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Herbert CPR Test
Question | Answer |
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What is respiratory distress? | breathing becomes difficult |
What is respiratory arrest? | heart stops |
what is it called when when air enters the stomach during rescue breaths? | gastric distention |
when do you stop giving care to a victim? | scene becomes unsafe, victim begins to breathe on own, another trained person takes over, EMS takes over, you become too exhausted to continue |
SAMPLE | signs and sympyoms. allergies. medications. past medical history. last oral intake. events leading to injury ir illness. |
DOTS | deformities. open injuries. tenderness. swelling |
without oxgyen, how does it take for cells to begin to die? | 4-6 minutes |
two types of Airway obstructions | anatomical and mechanical |
anatomical | airway blocked by tongue or swelling of mouth and throat tissue. |
mechanical. | airway partially or completely blocked by a forgein object |
asthma | narrow air passages that makes breathing difficult |
emphysema | lungs and alveoli lose ability to expand |
bronchitits | inflanation of the lining of the tracha, bronchioles. |
anaphylactic shock | sever allergic reaction |
hyperventilation | breathing is faster than normal. |
care for airway obstruction | 5 back blows, 5 abdominal thrusts, call 9-1-1 |
diabetes | low blood sugar |
3 C's | check the scene and then the victim, call 9-1-1 or emergency response system, care for the victim till EMS arrives. |
universal sign of choking. | clutching the throat with one or both hands. |
abdominal thrusts for pregnant women or obese people | give them CPR compressions. |