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| Question | Answer |
| First Responder | is the first person to arrive at the scene of an emergency, trained to respond to the needs of the victim |
| When at the Scene | -determine scene safety -whenever possible, apply PPE -Establish unresponsiveness and check to see if the victim has MedicAlert Bracelet |
| Urgent Care Tips: Unresponsive | *Alert workers and physician (have someone call 911) -ABCDDR: Open Airway, check breathing and administer ventilation, check for circulation and administer compression, obtain AED and administer shocks, check for other disabilities, respond to victim's condition or injury |
| Establishing Unresponsiveness | -A: alert; victim is awake and able to give info -V: responds to verbal stimuli; can answer questions -P: responds to painful stimuli; victim only responds to pain -U: unresponsive; not awake and does not respond |
| Ventricular Fibrillation | a condition in which the heart twitches or flutters with no organize movement |
| Defribrillation | is a procedure in which drugs or electrical shocks are used to restore normal contractions |
| Automated External Defibrillator AED | a type of defibrillator that allows a persons with very little training the ability to provide shocks to a victim who is VF |
| DOTS (deformities, open injuries, tenderness, or swelling) | -after ABCD -head to toe assessment to check for disabilities and should not lift or move head if trauma is suspected |
| Recovery Position | carefully roll victim on their side |
| Cardiac Bay/ Trauma Room | -abdominal pain, -anaphylactic -asthma attack -breathing emergency -cardiac emergency -head and neck injuries -heat stroke/ hypothemia -shock -stroke' -unconsciousness -seizures |
| Procedure Room | -anxiety -bleeding emergencies -soft tissue injuries -burns; moderate to severe -dehydration -eye injuries -head or neck injuries; minor -strains, sprains, and fractures -abrasions, lacerations, and punctures |
| Basic Examination Room | -abdominal stomach pain -anxiety symptoms -burns; mild -cold/allergy/sinus -psychiatric -fever -headache -insect stings or bites - rashes and skin disorders -urinary tract disorders -vaginal penile |
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