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33 Cards in this Set
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What is CPR |
cardio pulmonary resusitation |
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what is EMS |
emergency medical service |
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What is first aid |
is the immediate care given to an injuered or suddenly ill person |
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Note* |
never do irrational procedures to kids for you can be sued but it rearly happens. be cautious about who you touch |
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what is consent |
permisoin |
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what is expressed consent |
consent that is given physically not nessesarily verbal |
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what is implied consent |
consent that involes an unresponsive vic with possible life threatening injuries |
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a first aider should not intervene unless told by an officer |
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when a person refuses to receive first aid there is nothing you can do about that |
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what is abandonment |
once you start to give first aid you are legally obligated to stay with them until someone with greater or equal training takes over |
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what is negligence |
means not following the accepted standards of care, resulting in further injuring the vic |
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not one is obligated to give first aid in an emergency |
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what is breach of duty |
when a first aider fails to give/provide the same type of care that would have been given with the same lever of training |
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what is act of omisson |
failure to give what a reasonably prudent person with the same expirience would do in that situation |
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what is act of comission |
doing something that someone with the same level of training would not do |
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what are says to breach your duty |
act of omission
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act of comission |
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what is confidentiality |
when an ill person reviels certain information be cautious who you tell that information to |
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what are the good samaratin laws |
protects people by giving immunity from lawsuits, and incouraging people to help and act in an emergency |
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when to call 911 |
*unresponsive/uncousious *trouble breathing *chest pains *uncontrolable bleeding |
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what are emergencies |
*dangerous- ppls lives are at risk *unusuall and rare events *differnt from one another *unforseen events *urgent |
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what are the bystandard actions |
*recognize the emergency *decide to help* *calling 911 *checking the vic *giving first aid |
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why do ppl not help in an emergency |
becasue alot of ppl dont know what to do |
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why do ppl not help |
because alot of ppl do not know what an emergency is |
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what should be done by a bystandard step #1 |
recognize the emergency *severity *physical distance *relationship *time exposed
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what shoud be done by a bystandard step #2 |
deciding to help is made way before the actual incident |
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when a bystandard decides not help they should consider the following: |
*it could be harmful to the first aider *helping someone when the vic deserved what they got *obsticles - many ppl wouldnt know what to do *(most common) no one else is helping so someone WILL do something |
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what should be done by a bystandard setp #3 |
call 911 |
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what should be done by a bystandard #4 |
checking the vic and finding what the chief camplaint is |
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what should be done by a bystandard #5 |
give first aid |
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knowing when to call 911 |
*is the vics condition life threatning *could the condition worson *does the vic need skills or equipment of EMS *could the distance or traffic delay the hospital trip
*is a spinal injury suspected
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NOTE |
not evey cut needs stiches nor does every burn require medical care. it is however always best to wee on the side of caution
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when a serious situation occurs call 911 first not the DR or hospital, friend, family or neighbors
*its a waste of itme
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How to call EMS |
1 give the vics location -address names intersections 2 phone number you are calling from -makeing sure you are not a fake 3 what happened 4 how many ppl need medical attention 5what is the vics condition
* donot hang up the phone |
