Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED Flashcards
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AED
Automatic External Defibrillator
The order of the 3 C’s ?
- Check and gain Consent
- Call
- Care
Risk level of catching a disease while giving first aid?
Very low. Handwashing and using personal protective equipment (PPE), such as latex-free disposable gloves and breathing barriers, reduces your risk even further.
Should you wait to give care if you don’t have PPE?
According to Red Cross, No. Risk of infection is low.
Note: If PPE isn’t available, don’t wait until you have PPE to take action. Remember, your risk for infection is very low so you can provide care without PPE. Just make sure to wash your hands as soon as possible after giving care and avoid touching your mouth and eyes.
How to properly remove Latex-free disposable gloves?
- Use right hand to pinch latex glove at the left wrist
- Pull off the left glove using the pinched material
- Continue to hold the removed left glove in the right hand.
- Use the ungloved left hand to slide index and middle finger under the wrist of the right glove. Do not touch the outside of the glove.
- Remove the glove – TURNING IT INSIDE OUT. Also, the other glove will be on the inside of the turned-out glove.
- Glove can then be carried with hands since no contaminated surfaces are exposed.
- Throw away inside-out gloves
- Wash hands with soap and hot water
- At no point is the outside of either glove touched with the ungloved hands
- Both gloves are folded inside-out together
Types of PPE?
- Latex-free disposable gloves
- CPR breathing mask
- Face mask
- Eye protection
How long to wash hands with soap and water?
At least 20 seconds.
CHECK - CALL - CARE
CHECK:
- Safety of scene / Situational Awareness
- Check person and Form Initial impression. DO NOT TOUCH THE PERSON.
- Obtain Consent. Introduce yourself and say what you will do. An unresponsive person may not be able to give consent – Consent is IMPLIED under the law.
Form the Initial Impression?
- Is the person responsive or unresponsive?
- Does the person appear to be breathing?
- Does the person look sick or hurt?
- Is there a visible injury or bleeding?
Person appears unresponsive?
- Check for responsiveness
- Check for breathing
- Check for life-threatening bleeding
- Check other life-threatening conditions
How to check for responsiveness?
Shout - Tap on both shoulders - Shout
Infant: Tap on bottom of Foot
How to check for breathing?
- Turn on back
- Check for normal breathing
Life-threatening emergency
- Not breathing
- Unresponsive
- Life-threatening bleeding
- Other life-threatening conditions
Immediately stop CHECK and CALL 911. Then continue with medical attention to my level of training.
Step 1: CHECK
- Check the scene for safety.
- Check the person.
- Form an initial impression. (Does the person appear unresponsive or appear to have life-threatening bleeding or another life-threatening condition?)
- Obtain consent from the person or parent/guardian.
- Check the person who appears unresponsive (use shout, tap, shout and check for breathing, life-threatening bleeding or another obvious life-threatening condition).
- Continue to check the person who is experiencing non-life-threatening illness or injury (ask questions using SAM and do a focused check).
Note: If, during the initial impression, you determine that the person appears to be experiencing a life-threatening sudden illness, immediately call 9-1-1, get the equipment and give general care for the condition found. Then, continue your check (as appropriate) to determine if additional care is needed.
SAM
S - Signs and symptoms
A - Allergies
M - Medications and medical conditions
- What is bothering you?
- Do you have any allergies?
- Are you taking any medications?
- Do you have any medical conditions?
What questions do you ask to identify non-life threatening conditions?
SAM
S - Signs and symptoms
A - Allergies
M - Medications and medical conditions
Focus check ?
To look more closely at the area that is informed by the Initial Impression or information from the patient.
How to instruct to call 911?
If cannot call 911 yourself, then:
- Look directly at one specific person
- Say “You, call 911”
- Confirm the 911 call while giving Care
- It is advisable to put the 911 call on speaker-mode to receive additional assistance and care advice from the 911 dispatcher
How to give Care ?
Care:
- Give care consistent with your knowledge and training
- Offer to assist the person with medication administration if needed
- Help the person rest in the most comfortable position
- Keep the person from getting chilled or overheated
- Reassure the person: “911 is on the way”
- Continue to watch the person’s condition
Besides calling 911, what else can you do during the CALL step?
Get or send someone to get an AED, a first aid kit and a bleeding control kit (if necessary).
When is the Recovery Position utilized?
If the person the is unresponsive or has problem breathing, need to move them to prevent the risk of choking or aspiration
How to put a person into the Recovery Position?
- Position self on one side of person lying on their back.
- Raise the arm of the person closest to you above their head.
- Roll person toward you onto their side so that their head rests on their outstretched arm.
- Bend both of their knees forward with feet back in order to stabilize their body in the Recovery Position.
You are working in a senior center when you hear a thud and someone yells out that a man has collapsed. The scene is safe, but the man appears unresponsive. What should you do next?
Check for responsiveness by using the shout-tap-shout sequence while checking for breathing, life-threatening bleeding and other life-threatening conditions.
When a person appears unresponsive, you should always check for responsiveness by shouting the person’s name if you know it, tapping them on the shoulder or arm for an adult or a child or the bottom of the foot for an infant, and shouting their name again. While checking for responsiveness, you should also check for breathing, life-threatening bleeding and other life-threatening conditions. Consent is implied when an adult appears unresponsive. If the unresponsive person is a minor, you need to obtain consent from a parent or guardian before doing the shout, tap, shout.
During your interview of the person using SAM, they told you that they have a lot of pain in their left arm and that it is throbbing. What should you do next?
Do a focused check of their left arm.