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is any unexpected situation that requires immediate action and mecdical attention. |
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Cardiopulmanory Resuscitation |
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Emergency Medical Services |
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Emergency situation can occur at any time to anyone : |
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- Automobile accidents
- Brain attacks (strokes)
- Suddenly feeling weak
- Fainting and falling
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Airway : obstructed or unobstruced
Breathing : is the victim able to breathe
Circulation : is the heart beating, is there bleeding |
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Most common of opening the airway |
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head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver
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Used to open airway of patient with kwown or suspected neck injuries : |
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What is the most common cause of airway obstruction |
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tongue falling back into the throat |
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During opening airway patient lying in |
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supine position and always remove pillow |
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Place one hand on the forehead. Place the fingers of the opposite hand below the center of the jaw bone, directly under the chin. Tilt the head back gently. This method is called : |
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Head and neck are kept in neutral in-line position. Position your finger at the angle of the jaw, pushing it upward and forward. Avoid twisting the neck, back, or spine during movement. |
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Mouth to mouth resuscitation |
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Part of the CPR when the patient stops breathing, his respiration should be sustained by artificial means to prevent brain damage and other complication
Risk : disease transmission |
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For infection control, adjunctive devices are used for maintain airway is |
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pocket mask
The mask has special valve that prevents the patient's exhaled air and secretions from entering the caregiver's mouth. |
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Room air contains approximately |
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21% oxygen
You do not use all the oxygen you take in when you breathe, you exhale extra oxygen, so there is more than enough for the patient to use during mask to mouth resuscitation. |
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During mask to mouth ventilation, to see how well the patient is being oxygenated by |
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monitoring the color of the patient's lips. |
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Mouth to nose resuscitation |
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- Rescuer's choice
- Jaw clenched tight
- When resuscitating in deep water
- Major mouth/jaw injuries
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- Sealed around the stoma
- The stoma or tube is not block
- Close over the mouth and nose to prevent air escaping
- Distension of the stomach
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Where the heart is located in relation to the sternum and spinal cord? |
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- Between the lungs in the middle of the chest. It is place slightly towards the left of the sternum (breastbone).
- There is a double layered membrane that covers the heart called the pericardiumThe outer layer of the pericardium is attached to spinal column, diaphragm and others parts of the inner body through ligaments.
- The heart muscles are covered with the inner layer of pericardium
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There is a double layered membrane that covers the heart called the |
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The term used when the heart has stopped beating and respirations have ceased |
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Indications of cardiac arrest are |
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- No response from the victim
- No breathing can be detected
- No pulse
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"Do not resuscitate (DNR) or "no code" must be an order write by physician. Patient who is very elderly or who has a terminal illness may not wish to be resuscitated if cardiac arrest occurs. If there is no DNR order : |
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Full life support measures are given for cardiac arrest |
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Permanent damage to the brain and other organs occurs within |
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Locate proper hand location |
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Place two fingers at the sterum (the spot where the lower ribs meet) then put the heel of your other hand next to your fingers.
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Demonstrate hand and body position for CPR |
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Place one hand on top of the ather and interlace the fingers. Lock you elbow and using your body's weight, compress the victim's chest.
Depht of cmpression should ve approximately 1½ to 2 inches.
Remember : 2 hands 2 inches |
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Adult CPR, victim is not breathing/no respirations (but there is pulse) : |
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Ventilations/rescuebreaths should be administratered at the rate of 1 ventilations every 6 to 8 (5) seconds. |
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Adult CPR, victim no pulse : |
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Perform chest compressions at the ratio of 30 compressions to 2 ventilations, straight down 1½ to 2 inches. Compressions should be smooth, rhythmic, hard and fast. |
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- One rescuer does chest compressions
- Other checks for pulse and breathing and give ventilations
- Switch positions and roles about every 2 minutes; try to complete the switch in 5 seconds or less
- Roles about 2 minutes;try to complete the switch in 5 second or less
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Perform infant and child CPR according to established standards |
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- Same with adult : 30 compression to 2 ventilations
- For two rescuers use 15:2 ratio of cmpressions to breaths
- Breaths are given with the rescuer's mouth covering the infants's nose.
- Compress about one-third to one-half the depth of the chest. Do not compress over the xiphoid process.
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Recovery position (to prevent complication) is modified of |
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A method of triatment that uses an electric shock to reverse disorganized activity in the heart during cardiac arrest is |
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Automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) are computerized devices used only |
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when a patient is unresponsive, not breathing, and pulseless. |
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Metode use for a person chokes (when the throat is occluded/close up or blocked) |
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Abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver) |
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Disturbance of the oxygen supply to the tissues and return of blood to the heart |
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Shock
- Any severe injury
- cardiac arrest
- acute hemorrhage
- severe pain
- excessive loss of body fluids (as in severe burns)
- serious infection
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Blood supply to brain is reduced for a short time the person loses consciousness |
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Heart attacks can occur in any age group, but the hig-risk group includes those who : |
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- Overweight
- Smoke
- Have atherosclerosis (ASHD)
- Remain immobile for long periods
- Are older
- Have diabetes
- Have a history of heart disease
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Occurs when there is interference with normal blood circulation to the brain |
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CVA (Cerebral Vascular Accident)/Stroke/brain attack |
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Transient attacts of disturbed brain function, occurs when one or more of the following is present :
- An altered state of consciousness, momentary or prolonged
- Convulsive uncontrolled movements
- Disturbances of feeling or behavior
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Seizures (convulsions, epilepsy)
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Seizures or convulsions are sometimes seen when there is
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- Drug overdose
- Head injury
- Degenerative brain disease
- Stroke
- Onfectious disease and fevers
- Tumors
- Hypoglycemic reactions
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Sign and symtoms of seizures with pattern momentary loss of contact with the environment, begin without warning, blinks rapidly, stares blankly, breathes rapidly, or make chewing movements, last 2 to 10 seconds |
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Absence seizure or petit mal |
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Signs and symptoms of seizures in form which :
- The sensory awarness or aura may be in the form of lights, sounds or aromas and is part of the seizures
- consciousness is lost
- the person falls
- the person becomes rigid
- uncontrolled voluntary movements occur
- frothing at the mouth occurs
- the person vecomes cyanotic
- the person loses control of bladder and/or bowel function
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A generalized tonic-clonic seizure, or grand mal form |
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Burns involve only the top layer (epidermis) of skin. There is redness, temporary swelling, and pain. The skin is not broken or blistered |
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Burns involve both epidermis and dermis. Blistering, pain and some scarring occur. |
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Burns involve epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue. There may be no pain initially because nerve endings have been destroyed. Later pain and scarring will result. |
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Full-thickness burns (third-degree burns) |
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Orthopedic injuries include |
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injuries to bones, joints, muscles and ligaments |
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An injury to a ligament caused by sudden overstreching |
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An excessive stretching of a muscle that results in pain and swelling of the muscle |
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Occurs in a joint, when one bone is displaced from another bone |
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When breathing is insufficient to sustain life |
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Occures when breathing stop |
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Cardiac arrest use, when spinal cord injuries are suspected, |
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Head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver |
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