Cpr Flashcards
What is choking
When a person’s airway is blocked by food
What is an AED
Automated External Defiblerator
Restarts someone’s heart. This is called deliberation
Nitroglycerin
To provide help with chest pain
NEVER FOR STROKES
CPR
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Pushing on someone’s chest where the heart is located to keep the heart beating manually. Also, give mouth-to-mouth if comfortable and/or needed
Cardiac Arrest
When the heart stops beating
What are the 4 R’s (in order)
risk, recognize, react, resuscitate
What is the chain of survival
Healthy choices, early recognition, early access, early cpr, early defileration, early advanced care, early rehabilitation
What is a heart attack?
Aka: myocardial infarction
Irregular beating, caused by an artery being clogged. If blockage opens up a bit, it’s called Angina.
What are some Risk factors
• high cholesterol
• smoking
• high blood pressure
• lack of exercise
• stress
Recognize: what are the 5 P’s
Pain
Pale
Puffing
Pooped
Puking
What is FAST (used for strokes)
F face: is it drooping
A arms: can you hold them up
S speech: is it slurred
T time: Time to call 911
What is PLT
Position
Loosen clothing
Talk to the person
Resuscitation (CPR): what is the 1st step
Say “I’ve been trained, I can do this”
Steps for CPR (in order) (Heart attack)
- Say “I’ve been trained, I can do this”
- check for hazards
(no fire, no wire, no gas, no glass, no harm to me or the victim) - introduce urself (be specific)
- ask if u can help them (yes)
- say ur going to loosen clothing
- if they fell unconscious, check hazards again
- ask someone to call 911/get AED and come back
- ask if they’re awake, okay, or have any nitroglycerin/asprin
- landmark
-start compressions (30)
-mouth to mouth (lift chin, plug nose, 2 breaths) - repeat until AED
- listen to instructions
- unzip clothing
- shave if any hair and wipe
- pad 1 on chest, pad 2 on hip
- “I’m clear, your clear, were all ckear”
- “shock being initiated” and “shock initiated”
- continue compressions and breaths until help arrives
-if becomes conscious, put in recovery position
Steps for: Choking
Say I’ve been trained I can do this
Check for dangers around
Introduce yourself and ask for permission to help
Ask them to cough as much as they can
If doesn’t work, say you are going to perform abdominal thrust
If they pass out, check for hazards again
Ask someone to call 911/get AED
Ask if awake
Open their mouth to check for item in mouth (DONT SCOOP)
Do CPR steps
Do until help arrives
CAB-D means:
Compressions
Airway
Breathing
&
Defibrillation
Cpr stands for cardiopulmonary _______!
Resuscitation
Many people take _____ when dealing with angina
Nitroglycerin/Asprin
After going into cardiac arrest, a person’s heart may begin to ______
Fiblerate
What is the C for CAB-D
Compressions
Without _____ the brain begins to take serious damage in 4-6 minutes
Oxygen
I’ve been _____ I can do this
Trained
When someone’s heart stops beating, they are in ___ ___
Cardiac arrest
What is the most common way of heart disease
Lung cancer caused by smoking
A blocked _____ in the heart causes a heart attack
Artery
After checking for hazards you should assess ______
Responsiveness
High blood ______ can damage blood vessels
Pressure
Cpr is an important part of the chain of _______
Survival
The heart carries ____ to the organs and tissue if the body
Blood
