NURS 203 FINAL
What is FIRST AID? - Answer- IMMEDIATE CARE given to an injured or suddenly ill person. Given until medical care is obtained or until chance of recovery without medical care is assured. Purpose: FIND IT, FIX IT.
What are the First Aid Priorities, in order? - Answer- Breathing
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NURS 203 FINAL
What is FIRST AID? - Answer- IMMEDIATE CARE given to an injured or suddenly ill
person. Given until medical care is obtained or until chance of recovery without
medical care is assured. Purpose: FIND IT, FIX IT.
What are the First Aid Priorities, in order? - Answer- Breathing
Bleeding
Poisoning
Shock
What are Standard Precautions? - Answer- Procedures to treat body fluids as
infectious
How are standard precautions implemented? - Answer- Use of gloves, gown,
goggles, pocket mask
What is the purpose of the PRIMARY VICTIM EXAM? - Answer- To determine if
injury is life threatening
What is the purpose of the purpose of the SECONDARY VICTIM EXAM? - Answer-
Locate and begin initial management of injury of illness. Find it, fix it.
What does the mneumonic AVPU mean and what is it used to determine? - Answer-
Level of Consciousness
A - Alert and Aware
V - Voice - responds to audial stimuli
P - Pain - responds only to painful stimuli
U - Unresponsive to all stimuli
What are the ABCD's of assessment? - Answer- A - Airway
B - Breathing
C - Circulation
D - Disability
What does the mnemonic DOTS mean and what does it determine? - Answer-
Determines injury
D - Deformity
O - Open Wounds
T - Tenderness
S - Swelling
What does the mnemonic SAMPLE mean and what does it determine? When is it
completed? - Answer- Medical History
S - Sign/symptom
A - Allergies
M - Medications
P - Pertinent past illnesses
, L - Last oral intake
E - Events leading injury/illness
What constitutes a RESPIRATORY EMERGENCY? - Answer- Any situation where
breathing has STOPPED or CANNOT ADEQUATELY SUSTAIN LIFE
What are the signs and symptoms of a RESPIRATORY EMERGENCY? - Answer-
Change in mental status, level of consciousness, or breathing pattern
Noisy or labored respiration
wheezing
dilated pupils
dusky and cyanotic appearance
What is the normal respiratory rate for an adult? - Answer- 12-20 breaths / minute
What is the rate for rescue breathing for an adult victim? - Answer- 1 breath / 5
seconds
What is the rate for rescue breathing for a child/infant? - Answer- 1 breath / 3
seconds
What is CPR? - Answer- A mechanical method of sustaining the life of a victim of
cardiac arrest
Why is CPR effective in sustaining life? - Answer- Keep oxygen going through the
body
What is the first thing you do when a victim collapses? What is the second action? -
Answer- "are you okay?" "call 911"
What is the ratio of compressions to breaths for one-person CPR? - Answer- 30:2
What is the rate at which compressions are performed on an adult, child, and infant?
- Answer- 100 compressions/min
How do you determine if a conscious person has an obstructed airway? - Answer-
hands to throat, gasp, cannot speak
What is the rescue sequence for conscious obstructed airway for an adult? For a
child? Infant? - Answer- ask if choking,
abdominal thrusts / back slaps * chest thrusts
repeat until dislodged,
CPR if unconscious
What is the nine step sequence for relieving an obstructed airway for an
UNCONSCIOUS adult victim? - Answer- 1. Determine unresponsiveness
2. Call for help
3. Open Airway
4. Attempt two breaths
5. Re-tip head and re-open airway
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