Signs and Symptoms
The mnemonic FAST stands for (when dealing with a potential stroke):
What is Face, Arm, Speech, Time.
What you use to remove a bee stinger from a victim.
What is a credit card or plastic card?
This is the rate of compressions per minute for CPR.
What is 48 inches or 4 feet?
The addresses of both the LRC and Memory Square pool.
What are 900 W. Via Appia and 801 Grant St?
The mnemonic SAMPLE stands for this:
What are Signs and symptoms, Allergies, Medications, Pertinent past medical history, Last oral intake, and Events leading up to the incident?
The four types of burns.
The compression depth for CPR on an Adult.
What is at least 2 inches (try to avoid any greater than 2.4 inches)?
This is how old patrons have to be to be in the hot tub/steam room/sauna. (with and without parent/guardian).
What is 7-11 years old with parent/guardian and 12+ years old without parent/guardian?
The mnemonic RICE stands for:
What is Rest, Immobilize, Cold, and Elevate?
Symptoms of a Heart Attack
What is a victim experiencing chest pain that is possibly radiating to the shoulder, arm, neck, jaw, stomach, or back? Along with difficulty breathing, pale or ashen skin, sweating, dizziness, nausea, and fatigue
The Four Main Types of Open Wounds
This is how many chest compressions to ventilations you should do with two rescuers (adult and child/infant).
What is 30 chest compressions to 2 ventilations (adult) and 15 chest compressions to 2 ventilations (child/infant)?
Name 5 zipline rules.
What are no flips/dives, no parents catching their kids, no floaties, one at a time, make sure the dropzone is clear, no running headstarts, maximum weight limit is 250 lbs.
When caring for a conscious choking adult who is pregnant, these steps should be taken
What are 5 Back Blows follows by 5 Chest Compressions
The differences in skin texture/look between a victim suffering from Heat Exhaustion VS Heat Stroke
What is...
Heat Exhaustion: The victim's skin is cool, moist, pale, ashen, and/or flushed
Heat Stroke: The victim's skin is hot to the touch, wet/dry, and appears red/pale.
The difference between a primary and secondary assessment
What are:
the primary assessment checks for life threatening conditions, the secondary assessment checks for NON life threatening conditions.
This is how often you re-evaluate (and change positions if you have multiple rescuers) when doing CPR.
What is every 2 minutes or 5 cycles of 30 compressions and 2 ventilations?
You see a little child that looks 6 years or younger by themselves, these are the steps you should take.
What is locating parent/guardian (either by looking or asking child), addressing parent and asking how old their child is, explaining our 6 and under rule and how they must be within arms reach, making sure the parent gets in the pool and stays with the child.
Poison Control Phone Number.
What is 1-800-222-1222?
Name 6 Signs and Symptoms of Sudden Illness
• Changes in LOC
• Nausea or vomiting
• Difficulty speaking or slurred speech
• Numbness or weakness
• Loss of vision or blurred vision
• Changes in breathing; the person may have trouble breathing or may not be breathing normally
• Changes in skin color (pale, ashen or flushed skin)
• Sweating
• Persistent pressure or pain
• Diarrhea
• Paralysis or an inability to move
• Severe headache
Steps for caring for a nose bleed (including if they lose consciousness).
What is:
- putting on PPE
- have the victim sit leaning slightly forward
- pinch nostrils together for 5-10 min. until bleeding stops
- after bleeding stops, avoid restarting the bleeding
- medical attention needed if bleeding persists
loss of consciousness:
- lie victim on their side
- summon EMS
These five circumstances are acceptable reasons to stop CPR.
What are: You see an obvious sign of life, an AED is available and is analyzing, EMS or higher medical personnel arrive and take over, you are too exhausted to continue, and the scene becomes unsafe?
You see someone not affiliated with the Rec Center teaching swim lessons, what do you do?
What is getting in touch with Danny to figure out further steps and/or if they have received special permission to do so?
The Cardiac Chain of Survival
What is Recognition and Call 911, Early CPR, Early Defibrillation (AED), Advanced Life Support (EMT/Ambulance), and Integrated Post-Cardiac Arrest Care (Hospital)