Health 10 unconcious/concoius victim Flashcards
List the step in order when dealing with a concious adult
Person is concoius
- Check the scene for safety, so there is no danger to you
- life threatening injuries
- ask for consent to help
- check person head to toe
- Pay attention to these:
- bleeding (severe)
- cuts
- bruises
- bumps
- depressions
- Severe pain.
- Ask if they are drowsy, mental capacity.
- skin color= hampering in blood circulation.
- irregular breath
- ask to move your shoulders, wiggle your fingers.
- move your neck
- move your abdomen
- move your legs and feet.
IF not sure of the condition, call 999. Give the ambulance people information.
Do not move the injured area.
list the steps when dealing with a concoius child
- check the child if s/he is concuios.
- check the scene for safety
- life threatening injuries
- ask for consent (try and find his or her parents)
- check the child toe-to-head.
- use simple language
- do not clamp up right away
Also check for the same type of conditions when checking a concious adult. (like bleeding, etc…)
List the steps when dealing with an unconcius adult.
Check Call Care
- Check the scene for safety
- “Are you ok” “Are you ok” loudly… 2 finger tap on shoulder
- if the person does not respond then he is unconcious
- Call 999
- Care until ambulance arrives
- Roll the person on to their back
- check for signs of life.
- open airway with the “karate hand” and keep the head bent backwards
- look for signs of life for 10 seconds
- feel the air hitting the ear.
- check pulse
- give 2 rescue breaths, see if chest is rising
GIve CPR ONLY if there is no severe bleeding
When
What is ABC
A=airway, pull the head back
B=Breathing, is there breathing voluntarily
C=Give Circulation through CPR
CPR
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Why do we have to put someone in recovery position?
We have to put someone in recovery position when we are not able to give them CPR.
How to care for a concious choking adult
- Encourage them to keep choking.
- Call for help
- Consent to care
- Bend the victim forward
- Give 5 back blows between shoulder blades with the heel of your hand.
- put some space between each
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the blows (just after choking, concious)
- 5 abdominal blows
- Thumb side just above the navel
- upward pull and use the other arm to propel
- If they are unconcious, lay them to ground.
The steps leading up to CPR
We must take care of severe bleeding, before CPR.
Leave them in recovery position only when you cannot give them CPR. The tongue won’t block airway, and vomit will come out.
Heart attack signals
signals of a heart attack and the chain of survival.
People don’t usually know they have a heart attack.
Chest discomfort/ pain
chest pressure/ tightness
severe pain
center of chest behind breast bone.
where does heart attack pain spread to
Pain spreads to
- shoulders
- arms
- neck
- jaw
- back
Symptoms of heart attack
- sweating
- nausea
- shortness of breath
- general feeling or appearance
Women and heart attack
women experience:
- Pain in the arms, back, neck jaw, stomach
- unusual fatigue
- shortness of breath
- weakness
- cold sweat
- dizziness
The cardiac chain of survival
- Early recognition and early access/ look for signals (call 999 immediately)
- early CPR, give 4 compressions
- Early Defibrilation/automated electric Defubulator
- Early advanced medical Care
How to give CPR
- left hand heel on sternum
- right hand on top of left
- press down really hard
- 2 inches deep
- come all the way back up
- pull your way up.
- fingers must face up
- 1 cycle = 30 compressions in 18 seconds and 2 breaths.
List the steps when dealing with a Choking unconcious adult
Give normal breath.
Open the mouth looking for object and give 2 rescue breaths.
have to clear airway, so they can breathe.
Remove breathing barrier and give 30 chest compressions.
between compressions and breath, open mouth and press down on the tongue with your thumb and look for an object. Continue this major cycle until you see an object.
When you see object, open mouth and remove object. If breaths go in, check for signs of life.
