has equipment, supplies, and trained staff to provide first aid in the workplace.
What is Alberta Occupation Health and Safety Code (OHS)
A first aid should always do this when a person is unresponsive, or has a life-threatening condition, or their vital-signs change for the worse.
What is Call EMS/911?
Back blows, chest thrust, or abdominal thrusts are the care for this type of choking.
What is completely obstructed?
This is the first thing you should do when you find an adult unresponsive and not breathing.
Shaking and ensuring the cap is removed is an important step for assisting someone with this life-saving medication.
What is an inhaler?
This document is filled out by a first aider, and kept confidential by the employer, to respect worker privacy, while demonstrating due diligence with regard to regulation, every time first aid is provided on a worksite.
What is a first aid record.
This term is used describe the order which a first aider treats multiple people, starting with those not breathing.
What is Triage?
Once a choking person becomes unresponsive, a first aider must ensure that they, or someone else, does or has done this.
What is Call EMS/911
When you, or someone else, is doing this it is unsafe to administer a shock from an AED.
What is touching the person?
Rubbing the injection site for up to 30 seconds after administering this life-saving medication helps disperse into the persons system.
What is Epinephrine (Epi-pen)?
This chemical specific document, covers information about a chemical on site, that includes a first aid section, outline the procedures for giving first aid when that chemical is involved.
What is a Safety Data Sheet (SDS)
Breathing sounds, speed, and depth, are considered to be this sign, something you would check in a secondary survey.
What are Vital Signs
Moving to a place where people will see you, and falling against a sturdy object, are care steps for this situation.
What is Choking alone?
Placing one pad on the center of the chest, and one pad on the center of the back, is acceptable placement when you encounter this situation.
What is too small of a chest for two pads?
This condition can cause blood in saliva or vomit, typically after a large impact.
What is life-threatening internal bleeding?
This nationwide law, ensures that anyone attempting to provide first aid cannot be sued for damages without proof of gross negligence.
What is the Humanitarian Act, or Good Samaritan Act.
Supporting and protecting the head while rolling a person, is an important step to putting a person into this position.
What is the Recovery Position?
This first step for providing care for a choking person in a wheelchair, prevents them from uncontrolled movement during care, especially on uneven ground.
What is lock the wheels of the chair?
This action replaces giving rescue breaths after each set of 30 compressions, when breaths did not go in after two attempts.
What is look in the mouth?
Documenting the time of application is a crucial step when applying this last effort, life saving device.
what is a Tourniquet?