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First-Aid Final
Question | Answer |
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Fainting | Harmless, worst part is the cause and or the fall. |
Different Triggers for Fainting: | Hunger, pain, heat, sickness, period(women), Low blood pressure |
Treatment for Fainting | Make the victim comfortable,and that care of the cause. |
Diabetes Mellitus | when a person is not able to convert sugar into glucose(energy) |
Pancreas | Produces Insulin |
Insulin | allow transport of sugar to cell |
Type of diabetes: | Type 1: Juvenile Diabetes: Genetics-Pancreas dont produce insulin (insulin dependent diabetes) |
Type of diabetes: | Type 2: Adult diabetic (lifestyle obesity)-Pancreas does produce enough insulin(non-insulin diabetes) |
Hypoglycemia: | Lower sugar/insulin high, Rapid onset, Moist/Clammy skin, Rapid breathing, Normal Pulse, Rarely Vomit, Hungry/Not thirsty, Seizures |
Hyperglycemia: | High sugar/Low insulin, Gradual, Hot Dry Skin, Deep Heavy Breathing, High Pulse Shallow, Often Vomit, Thirsty/Not hungry, Coma, Fruity/Sweet breath |
Epilepsy: | is neurological disorder |
Seizure Triggers: | Genetics, Pain, Heat, Light, Hunger |
Epilepsy Seizures Do and Donts: | Worst part is the fall, Dont hold them down Dont put nothing in their mouths |
Aura: | A sensation before a seizure comes. |
Petite Mal: | Absence |
Grande Mal: | Generalized |
Stoke | is a CVA (Cerebral Vascular Attack) |
Stroke Risk Factors Cant Control: | Genetics, Gender, Race, Ageing |
Stroke Risk Factors Can Control: | Smoking, Drinking, Obesity, Diabetes, Stress |
Stroke: | is a cerebral vascular accident, a brain attack |
TIA: | Transient Ischemic Attack - mini stroke |
FAST | Face, Arm, Speech, Time |
How to care for a Stroke Victim? | Call 911, very limited on what we can do. |
Anaphylaxis | Shock related to allergic reaction |
Symptoms A.Shock | itch, rash,welts, and bronchial tubule swelling(airway) |
A.Shock To Help: | Look for medical alert bracelet. Ask benadryl and antihistamine or Epi-Pen, Call 911 |
Epinephrine: | Stress hormone, open airway within secs |
Rabies: | is a bacteria in the saliva of animal, effects brains and heart. |
Treatment for Rabies: | Catch animals, gets a series of shots |
Treatment for when someone gets a snake bite: | If bite occurs on arm: Split arm, Call 911, Keep person calm (decrease HR) slow blood flow |
Tetanus: | is also a bacteria, that effect brain and muscles etc. |
Treatment for Tetanus: | Clean the womb, Update you booster shots |
Poisons/Drug Abuse: | Controlled by poison control center 90% of all poisoning occur in the home. Occur with the very old and very young.Most poison prescription meds and household cleaning products. |
OLD: | Forgetful, med intake to complex, Bad Sight |
Young(Toddler): | Curious, Dont Know better, Oral(put everything in mouth) |
Poison Things To Know: | What? How strong? How Much? How was Poison intake? When? |
How Drugs Enter Body: | Injection,Ingestion, Inhalation, Transdermal |
Ingestion treatment: | drink milk, water,see docter |
Inhalation treatment: | colorless, poison,treatment O2 |
Transdermal treatment: | Thru the skin, poison oak, poison ivy (dont transfer skin to skin) |
Drugs (Depressants): | Slow things Down |
Drugs (Stimulants): | Fast thing up HR |
Drugs (Hallucinogenics): | Flashback |