Emergency Medical

40.2 Assessment principles:

• Make sure location is safe for you and patient

• Conduct primary trauma survey

• Circulation (bleeding)

• Airway (ensure open airway)

• ______ (maintain airway)

• Choking

• Breathing

• Suffocation

• Gasping

40.3 Controlling bleeding:

• _____________

• Tourniquet application

• Apply pressure bandage

• Wound packing

• Get medical help and provide comfort

• Check for organ donor card

• Assess the situation

• Apply direct pressure

• Place foot on wound

40.4 Treating burns:

• Make sure location is safe for you and patient

• Remove from source causing burns

• ________________________

• Cover the victim to prevent heat loss

• Get medical help and provide comfort

• Remove constricting clothing and jewelry

• Remove all clothing

• Apply ice packs to burn area

• Place in extremely cold area

40.5 Treating shock:

• Apply Bleeding control procedures (20.1.3)

• _____________

• Cover the victim to prevent heat loss

• Do not give food or drink

• Get medical help and provide comfort

• Slap victim to determine consciousness

• Move victim to a secluded area

• Yell at victim to wake them up

• Place victim in recovery position

40.6 Treating broken bones and severe sprains:

• Make sure location is safe for you and patient

• Victim Assessment

•__________________________

• Re-assess after immobilization for circulation in affected arm or leg

• Discuss difference between open and closed fractures

• Get medical help and provide comfort

• Apply tourniquet to broken bone/sprain

• Move to secluded area

• Immobilize affected arm or leg (basic splinting/sling)

40.8 Elements of CPR: The proper elements are CAB (Compression, ______, and Breathing)

• Abort

• Airway

• Apparatus

• Artery

40.8 Elements of CPR: The proper elements are CAB (Compression, Airway, and Breathing)

• _______

• _______

• ______

• Clear the airway,

  Breathe for victim,

  Maintain circulation by chest compression

• Constrict,

  Breathe,

  Circulation

• Maintain circulation,

  Block airway,

  Breathe twice

• Clear the area,

  Block other individuals,

  Chest compression

40.11 Types of communicable diseases generally encountered by first responders:

• Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)

•_______

• Viral diseases

• Other communicable diseases

• Common Cold

• AIDS/HIV

• Bronchitis

• Tuberculosis

40.12 Demonstrate the emergency aid procedures for illness related to exposure to the elements.

Heat-related illness:

• Get victim out of the heat

• Loosen tight clothing

• Cool the victim with cool, wet cloths to the skin

• If the victim is conscious, ______________

• Get medical help and provide comfort

• give them water to drink in small amounts at a time

• give large amounts of water to avoid dehydration

• ask them to do exercises to remain conscious

• tell them to remove as much clothing as they can

40.12 Demonstrate the emergency aid procedures for illness related to exposure to the elements.

Cold related illness:

• Move victim to a warm place

• Remove wet clothing and dry victim

• ___________

• Get medical help and provide comfort

• Warm victim slowly

• Warm victim quickly

• Give lighter so the victim can warm themselves

• Remove dry clothing