Basic Life Support
Administrative Order 155 s. 2004 - answer The Basic Life Support training is mandatory
to all health workers
Disaster Risk Reduction Management in Health (DRRM-H) Goal - answer At least one
member of each household shall be trained in Basic Life Support
Republic Act 10871: Basic Life Support Training in Schools Act - answer An act
requiring basic education students to undergo age-appropriate basic life support training
1. survey the scene
2. activate medical assistance
3. initial assessment of the victim
4. secondary assessment of the victim
5. referral for further evaluation and management - answer5 emergency action
principles
Automated External Defibrillator - answerAED stands for...
(a) WHAT happened?
(b) LOCATION
(c) NUMBER of person(s) injured
(d) EXTENT of injury and first aid given
(e) The TELEPHONE NUMBER from where you are calling
(f) PERSON WHO ACTIVATED medical assistance must identify him/herself -
answerInformation to be remembered in Activating Medical Assistance
· Scene safety
· Mechanism of injury or nature of illness
· Take standard precautions
· Determine the number of patients
· Consider additional/specialized resources - answerElements of the Survey the Scene
(a) check for Responsiveness
(b) perform Compression
(c) open the Airway
(d) perform Rescue Breathing - answerInitial assessment of the victim
initial assessment of the victim - answerin every emergency situation, you must find out
if there are conditions that are an immediate threat to the victim's life.
, secondary assessment of the victim - answerit is a systematic method of gathering
additional information about injuries or conditions that may need care.
1. interview the victim
2. check vital signs
3. head to toe examination - answersecondary assessment of the victim
every 15 minutes if stable, every 5 minutes if unstable - answerhow often do you check
for the vital signs?
S - signs and symptoms
A - allergies
M - medications
P - past medical history
L - last meal taken
E - events prior to injury/incident - answerwhat will you interview the victim?
referral for further evaluation and management - answerit refers to the transfer of a
victim to hospital or advanced health care facility for a definitive treatment
Basic Life Support (BSL) - answera set of emergency procedures that consist of
recognizing respiratory or cardiac arrest and the proper application of Cardio-Pulmonary
Resuscitation (CPR) with or without Automated External Defibrillation or Foreign Body
Airway Obstruction Management (FBAOM) and Rescue Breathing (RB) or to maintain
life until a victim recovers or advanced life support is available
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - answera set of clinical interventions for the
urgent treatment of cardiac arrest and other life-threatening emergencies, as well as the
knowledge and skills to deploy those interventions
Prolonged Life Support (PLS) - answerfor post resuscitative and long-term resuscitation
with the use of adjunctive equipment such as ventilator, cardiac monitor, pulse oximeter,
etc
1. Prevention of arrest
2. Early CPR
3. Rapid access to EMS (Emergency Medical Services)
4. Rapid PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support)
5. Integrated Post-Cardiac (Arrest Care) - answerPEDIATRIC CHAIN OF SURVIVAL
21% O2 + trace of CO2 - answerair enters the lungs contains how many percentage of
oxygen?
16% - answerAir exhaled from the lungs contains how many percent of oxygen?
4% - answerAir exhaled from the lungs contains how many percent of carbon dioxide?
Administrative Order 155 s. 2004 - answer The Basic Life Support training is mandatory
to all health workers
Disaster Risk Reduction Management in Health (DRRM-H) Goal - answer At least one
member of each household shall be trained in Basic Life Support
Republic Act 10871: Basic Life Support Training in Schools Act - answer An act
requiring basic education students to undergo age-appropriate basic life support training
1. survey the scene
2. activate medical assistance
3. initial assessment of the victim
4. secondary assessment of the victim
5. referral for further evaluation and management - answer5 emergency action
principles
Automated External Defibrillator - answerAED stands for...
(a) WHAT happened?
(b) LOCATION
(c) NUMBER of person(s) injured
(d) EXTENT of injury and first aid given
(e) The TELEPHONE NUMBER from where you are calling
(f) PERSON WHO ACTIVATED medical assistance must identify him/herself -
answerInformation to be remembered in Activating Medical Assistance
· Scene safety
· Mechanism of injury or nature of illness
· Take standard precautions
· Determine the number of patients
· Consider additional/specialized resources - answerElements of the Survey the Scene
(a) check for Responsiveness
(b) perform Compression
(c) open the Airway
(d) perform Rescue Breathing - answerInitial assessment of the victim
initial assessment of the victim - answerin every emergency situation, you must find out
if there are conditions that are an immediate threat to the victim's life.
, secondary assessment of the victim - answerit is a systematic method of gathering
additional information about injuries or conditions that may need care.
1. interview the victim
2. check vital signs
3. head to toe examination - answersecondary assessment of the victim
every 15 minutes if stable, every 5 minutes if unstable - answerhow often do you check
for the vital signs?
S - signs and symptoms
A - allergies
M - medications
P - past medical history
L - last meal taken
E - events prior to injury/incident - answerwhat will you interview the victim?
referral for further evaluation and management - answerit refers to the transfer of a
victim to hospital or advanced health care facility for a definitive treatment
Basic Life Support (BSL) - answera set of emergency procedures that consist of
recognizing respiratory or cardiac arrest and the proper application of Cardio-Pulmonary
Resuscitation (CPR) with or without Automated External Defibrillation or Foreign Body
Airway Obstruction Management (FBAOM) and Rescue Breathing (RB) or to maintain
life until a victim recovers or advanced life support is available
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - answera set of clinical interventions for the
urgent treatment of cardiac arrest and other life-threatening emergencies, as well as the
knowledge and skills to deploy those interventions
Prolonged Life Support (PLS) - answerfor post resuscitative and long-term resuscitation
with the use of adjunctive equipment such as ventilator, cardiac monitor, pulse oximeter,
etc
1. Prevention of arrest
2. Early CPR
3. Rapid access to EMS (Emergency Medical Services)
4. Rapid PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support)
5. Integrated Post-Cardiac (Arrest Care) - answerPEDIATRIC CHAIN OF SURVIVAL
21% O2 + trace of CO2 - answerair enters the lungs contains how many percentage of
oxygen?
16% - answerAir exhaled from the lungs contains how many percent of oxygen?
4% - answerAir exhaled from the lungs contains how many percent of carbon dioxide?
