Certification review Flashcards
(42 cards)
List and describe the Emergency Action Steps
Check -the scene
Call-911
Care-for the person
List the four primary functions of a lay responder in an emergency
Recognize an emergency exists
Decide to act
Activate EMS system
Give care until medical help arrives
Why do you check a scene before helping a victim?
To make sure the scene is safe enough, so you don’t become a victim as well
When initially checking the victim (Tap&Shout), you are checking for
Responsiveness
A friend of yours is choking in the lunchroom and cannot cough or speak. List in correct order the steps you would use to assist them.
1) call 9-1-1
2) 5 back blows
3) 5 abdominal thrusts
4) repeat 2-3 until EMS arrives or they have stopped choking
To check for signs of breathing you would ____, ____, and ______ for no more than ____ seconds.
Look
Listen
Feel
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What are three ways to reduce disease transmission?
Use personal protective equipment
Proper equipment for cleaning
Dispose of contaminated thing correctly
If a person does not give consent to be cared for, what can you do as a lay responder?
Call 9-1-1 and monitor
You must obtain consent of a conscious victim before you can initiate care by stating your _____, level of _____ and ______.
Name
Training
Ask consent
List three ways bystanders can help you in an emergency situation
Call 9-1-1 to give more description of conditions
Keep crowds away
Give more detailed location information
What are four life-threatening emergencies covered by Red Cross?
Excessive bleeding
Trouble breathing
No breathing
Unconsciousness
Why is it important not to move a victim from the scene if there is no immediate danger?
No further harm
How do you care for someone in shock
- Keep airways open and clear
- Takes steps to control bleeding/no further harm
- Lay them down comfortably
- Calm them down&keep calm
- Monitor breathing
- NO FOOD OR DRINKS
When giving breaths you should watch the chest ____ and _____ with each ____.
Rise
Fall
Breath
What technique is used to determine if an ill or injured person is conscious?
Tap and shout
Identify the four links in the Cardiac Chain of Survival:
1) Early recognition/Early access
2) Early CPR
3) Early defibrillation
4) Early advanced medical care
The MOST prominent sign of a heart attack is ____.
Chest pain
List the conditions in which you would cease performing CPR
- Too exhausted to continue
- EMS arrives
- AED arrives
- Scene becomes unsafe
- Victim shows signs of life
Head tilt chin lift technique is used for ____ the ____
Opening
Airway
Call first situations
Unconscious adult
You see a child collapse
Care first situations
Unconscious child that you didn’t see collapse
Drowning incident
If a person is coughing forcefully what do you do?
Tell them to keep coughing
If someone can no longer cough, cry or breathe what would you do next?
5 back blows
5 abdominal thrusts
Repeat
What is the purpose of the Good Samaritan laws?
To protect the lay responded
