Chapter 7: Emergency Care and Disaster Preparation

How are you supposed to recognize and respond to medical emergencies?

• Assess the situation and the victim

• Directly call for help

• Try to keep the victim(s) calm and relaxed

• All of the above

What does CPR stand for?

• Cardiac-Pulmonary Resuscitate

• Cardiopulmo Resuscitation

• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

• None of the above

Fill in the blank:

First aid is emergency care given ________ to an injured person

• Only

• To everyone except

• Sometimes

• Immediately

Choose all that apply:

As long as a resident can _____,______, or ______, the NA should only encourage her to cough as forcefully as possible to get an object out while choking.

• Breath

• Smell

• Cough

• Speak

People who are choking usually put their hands where?

• To their chest

• To their throat

• Above their head

• On their stomach

Which of the following is NOT a step in performing abdominal thrusts?

• Standing behind the person while bringing your arms under theirs.

• Making a fist with one hand with the thumb side of the fist against the person's abdomen.

• Performing strikes to the resident's back to help eject the object from the person's throat.

• Pull both hands toward you and up both quickly and forcefully.

Select all that apply:

What are the steps to clearing an obstructed airway in a conscious infant?

• Lay the infant face down on your forearm; if you are sitting, rest the arm holding the infant's torso on your lap or thigh...

• Using the heel of your free hand, deliver up to five back blows...

• Keep the infant's head below the rest of her body while delivering back blows...

• If the obstruction is not expelled with back blows, turn the infant onto her back while supporting the head....

• Protect the infant from further or possible injury...

What is the definition of a Myocardial Infarction?

• A seizure

• Severe abdominal pain

• A heart attack

• Chest pain

Fill in the blank:

Shock occurs when ____ and _____ in the body do not receive adequate blood supply.

• Nerves and Cells

• Veins and Arteries

• Muscles and Bones

• Organs and Tissues

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

True or False:

When responding to a resident who has fainted, you should have them to move around as much as possible once conscious to increase blood flow back to the brain.

• True

• False (if you choose this option, justify your answer)