Emergency Procedures- CPR Exam- Red Cross

What are the most important first steps

Recognizing an emergency exists and deciding to take action

Emergency action steps

CHECK

CALL

CARE

Recovery position is used

Unresponsive but breathing

Person is responsive but not fully awake

Occurs when the hear stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood to the brain and other vital organs

Cardiac arrest

3 parts of high quality CPR

Speed you call 911

Speed AED is used

How good compressions are

Adult CRP

At least 2 inches deep

Breath is 1 second long

Rate of 100-120 bpm

CRP cycles

Begin with 20 compressions followed by 2 breaths

If drowning is the cause of cardiac arrest

Start by giving 2 breaths then starting CPR

When should you switch off CPR spots

Every 2 minutes (every 5 cycles)

Whenever the one giving compressions gets tired

Rate for CPR compression

100-120 bpm

Where do you put the pads for AED

Upper right and lower left of patient

If patient goes into cardiac arrest from drowning then

Give initial 2 breaths then start compressions

Depth for CRP

At least 2 inches for adults

About 2 inches for kids

Different techniques for infant CPR

Encircling thumbs

Two finger technique

One hand technique (if you can't reach around the baby to get about 1.5 inches deep for other methods)

Depth for infant CPR

About 1.5 inches

Minimize interruption to chest compressions to give breaths to less than

10 seconds

Use pediatric pads or pediatric settings for

Children and infants up to 8 yrs of age and/or weighing less than 55 pounds (25kg)

Use adult pads for

Children older than 8 and/or weighing more than 55 pounds

Important thing when seeing someone choking

Encourage them to keep coughing and don`t let them leave the area

Choking is a common cause of injury and death in

Children younger than 5

How many back blows do you deliver to a choking person

5 back blows

Where do you put your hands for a choking person

Their navel (bellybutton level)

How many abdominal thrusts do you give to a choking person

5 abdominal thrust

-pulling inward and upward

Big thing to remember for a choking infant

Make sure head is lower than the back

Where do you put your hands for helping a choking infant

Two fingers in the center of their chest just below the nipple line

How deep do you deliver thrust for choking infant

About 1.5 inches deep

Fever in children and infants

Above 100.4 F

Constant a healthcare provider if

Infant is younger than 3 months and has a fever of 100.4 or greater

Child is younger than 2 yrs and has a fever of 102.5 or greater

What can lead to dehydration

Vomiting, diarrhea or both

Who are at risk of dehydration

Young children and infants

Consult healthcare provider for dehydration if

Diarrhea or vomiting persists for more than a few days

Kid can't keep fluids down

Kid hasn't urinated for more than 6 hrs

Infant has not had a wet diaper in 3 or more hours

Diarrhea is bloody or black

Weirdly sleepy

Sharp belly pain

Cry's without tears or dry mouth

Sunken appearance

Skin is tented after pinched

When someone has bad bleeding first 2 things you do

Call 911 or tell someone to

Get a bleeding control kit/first aid kit and an AED or tell someone to

If you apply gauze to bleeding then

Always keep the bottom layer down, never remove it, only change the ones on top

For bleeding hold direct pressure until

Beeping stops

Tourniquet is applied and bleeding stopped

Another person shows up to relieve you

You are too exhausted to continue

Situation become unsafe

How yo apply a roller bandage (which is applied if bleeding stops before EMS arrives)

Place end of bandage on dressing at 45 degree angle

Continue wrapping bandage over dressing

Tape to secure dressing

Make sure there is circulation beyond the injury

Specific care actions you can take for

Burns

Head, neck and spinal injures

Heat stroke

Hypothermia

Poison exposure

You should never use what to help cool a burn

Never use ice or anything like that