Question | Answer |
How much of air is Nitrogen? | 78% |
What is CPR and how effective is it? | Resesitate relationship between heart & lungs, 5% |
AED is how effective? What does it do? | 50%, Shocks heart back into rhyme. |
What is the heart? | Is an involuntary muscle that can be trained into being stronger. The slower the heart rate the better. |
Perfusion | Adequate flow of o2 and blood |
Ischema | inadequate flow of o2 and blood |
CVD (Cardiovascular Disease)Risk Factors Cant Control: | Genetics, Gender, Race, Ageing |
CVD (Cardiovascular Disease)Risk Factors Can Control: | Smoking, Drinking, Obesity, Diabetes, Stress |
Myocardial Infarction | when blood flow to a part of your heart is blocked for a long enough time that part of the heart muscle is damaged or dies. |
Angina Pectoris | The sharp string sensation in chest. |
Symptoms of Heart attack: | Chest pains (heavy squeezing pressure), Shortness of breath, Radiation of pain (pain all over), nausea (stomach upset), alot of sweating, Jaw pain |
AED (Automated External Defibrillator): | Get heart back into reg rhyme through shock. |
CPR | Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation |
Gastric Distention: | When stomach rises instead of lungs. |
AED Prepping: | Make sure body isn't wet. Remove all metal objects from wrist up. |
How long to do ABCs? | No more than 10secs |
How many cycles in how many minutes? | 5 cycle in 2 half mins |
EAP (Emergency Action Plan)- | 1.Survey Scene
2.Primary Survey-look for life threatening issues
3.Call 911 (if necessary)
4. Secondary Survey |
Spinal Column (top to bottom) | 1.Cervical (C1-C7)
2.Thoracic (T1-T12)
3.Lumbar (L1-L5)
4-5. Sacrum/Coccyx (SC1-SC9) |
Five Arteries: | Aorta: Largest & Strongest
Carotid: carry blood & o2 to brain
Brachial: locate bwt bi&ticup
Radial: located each hand, carry blood & o2 hands
Femoral: Carry blood & o2 to below wrist |
Signs Of Death: Presumptive | -Preassuming their dead
-No Pulse
-No breathing
-No blood pressure
-Body Temp-95
-No papillary response
-No pain response
-Cyanasis (victim turns blue) |
Signs of Death:Definitive | -Rigor Mortis (stiffness of body)
-putrefaction (body smells)
-Moral Trauma (no head)
-Dependent Lividity |
Triage | Determine who you help first because that person benefits the most. (Breathing before blooding) |
BSI-(Body Substance Isolation): | Prevent the transference of body fluid. |
Universal Precautions: | Safety gear depending on situations |
AVPU | A-Awake/Alert
V-Response to verbal stimulus (Talk)
P-Response to painful
U-Unresponsive/Unconscious |
PERRL | Pupils
Equal
Round
Responsive
Responsive to Light |
Why use PERRL? | Check for adequate flow of blood and o2 going to brain. |
ABC's | Airway Breathing Circulation |
PMS | Pulse, Motor skills, Sensation |
SAMPLE | Signs & Symptoms
Allergies
Medications
Past History
Last Oral Intake
Events |
DCAP-BTLS | Deformities
Contusions
Abrasions
Punctures
Burns
Tenderness
Lacerations
Swelling |
Palpation | Through touch |
Auscultation | Through sound |
Good Samaritan Law | Law that protect from civil and criminal prosecuting. Providing that you do what your trained to do. (Stay within your Limits) |
Golden Hour | Hour from Scene to Hospital (increase living chances) |
Key of Life | o2 |
Jeopardy | Is a legal Obligation applies when you do help. |
Four Reason to Leave: | Victim Stable
Scene is Unsafe
Pass the victim to someone of higher training
Physically not fit |
EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Network: | 1.Citizen Responder
2.Call 911-Dispatch
3. 1st responders
4. EMTs/Paramedics
5. Transport
6. Hospital |
RCE (Respiratory Cardiac Emergency: | BSI
AVPU
ABCs
-Check/Call/Care
-look-chest to rise
-Listen-sound of breathing
-Feel-pulse,carotid artery |
Chest Compression | 2in (adults)
1 1/2in (infants) |
PMS | Pulse, Motor Skills & Sensation |
How much o2 is given and used by victim? | 21% but only 5% is used my victim. |
Steps for Unconscious Choking: | 1.BSI
2.AVPU
3.ABCs
4.2 Breathes
5.Recheck ABCs
6.Retilt Head
7.2 Breathes
8.Recheck ABCs
9.Call 911
10.30 chest, finger swipe, 2 breathes
11.Recheck ABCs
12. Cont... |
CPR Steps: | 1.BSI
2.AVPU
3.ABCs
4.2 Breathes
5.Recheck ABCs
6.Call 911
7.30 chest,2 breathes
8.After 5 cycles Recheck ABCs |