Red Cross Questions and answers, 100% Accurate, Graded A+
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Red Cross Questions and answers, 100% Accurate, Graded A+
permission from consciousness competent person - -actual consent
permission to give first aid to an unconscious person or mentally incompetent person - -implied consent
developed to encourage people to help others in emergency sit...
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permission from consciousness competent person - ✔✔-actual consent
permission to give first aid to an unconscious person or mentally incompetent person - ✔✔-implied
consent
developed to encourage people to help others in emergency situations protects responder from
financial responsibility like being sued - ✔✔-good samaritan laws
what are the universal precautions - ✔✔-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 - ✔✔-gastric
distention
what is supine position - ✔✔-on their back; flat hard firm surface
what is the prone position? - ✔✔-face down
what is the recovery position? - ✔✔-on the side (roll as one unit no twisting)
death of cardiac arrest muscle to the heart due to a blockage - ✔✔-heart attack
when the heart stops: following a heart attack/blockage - ✔✔-cardiac arrest
, what are the 5 things you must do as a good samaritan in order for the law to protect you? - ✔✔-move a
person only if the persons life were in danger. 2. ask conscious person for permission before giving care
3. check 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? - ✔✔-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 - ✔✔-check call care
what are the four links in the cardiac chain of survival? - ✔✔-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? - ✔✔-Unconsciousness
No breathing or difficulty breathing
No pulse
Severe bleeding
when calling 911, why should you hang up after the dispatcher does? - ✔✔-you should only hang up
after teh dispatcher does so they have all your information like location how many injured or basis of
scene
what phrase is used to check consciousness? - ✔✔-Hey Hey are you okay?
what is the proper way to open the airway? - ✔✔-tilt head back lift chin up
when checking an unconscious adult if they are breathing what should you do next? - ✔✔-call 911
how long should you look listen and feel for signs of breathing on an unconscious adult? - ✔✔-listen for
no more than ten seconds
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