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5 Cards in this Set
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Ways EMS can reduce deaths |
- encourage ppl to live healthy lives - early access to medical care - more lay ppl to know CPR - recognizing ALS needs - public access to AEDs - increase use of evolved tech in dispatch & cardiac arrest response |
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Hearts Job |
Pump blood to supply O2 enriched red blood cells to the tissues of the body |
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3 Familiar Cardiac Conditions |
- Angina Pectoris - Acute Myocardial Infarction - Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) |
+ 3•pts |
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Angina Pectoris |
- chest pain - no permanent damage - S/S - nausea - dyspnea (shortness of breath) - sweating - weakness - squeezing |
3•pts 5 S/S |
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Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) |
- O2 can’t reach the ❤️ - injury &!death of ❤️ muscle - S/S - radiating pain (not always) - dyspnea - indigestion - weakness/fatigue |
3•pts 4 S/S |