Exam 55: First Aid for Accidents and Injuries

Match each term with its definition. -Trained personnel usually provided by the police and/or fire departments

When a patient expires in the office, who is typically notified to pick up the body for post mortem examination?

When a patient goes into cardiac arrest, CPR is necessary ____ using an AED.

Match each term with its definition. -Occurs when your body loses heat faster than it can produce it, resulting in a dangerously low body temperature

How should you position an infant with a blocked airway before attempting to clear the airway with back slaps?

Match each term with its definition. -Medical term for a heart attack

Match each term with its definition. -Performed to remove an object that has been dislodged from a patient's airway, but has not been expelled from the mouth

Match each term with its definition. -Used when administering oxygen to a patient

Match each term with its definition. -Excessive, uncontrolled bleeding

Match each term with its definition. -Causes a buildup of plaque in the coronary arteries

An abdominal thrust is used to relieve an obstructed airway in adults and children over the age of:

A subtle condition is one that:

Bleeding from a vein will produce:

Many providers recommend that a patient who is having a heart attack take:

Match each term with its definition. -Medical term for fainting

Match each term with its definition. -Required to establish the cause of death that is recorded on the death certificate if the patient has not been examined by a provider within a fairly recent time frame

An AED should not be used on a patient:

Match each term with its definition. -Mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing

Match each term with its definition. -Used to arouse a patient who has fainted

When a patient goes into cardiac arrest, each minute of ventricular fibrillation results in an approximate ___ decrease in survival.