CPR vocab

Recommendations by the American Red Cross when first assessing a situation and determining proper steps of care.

• Check Call Care
• P.P.E.
• Compression
• Rescue Breaths

Of or when someone can’t or won’t respond.

• Recovery Position
• Good Samaritan Laws
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• Unresponsive

Of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions.

• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• Cardiopulmonary
• Compression
• Recovery Position

The manual application of chest compressions and ventilations to patients in cardiac arrest, done in an effort to maintain viability until advanced help arrives.

• Recovery Position
• P.P.E.
• Check Call Care
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

The act of applying force.

• Compression
• Rescue Breaths
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• Cardiopulmonary

Breathing into another person's lungs in order for you to supply enough oxygen to preserve life.

• Compression
• Recovery Position
• Rescue Breaths
• Good Samaritan Laws

Equipment that can protect you from exposure to bacteria and disease that could cause infection.

• A.E.D.
• P.P.E.
• Check Call Care
• Unresponsive

An easy-to-use, medical device that can analyze the heart's rhythm and, if necessary, deliver an electrical shock, or defibrillation, to help the heart re-establish an effective rhythm.

• A.E.D.
• P.P.E.
• Compression
• Check Call Care

A position someone is put in when their airway is kept open and any vomit/fluids would drain away without interfering with their breathing.

• Rescue Breaths
• Good Samaritan Laws
• Cardiopulmonary
• Recovery Position

A law that exempts from legal liability a person who attempts to give reasonable aid to another person.

• Rescue Breaths
• Cardiopulmonary
• Compression
• Good Samaritan Laws