CPR Flashcards
Scene Size-up:
1.SCENE SAFETY
2.KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED
3.ROLE OF BYSTANDERS
4.NUMBER OF CASUALTIES
5.ALWAYS ASKING PERMISSION OR CONSENT
Knowing what happened: (2)
- CAUSE OF INJURY
- NATURE OF ILLNESS
To obtain consent, do the following:
✓ Identify yourself to the victim
✓ State your level of training
✓ Ask the victim whether you may help
✓ Explain what you observe and,
✓ Explain what you plan to do.
AVPU mnemonic:
A - Alert
V - Responsive to voice
P - Responsive to pain
U - Unresponsive/Unconscious
Primary Assessment:
- ASSESSING RESPONSIVENESS
- ACTIVATE MEDICAL HELP
- AIRWAY
- BREATHING
- CIRCULATION
AED means?
AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR
allows air to enter the lungs for the person to breathe.
AIRWAY
- While maintaining an open airway, quickly check an unconscious person for breathing by doing the Look, Listen and Feel technique for not more than 10 seconds.
BREATHING
- Pulse, Bleeding, Shock, Skin color, temperature and moisture.
CIRCULATION
The five links used in the adult in-hospital Chain of Survival are:
- RECOGNITION
- ACTIVATION OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM
- IMMEDIATE HIGH-QUALITY CPR
- RAPID DEFIBRILLATION
- ADVANCED LIVE SUPPORT AND POST-ARREST CARE
occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to a part of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle.
HEART ATTACK
What to Do in a Heart Attack:
- CALL EMS (FIRST AID BOX AND AED)
- REST AND CALM
- GIVE ASPIRIN (1 OR 2 LOW DOSE) IF NOT ALLERGIC TO ASPIRIN
- STAY WITH
- BE PREPARED TO DO CPR
A DISRUPTION OF BLOOD FLOW to a PART OF THE BRAIN which may cause permanent damage to the brain tissue.
STROKE
Stroke is also called a?
CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (CVA).
F.A.S T means?
- F - Face drooping
- A - Arm weakness
- S - Speech difficulty
- T - Time to call 911
