First Aid, CPR & AED (10/4/2011)
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jmhjmh2010 on October 3, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 1) Early Recognition and access | call for help (911 or local emergency number) |
| 2) Early bystander CPR | call for an AED and start CPR immediately |
| 3) Early defibrillation | use the AED as soon as it is available |
| 4) Early advanced care | the sooner the victim receives professional care, the better the chance for survival |
| 5) Integrated post-cardiac arrest care | the victim needs continued medical care |
| When do you use a "barrier device?" | when performing mouth to mouth resuscitation |
| At what age are you considered an adult when performing CPR? | 8 years or older |
| Explain motion of "abdominal thrust" when describing Heimlich Maneuver? | inward and upwards |
| To determine if patient is choking, what do you ask? | Ask the person if they are choking |
| Who do you give basic life support to? | patients with life-threatening illnesses or injuries until the patient can be given full medical care at a hospital. |
| what should you do if a choking person is coughing? | Ask the person if they are choking & if they are able to speak, do not perform first aid unless person becomes unable to speak |
| What should you do immediately after the AED delivers a shock? | Immediately after a shock, you will wait to follow the next instruction from the AED. After a shock, it will either immediately analyze again and possibly shock again, or direct you to check the patient for a pulse, and if none resume CPR. |
| What is the correct position for your hand when performing chest compressions? | The heel of your hand should be on the sternum, located approximately in the middle of the chest (the sternum bone). For an infant, 2 or 3 fingers on the sternum, at or slightly below the nipple line. |
| What is the depth in regards to chest compressions? | 1 1/2 to 2 inches |
| Where is the position of hands for abdominal thrust in responsive choking adult? | Wrap your arms around the abdomen of the patient with your hands just between the navel and the ribcage/diaphragm, at mid-center. |
| When do you give "Rescue Breaths" to a victim? | If the patient is not breathing, after giving 30 chest compressions or straight away in a child or someone who has drowned |
| What can you do to reduce risk of vomiting when doing CPR? | Not much to prevent vomiting but if vomiting occurs, tilt patient on side and clean away vomit from victims mouth |
| When should you stop performing CPR? | Person has started to breathe on their own or medical assistance has arrived |
| How to open victims airway for CPR? | Head tilt |
| How many Compressions and Breaths to perform CPR? | 30 Compressions & 2 Breaths |
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