Breathing Emergencies
The prescribed medication someone with Asthma might have
What is an Inhaler?
Where in the facility our primary Oxygen tank is located
What is the Aquatics hallway?
We do _____________ first for a sudden cardiac arrest when providing BLS care
What are Compressions?
These are 2 causes of secondary cardiac arrest we may see at the YMCA
What is Drowning, Choking?
You should be able to successfully reach any area within your assigned zone within ____ seconds
What is 20?
The care we provide for someone with a severe airway obstruction as a result of choking
What are Abdominal Thrusts?
Our Oxygen tanks are set to a ______ flow rate
What is Fixed Flow?
This is the compression to rescue breath ratio for an adult in sudden cardiac arrest with multiple providers on scene
What is 30:2?
We do ___________ first for a secondary cardiac arrest when providing BLS care
What are Rescue Breaths?
This term is used when you fail to notice something happening right in front of you because you are so focused on something else
What is Inattentional Blindness?
The proper medical terminology for the medication injected for someone with severe allergies
What is Epinephrine?
_______ is the medical term for Oxygen deficiency
What is Hypoxia?
This device is used to analyze a person's heart rhythm and provide an electrical shock to the heart
What is an Automated External Defibrillator?
This is the compression to rescue breath ratio for a child in secondary cardiac arrest with multiple providers at the scene
What is 15:2?
This is the lifeguard decision making model that will help you make important, preventive decisions
What is PACA?
The proper medical terminology for the medication provided for an opioid overdose
What is Naloxone?
DAILY DOUBLE
SCENARIO: You approach a panicked victim taking deep gasps and unable to catch their breath. You are informed the victim has Asthma and does not have their inhaler.
How we open the airway for a victim with a suspected spinal injury when providing BLS care
What is a Jaw Thrust?
DAILY DOUBLE
SCENARIO: You approach an adult who appears to be choking. You approach and begin abdominal thrusts after gaining consent. After several abdominal thrusts, the victim falls to the floor unconscious.
You would use this type of water entry from a heightened position
What is a Compact Jump?
How we maintain an open airway if we have to leave the scene of an emergency
What is Recovery Position?
The flow rate of Oxygen that you would use for an infant in cardiac arrest if you are utilizing a bag mask device
What is the highest available flow rate?
A critical link in the out-of-hospital chain of survival when a victim's heart is in an abnormal rhythm such as pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation (VF)
What is Defibrillation?
The last stage (Stage IV) of the drowning process
What is Cardiac Arrest?
This is when a distressed swimmer grabs the lifeguard during a rescue and the lifeguard submerges, pushing the rescue tube up and toward the swimmer
What is a submerge defense?