Lesson 13 & 14 Flashcards
an emergency procedure consists of recognizing respiratory or cardiac arrest or both and the proper application of CPR to maintain life until a victim recovers
Basic Life Support
Cardiac arrest victims have a good chance of surviving if CPR is started within _____
4 minutes of Arrest
advanced cardiac life support is received within _____
8 minutes of the heart stoppage.
This is the immediate care given to an injured or suddenly ill person
First Aid
The first step in any emergency situation
Scene Survey
Steps in Victim Assessment
Initial Assessment
Physical Exam and History
What to check in Physical Examination
Head and Neck
Eyes
Chest
Abdomen
Extremity Assessment
checking the victim from head to toe.
Physical Examination
It is done by checking the arms and legs by feeling and looking for injury, deformity, and tenderness.
Extremity Assessment
Environmental Education must be
Action-oriented
Experiential
Future-oriented
Globally-oriented
Holistic
Interdisciplinary
Issue-oriented
defined as the physical or chemical changes in the surface and ground water caused by pollutants that can adversely affect living organisms
Water pollution
referred to the presence in land of any solid waste in such quality, of such nature and duration, and under such conditions that would be injurious to human health or welfare, animal or plantlike or property
Solid Waste/Land Pollution
designed to reduce the amount of waste that leaks out into the environment
Landfills
Reducing solid waste by burning it first and
this causes fly ash, gases and particulate matter to the air
Incineration
How much waste is dumped into the ocean yearly
50 million tons