<p>Emergency Care Chapter One – Before Giving Care and Checking an Ill or Injured Person - 1 -</p><p>The EMS system ______</p><p>Citizen Responder ______</p><p>First aid is care given to a victim of an injury or sudden illness until more advance medical care can come. </p><p>EMS Dispatcher ______</p><p>First Responder ______</p><p>Emergency Medical Technician ______</p><p>EMT Basic Level – all ambulance personnel have this basic training. EMT Paramedics – at this level the can give medications, IV fluids, and provide advanced airway care. They are the highest level of care outside of the hospital. </p><p>Hospital – takes over care once the victim arrives. </p><p>Rehabilitation - ______</p><p>Your Role in the EMS System – </p><p>1.______</p><p>Chapter notes can be found on Mrs. Kathleen Kelley’s Emergency Care Website Emergency Care Chapter One – Before Giving Care and Checking an Ill or Injured Person - 2 - 2.______3.______4.______</p><p>Recognizing an Emergency  ______ ______ ______ ______</p><p>Barries to Action - ______1. ______2. ______3. ______4. ______5. ______6. ______7. ______</p><p>The Good Samaritan Law gives legal protection to people who willingly provide care to an ill or injured person. All 50 states have enacted this Good Samaritan Laws. The laws protect citizens who act the way a “reasonable and prudent person” would if that person were in the same situation. </p><p>Chapter notes can be found on Mrs. Kathleen Kelley’s Emergency Care Website Emergency Care Chapter One – Before Giving Care and Checking an Ill or Injured Person - 3 - Disease Transmission In order to get a disease the following conditions must be present – 1. ______2. ______3. ______4. ______</p><p>Preventing Disease Transmission  ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ Tell EMS or your doctor if you have come in contact with a person’s body fluids.</p><p>Cleaning Up Blood Spills</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>______</p><p>Chapter notes can be found on Mrs. Kathleen Kelley’s Emergency Care Website Emergency Care Chapter One – Before Giving Care and Checking an Ill or Injured Person - 4 - ______</p><p>______</p><p>In case of an emergency, the basic steps are – </p><p>__________________</p><p>Checking the Scene – Questions you should ask yourself. </p><p>______________________________</p><p>Four life threatening conditions are – </p><p>____________</p><p>Chapter notes can be found on Mrs. Kathleen Kelley’s Emergency Care Website Emergency Care Chapter One – Before Giving Care and Checking an Ill or Injured Person - 5 - ____________</p><p>Call for help. You should call for help when – </p><p>______</p><p>Call first for Cardiac Emergencies __________________</p><p>Care first for Respiratory Emergencies __________________</p><p>Calling Emergency Personnel ______</p><p>Chapter notes can be found on Mrs. Kathleen Kelley’s Emergency Care Website Emergency Care Chapter One – Before Giving Care and Checking an Ill or Injured Person - 6 - ____________</p><p>Care – General Guidelines When Caring for a Victim ____________________________________</p><p>Get bystanders to help by –  ______ ______ ______ ______ ______</p><p>Chapter notes can be found on Mrs. Kathleen Kelley’s Emergency Care Website Emergency Care Chapter One – Before Giving Care and Checking an Ill or Injured Person - 7 -  ______Transporting a Victim Never transport a person if – __________________If you take a person to the hospital – ____________Why would you move a victim? __________________Types of Emergency Moves __________________</p><p>Chapter notes can be found on Mrs. Kathleen Kelley’s Emergency Care Website Emergency Care Chapter One – Before Giving Care and Checking an Ill or Injured Person - 8 - ______________________________</p><p>Getting Permission to give care is also known as ______. Before you get consent to give care you must tell the victim the follow –  ______ ______ ______ ______</p><p>If the victim is a child or infant, get consent from the parent or guardian. </p><p>If the person refuses care do not help them! </p><p>While you should not provide care to someone who refuses your help you can always ______.</p><p>Chapter notes can be found on Mrs. Kathleen Kelley’s Emergency Care Website Emergency Care Chapter One – Before Giving Care and Checking an Ill or Injured Person - 9 - Consent is implied when –  ______ ______ ______Conscious Ill or Injured Person – </p><p> Step One - </p><p>______</p><p>1. ______2. ______3. ______4. ______Write down the information and give it to EMS personnel when they arrive.</p><p> Step Two - ______</p><p>1. ______2. ______3. ______</p><p>Chapter notes can be found on Mrs. Kathleen Kelley’s Emergency Care Website Emergency Care Chapter One – Before Giving Care and Checking an Ill or Injured Person - 10 - 4. ______5. ______6. ______</p><p>Checking an Ill or Injured Infant of Child - What You May Do Differently  ______ ______</p><p>Shock A condition in which the circulatory system fails to circulate oxygen rich blood to all parts of the body.</p><p>Three conditions must be present for adequate blood flow – 1. ______2.______3. ______Signs & Symptoms of Shock 1. ______2. ______3. </p><p>4. ______5. ______6. ______</p><p>Chapter notes can be found on Mrs. Kathleen Kelley’s Emergency Care Website Emergency Care Chapter One – Before Giving Care and Checking an Ill or Injured Person - 11 - 7. ______Care for Shock 1. ______2. ______3. ______4. ______5. ______6. ______7. ______Checking an Unconscious Person If you think someone is unconscious - ____________Signs of Life (SOL) Consciousness, normal breathing and circulation, and skin characteristics are referred to as signs of life.</p><p>Checking an Unconscious Person – A = ______B = ______C = ______</p><p>Technique for opening the airway is called______. You check for breathing by ______</p><p>Chapter notes can be found on Mrs. Kathleen Kelley’s Emergency Care Website Emergency Care Chapter One – Before Giving Care and Checking an Ill or Injured Person - 12 - ______Agonal breath is irregular, gasping or shallow. Someone with agonal breath should be treated like a non-breathing victim.</p><p>If a victim is not breathing - </p><p>Adult - ______</p><p>Child - ______</p><p>Infant - ______</p><p>H.A.IN.E.S. Recovery Position - H.A.IN.E.S. stands for High Arm IN Endangered Spine. It should be used when a victim has vomited, has fluids blocking the airway, or if you must leave the victim.</p><p>Special Situations</p><p>Air in the Stomach </p><p> ______ ______</p><p>Vomiting</p><p> ______ ______</p><p>Chapter notes can be found on Mrs. Kathleen Kelley’s Emergency Care Website Emergency Care Chapter One – Before Giving Care and Checking an Ill or Injured Person - 13 -  ______</p><p>Mouth to Nose Breathing  ______ ______</p><p>Mouth to Stoma Breathing</p><p> ______ ______ ______ ______</p><p>Head, Neck, and Spinal Injuries</p><p> ______ ______ ______</p><p>Chapter notes can be found on Mrs. Kathleen Kelley’s Emergency Care Website Emergency Care Chapter One – Before Giving Care and Checking an Ill or Injured Person - 14 -</p><p>Incident Stress - After responding to an emergency it is not uncommon for the rescuer to be unable to cope with the stress of the situation. IF not appropriately managed, this stress can lead to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.</p><p>Signals of Incident Stress  ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______</p><p>Guidelines for Coping with Incident Stress  ______ ______</p><p>Chapter notes can be found on Mrs. Kathleen Kelley’s Emergency Care Website Emergency Care Chapter One – Before Giving Care and Checking an Ill or Injured Person - 15 -  ______ ______ ______ ______</p><p>Chapter notes can be found on Mrs. Kathleen Kelley’s Emergency Care Website</p>