Chapter 2 Cardiac Emergencies And CPR Flashcards
Where is the heart located???
Between the lungs in middle of the chest
What is the size of a heart
Size of a fist
What protects the heart????
The ribs, breastbone, and spine
Which side of the heart does the blood with little or no oxygen go to?
The right side of the heart
Which side of the heart does the rich oxygenated blood go to?
The left side of the heart
What are arteries
They carry blood AWAY from the heart to rest of the body
What are veins
They carry the blood to the heart
What is cardiovascular disease
Is in abnormal condition that affects the heart and blood vessels.
What is coronary heart disease
Heart disease that occurs when the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle hardens and narrows this process is called atherosclerosis occurs gradually as cholesterols and fatty deposits called plaque buildup on the inner artery walls
What is heart attack
When the blood and oxygen supply to heart is reduced
What is the number one cause of heart attack
Coronary heart disease
What are the symptoms of a heart attack
The symptoms of heart attack is 3 to 5 minutes chest pain comes back and goes away
Unbearable crushing sensation in the chest
Pressure squeezing tightness or heaviness in the chest
Pain and discomfort in the middle of the chest
Some individual may show no signs at all
Most people who die of a heart attack die within two hours of the first signals true or false
True
What to do until help arrived someone who has symptoms of a heart attack
Call 911
Have the person stop what he or she is doing and rest comfortably
Loosen any tight or uncomfortable clothing
Monitor persons breathing and monitor there behavior and condition
Be prepared to perform CPR and use in AED if it available if a person loses conscious and stops breathing
Ask the person if he or she has a history of heart disease some people with heart disease take prescribe medication for chest pains you can help by getting the medication for the person and assisting him or her taking the prescribed medication
Ask if they can take aspirin and make sure you ask them if they are allergic to aspirin give one adult aspirin or to baby chewable aspirin
What questions should you ask before giving someone an aspirin
Are you allergic to aspirin
do you have a stomach ulcer disease
Are u taking any blood thinner
Have u been told by a doctor to avoid taking aspirin?
What is cardiac arrest
Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart stops beating or beats ineffectively to circulate blood to the brain and other vital organs
When does brain-damaged begin in cardiac arrest
Begins from 4 to 6 minutes in the damage can become irreversible in about 10 minutes
What are the steps of cardiac chain of survival
Early recognization in early access to emergency medical services
early CPR
early defibrillation
early EMS medical care
Went to stop CPR
You notice an obvious sign of life such as breathing in aed is available and ready to use
another trained responder or EMS personnel take over
You’re too exhausted to continue
the scene becomes unsafe
Causes of cardiac emergencies in children and infants
Airway in breathing problems traumatic injury or an accident a hard blow to the chest congenital heart disease sudden infant death syndrome
What’s the difference between aspirin, tynole, iprofiun.
Aspirin is to thin your blood, so it could easly pass through the veins of ur hearts. Ibropufrin is for swelling and tynole is for pain and soreness.
What is the diffrence between hypoclecima and hypercelima
Hypoclecima is when the body is low on sugar and hypercelima is when they are high on sugar.
What is febrile seziure
It’s when the temperature is very high
What is f.a.s.t
FACE: can they smile? , seziure. Victim cannot, half of there face is droopy
ARMS: can they put there arms up?
SPEECH: can they speak??? Or even they speak no words come out.
TIME: record the time when you see the symptom.
What are the four type of poisons?
Absorbing, inhaling, , swallowing, injected
What’s acute or chronic
Acute is shorterm, chronic is long term
What is cardiac chain of survival
Early reconization
Early care
Early defiblirattion
Early advance medical care
