First Aid, Quiz 1
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- Protect responders who voluntarily give first aid w/o expecting anything in return
- Good Samaritan Laws
- A situation that requires immediate action
- Emergency
- A network of community resources and medical personnel that provides emergency care to victims of injury or sudden illness.
- EMS system
- The immediate care given to a victim of injury or sudden illness until more advanced care can be obtained.
- First Aid
- A physical condition, such as a heart attack, requiring immediate medical attention.
- Sudden Illness
- A layperson (someone who does not have a special or advanced medical training or skill) who recognizes an emergency and decides to act.
- Citizen Responder
- Reasons for not acting or for hesitating to act in an emergency situation
- Barriers to action
- Describe two types of emergencies that require first aid.
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1) Sudden Illness- a physical condition that requires immediate medical attention. heart attack, stroke
2)Injury-damage that occurs when the body is subjected to an external force, such as a blow, a fall, a collision, an electrical current or temperature extremes. Broken bone, fall - An illness or injury that impairs a victim's ability to circulate ocygenated blood to all the parts of his or her body.
- Life-threatening Emergency
- A situation that does not have an immediate impact on a victim's ability to circulate oxygenated blood, but still requires medical attention.
- Non-life-threatening Emergency
- Your Role in an Emergency Situation
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~Recognizing that an emergency exists
~Deciding to Act
~Taking actoin by calling 911 or the local emergency number.
~Giving care until medical help arrives. - Trained and equipped community-based personnel who provide emergency care for ill or injured victims and who are often dispatched through a local emergency.
- Emergency medical services (EMS) system
- First step in emergency situation
- recognizing that it is an emergency
- Unusual noises
- Screaming, yelling, moaning, breaking glass, crashing metal etc
- Unusual Sights
- Broken glass, overturned pot on floor, car on roadside in unusual position
- Unusual Appearance or Behavior
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~Unconsciousness
~Confused or unusual behavior
~Trouble breathing
~Clutching the chest or throat
~Slurred, confused or hesitant speech - 2nd part of emergency situation
- Deciding to Act
- Some barriers to action
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~Presence of bystanders
~Uncertainty about the victim
~The nature of the injury or illness.
~Fear of disease transmission
~Fear of not knowing what to do. - The Emergency Action Steps
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~CHECK the scene and the victim.
~CALL 9-1-1 or the local emergency number.
CARE for the victim - What do you check in an emergency
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~is the scene safe?
~what happened?
~how many victims
~are bystanders available to help? - Permission to give care, given by the victim to the rescuer.
- Consent
- Normal breathing, coughing or movement in response to initial rescue breaths.
- Signs of circulation
- to contact EMS in emergency, victim may
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~unconscious
~No breathing or trouble breathing
~No signs of circulation
~Severe bleeding - Call 911 if victim
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~Is unconcsious or has an altered level of consciousness
~breathing trouble
~chest discomfort
~bleeding severely
~has pressure or pain in the abdomen that doesnt go away
~Vomiting or passing blood
~seizure more than 5 min
~Seizure and pregnant
~Seizure and diabetic
~poisoned
~head,neck back injuries
~broken bones - Call First or Call Fast
- If you are alone
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Call First: call 911 before care
(More like cardiac emergencies, where time is critical) -
~An unconcsious adult victim or child age 8or older.
~An unconscious infant or child known to be at a high risk for heart problems. -
Call Fast : provide 1 min of care then call
(Breathing emergencies.) -
~ An unconcsious victim youngar than age 8
~Any victim of submersion or near-drowning
~Any victim of cardiac arrest associated with trauma
~Any victim or drug overdose