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Red Cross Questions and Correct Answers/
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permission from consciousness competent person
Ans: actual consent
permission to give first aid to an unconscious person or mentally
incompetent person
Ans: implied consent
developed to encourage people to help others in emergency situations
protects responder from financial responsibility like being sued
Ans: good samaritan laws
what are the universal precautions
Ans: wear gloves wear face mask wash hands after gloves are
removed
when you ventilate too hard and the air skips the lungs and goes into
the stomach
Ans: gastric distention
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what is supine position
Ans: on their back; flat hard firm surface
what is the prone position?
Ans: face down
what is the recovery position?
Ans: on the side (roll as one unit no twisting)
death of cardiac arrest muscle to the heart due to a blockage
Ans: heart attack
when the heart stops: following a heart attack/blockage
Ans: cardiac arrest
what are the 5 things you must do as a good samaritan in order for the
law to protect you?
Ans: move a person only if the persons life were in danger. 2.
ask conscious person for permission before giving care 3. check
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person for life threatening conditions 4. call 911 5. continue to
give care until personnel takes over
what are 3 reasons you would ever move a victim?
Ans: when faced with immediate danger 2. if you have to get to
another victim with more serious problems 3. to provide proper
care
list the emergency action principles
Ans: check call care
what are the four links in the cardiac chain of survival?
Ans: 1. early recognition and access to emergency system call
911 2. early CPR 3. early defibrillation 4. early advanced life
support
what are the 4 life threatening conditions?
Ans: Unconsciousness
No breathing or difficulty breathing
No pulse
Severe bleeding
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Red Cross Questions and Correct Answers/
Latest Update / Already Graded
permission from consciousness competent person
Ans: actual consent
permission to give first aid to an unconscious person or mentally
incompetent person
Ans: implied consent
developed to encourage people to help others in emergency situations
protects responder from financial responsibility like being sued
Ans: good samaritan laws
what are the universal precautions
Ans: wear gloves wear face mask wash hands after gloves are
removed
when you ventilate too hard and the air skips the lungs and goes into
the stomach
Ans: gastric distention
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what is supine position
Ans: on their back; flat hard firm surface
what is the prone position?
Ans: face down
what is the recovery position?
Ans: on the side (roll as one unit no twisting)
death of cardiac arrest muscle to the heart due to a blockage
Ans: heart attack
when the heart stops: following a heart attack/blockage
Ans: cardiac arrest
what are the 5 things you must do as a good samaritan in order for the
law to protect you?
Ans: move a person only if the persons life were in danger. 2.
ask conscious person for permission before giving care 3. check
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person for life threatening conditions 4. call 911 5. continue to
give care until personnel takes over
what are 3 reasons you would ever move a victim?
Ans: when faced with immediate danger 2. if you have to get to
another victim with more serious problems 3. to provide proper
care
list the emergency action principles
Ans: check call care
what are the four links in the cardiac chain of survival?
Ans: 1. early recognition and access to emergency system call
911 2. early CPR 3. early defibrillation 4. early advanced life
support
what are the 4 life threatening conditions?
Ans: Unconsciousness
No breathing or difficulty breathing
No pulse
Severe bleeding
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