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first aid - correct answer Emergency care given to an ill or injured person before medical help arrives Goals of first aid - correct answer 1. prevent death 2. prevent injuries from becoming worse BLS Procedures - correct answer Support circulation and breathing Chain of survival actions - correct answer 1. Recognizing cardiac arrest and activating the EMS system 2. Early CPR 3. Early defibrillation 4. Early advanced care sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) - correct answer the heart stops suddenly and without warning; cardiac arrest 3 major signs of SCA - correct answer No response, no breathing or no normal breathing, and no pulse respiratory arrest - correct answer when breathing completely stops but heart action continues When breathing is not restored - correct answer Cardiac arrest occurs Begin CPR on a child - correct answer If the child's pulse is lower than 60 4 parts of CPR - correct answer -chest compressions -airway -breathing -defibrillation What do you do before starting compressions? - correct answer Use the carotid artery closest to you to check for a pulse When is barrier device breathing used? - correct answer Whenever possible ventricular fibrillation - correct answer Causes sudden cardiac arrest defibrillator - correct answer a device that delivers an electric shock to the heart to restore its normal rhythm What increases a person's chance of survival ? - correct answer Defibrillation as soon as possible CPR is only performed for....? - correct answer Cardiac arrest When is the recovery position used? - correct answer When the person is breathing and has a pulse but is not respoding recovery position - correct answer Keeps airway open and prevents aspiration choking - correct answer Food or foreign object blocks the airway or throat. hemorrhage - correct answer the loss of a large amount of blood in a short time If bleeding is not stopped... - correct answer The person will die Fainting - correct answer the sudden loss of consciousness from an inadequate blood supply to the brain Warning signals of fainting - correct answer Dizziness, sweating, and blackness before the eyes Shock - correct answer When tissues and organs do not get enough blood Causes of shock - correct answer blood loss, heart attack, burns, sever infection anaphylactic shock - correct answer Severe shock caused by an allergic reaction. Anaphylaxis - correct answer a life-threatening sensitivity to an antigen Stroke - correct answer A sudden attack of weakness or paralysis that occurs when blood flow to an area of the brain is interrupted seizure - correct answer violent and sudden contractions or tremors of muscle groups; convulsion Seizures are caused by... - correct answer An abnormality in the brain Epilepsy - correct answer A disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions; clusters of nerve cells sometimes signal abnormally; no cure Major types of seizures - correct answer Partial, generalized tonic-clonic (grand mal), generalized absence (petit mal) Two phases of a tonic-clonic seizure - correct answer 1. Tonic; person loses consciousness 2. Clonic; muscle groups contacts and relax generalized absence (petit mal) seizure - correct answer Staring spell or brief loss of consciousness; twitching of the eye lids and staring YOU CAN NOT STOP A SEIZURE - correct answer YOU CAN NOT STOP A SEIZURE Most common brain injury - correct answer concussion Cause of concussion - correct answer Bump or blow to the head or jolt to the head or body Danger signs of a concussion - correct answer Headache, vomiting, very sleepy prevent movement by - correct answer Placing your hands on both sides of the head to keep it aligned with the spine If the head is bleeding... - correct answer Cover the wound with sterile gauze DO NOT REMOVE ANY OBJECT FROM A WOUND - correct answer DO NOT REMOVE ANY OBJECT FROM A WOUND Burns can cause - correct answer Death Superficial burn (1st degree) - correct answer burn involving only epidermis, causes redness and swelling but no blisters; painful partial thickness burn (2nd degree) - correct answer burn involving epidermis and dermis; very painful; exposed nerve endings full thickness burn (3rd degree) - correct answer all layers are damaged; fat muscle and bone may be injured; nerve endings are destroyed The severity of burns is evaluated by: - correct answer - burn size and depth -body part involved -person's age