Adult - Review - A Medical Emergency

Match the medical emergency to the cause or symptoms experienced:

• collapse

• to not be awake or aware of surroundings

• heart attack

• to fall down suddenly

• choking

• to lose control of body so that your muscles shake uncontrollably

• seizure

• severe chest pain,

• unconscious

• has something stuck in throat so can't breathe

Match the following words to their meaning

• defibrillator

• to be extremely worried and anxious

• ingest

• a machine that gives an electric current

• dispatcher

• to press repeatedly on a person's chest to help their heart pump blood around their body

• chest compressions

• Someone who sends the emergency services to the location of a situation

• panic

• to eat

What would be the most appropriate answer to the following question asked by a dispatcher?

Where is the emergency?

• She is unconscious and is not breathing.

• A woman has been hit by a car.

• We are on the road close to the Scotch Corner intersection.

• My callback number is 0184265391.

What would be the most appropriate answer to the following question asked by a dispatcher?

Who is the victim?

• A woman named Celia Amrit and who is 34 years of age

• A man has collapsed.

• There are no weapons at the scene.

• My door is unlocked.

Which of these words have a similar meaning to 'passed out'?

• fainted

• unconscious

• defibrillator

• panic

• choking

What symptons are common when someone is experiencing an allergic reaction?

• heavy bleeding

• trouble breathing

• severe abdominal pain

• a rash

If you have severe abdominal pain, where are you hurting?

• head

• chest

• stomach

• jaw

• back

If a woman is 'in labour,' what is likely to happen soon?

• She will break out in hives.

• She will faint.

• She will give birth to a baby.

• She will stop breathing.

If you nearly drown, what has happened?

• You got something stuck in your throat and you can't breathe

• You experienced severe chest pain.

• You got into difficulty in water and couldn't swim or breathe.

• You have been hit by a car.