Chapter 7: Basic Life Support
Define: Automated External Defibrillator (AED) - ANS-a small, portable device that analyzes the
heart rhythm, alerts the rescuer, and provides the necessary shock
Define: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) - ANS-a lifesaving procedure combining rescue
breathing and chest breathing
Define: Chain of Survival - ANS-a sequence of actions that reduces the mortality rate of cardiac
arrest
Define: Chest Compressions - ANS-repeated and controlled pressure in the sternum of a
cardiac arrest victim (allows oxygen to move throughout the body)
Define: Circulation, Airway, Breathing (CAB) - ANS-CPR's first steps
Define: Good Samaritan Laws - ANS-legal protection for people who give reasonable
assistance to the injured, ill, peril, or incapacitated
Define: Head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver - ANS-a procedure for opening a blocked airway (a patients
head is tilted back and the chin is lifted)
Define: Obstructed airway maneuver - ANS-quick upward thrust against a patient's abdomen
(removes obstructions and an open airway from the mouth/nose to the lungs)
Define: Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) - ANS-heartbeat stops beating suddenly (can cause
death)
Define: Log roll - ANS-procedure used to turn a patient over
Define: Trachea - ANS-windpipe
Define: Supine - ANS-lying on the back
Define: Cardiac arrest - ANS-absence of heartbeat
Define: Back of tongue - ANS-epiglottis
Define: Xiphoid process - ANS-bony tip of the sternum
Fill in the Blank(s):
AED stands for ________ _________ ________. - ANS-automated external defibrillator
Define: Automated External Defibrillator (AED) - ANS-a small, portable device that analyzes the
heart rhythm, alerts the rescuer, and provides the necessary shock
Define: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) - ANS-a lifesaving procedure combining rescue
breathing and chest breathing
Define: Chain of Survival - ANS-a sequence of actions that reduces the mortality rate of cardiac
arrest
Define: Chest Compressions - ANS-repeated and controlled pressure in the sternum of a
cardiac arrest victim (allows oxygen to move throughout the body)
Define: Circulation, Airway, Breathing (CAB) - ANS-CPR's first steps
Define: Good Samaritan Laws - ANS-legal protection for people who give reasonable
assistance to the injured, ill, peril, or incapacitated
Define: Head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver - ANS-a procedure for opening a blocked airway (a patients
head is tilted back and the chin is lifted)
Define: Obstructed airway maneuver - ANS-quick upward thrust against a patient's abdomen
(removes obstructions and an open airway from the mouth/nose to the lungs)
Define: Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) - ANS-heartbeat stops beating suddenly (can cause
death)
Define: Log roll - ANS-procedure used to turn a patient over
Define: Trachea - ANS-windpipe
Define: Supine - ANS-lying on the back
Define: Cardiac arrest - ANS-absence of heartbeat
Define: Back of tongue - ANS-epiglottis
Define: Xiphoid process - ANS-bony tip of the sternum
Fill in the Blank(s):
AED stands for ________ _________ ________. - ANS-automated external defibrillator