First Aid Flashcards
Sudden illness
Heart attack
Asthma attack
Anaphylaxis
Diabetic emergency
Seizures
Shock
Opioid overdose
Stroke
heart attack
-lack of oxygenated blood to the heart
stroke
-0 lack of oxygenated blood to the brain
signs and symptoms
Trouble breathing
Pain (chest pain, abdominal pain or headache)
Changes in level of responsiveness
Extreme fatigue
Light-headedness or dizziness
nausea , vomiting, diarrhea or stomach cramps
Fever
Paleness of skin/loss of color
Problems seeing or speaking
Numbness, weakness, paralysis
Seizures
Line of questioning for patient assessment
-OPQRST
-SAMPLE
OPQRST
Onset
Provocation/paliative - what makes it better or worse?
Quality
Region/radiation - where is the pain and does it shoot to another place?
Severity -
Time - how long has this been going on or when did it occur?
SAMPLE
Signs & symptoms
Allergies
Medications
Past medical history
Last oral intake
Events leading up to present injury
stroke acronym
(fast)
Face - drooping/weakness
Arm - can’t move/weakness
Speech - may be slurred
Time - understand how long it has been
TIA
- transient ischemic attack (mini stroke)
-Can blackout for a few minutes
-Can be slurred speech for a few minutes
These are warning signs and this person needs to be seen by a physician immediately
shock
-Disorder of the circulatory system - not enough oxygenated blood going to vital organs throughout the body
-Can happen from variety of reasons
-In order to get blood to other organs it will pull blood away from the skin, can start to look pale
-Pulse rate will go up but will be weaker
shocks
-anaphylactic
-metabolic
-hemmorhagic
-septic
-psychological
-respiratory shock
anaphylactic shock
- allergic reaction; from food, exposure to something
Localized - right in one area
Systemic - throughout the whole body
Becomes a concern when starting to close airway
metabolic shock
- most commonly from diabetes
Hypoglycemic
Hyperglycemic
psychological shock
-panic attack: acute
-anxiety attack: tends to build up
respiratory shock
-asthma
-need an inhaler as the AT
-rescue inhaler- albuterol, Proventil, Ventolin
-beta 2 agonist- dilates the respiratory muscles