CPR and First Aid Questions and Answers 100% Correct

CPR and First Aid Questions and Answers 100% Correct how to recognize an emergency look for unusual noises, sights, odors, appearances and behaviors example: screams, breaking glass, crashing metal safety do not risk your own _________________ in orer to rescue or provide first aid to another person Good Samaritan Laws state laws that help protect healthcare professionals and ordinary citizens from liability while giving emergency care to accident victims. You are protected if you are certified and obtain consent, act in good faith, are not paid, use reasonable skill and care, are not negligent (careless), and do not abandon the person how to open an Airway tilt head, lift chin signs of life movement or breathing ABCs Airway, Breathing, and Circulation (blood flowing through the body) How to check Breathing look for movement of the chest, listen and feel for air movement by placing your ear and then your cheek at the mouth and nose of the victim how to check Circulation place your index and middle fingers into the groove of the neck next to the voice box to feel the carotid artery pulse index finger the finger next to the thumb; also called pointer finger voice box larynx Rescue Breathing an emergency technique in which a rescuer gives air to someone who is not breathing. To perform this, a person blows air into a victim's lungs to give him/her oxygen how to give rescue breaths to an adult