Across
- 2. the ______ assessment is your first step, and is where you are assessing the person’s ABCs
- 3. Someone who is having a heart attack should ______ 2 low dose, or 1 regular strength ASA tablet
- 6. This is imperative to document for EMS in the case of a stroke or when a tourniquet is used
- 7. This is what you should encourage someone who is partially choking to do
- 9. ______ Call Care
- 13. Blue to the sky, _______ to the thigh
- 14. This acronym is used to remember the questions you would ask an ill/injured person who is responsive
- 15. This medical device is used to treat a severe allergic reaction-anaphylaxis
- 17. If this common medical condition continues for 15 minutes, it requires a call to EMS
- 18. Direct _______ is the first method used to control life-threatening bleeding
Down
- 1. This basic act is one of the most important in lowering the risk of infection
- 3. 30 of these, followed by 2 breaths, equals one cycle of CPR
- 4. Providing care for someone who is completely choking, you would use these, with abdominal or chest thrusts
- 5. This condition is life-threatening, but can sometimes get missed or downplayed
- 8. 5 _______ of CPR equals 2 minutes with the right pace
- 10. This medical condition can make breathing difficult
- 11. You need this from an ill/injured person in order to provide them with first aid. If the person is unresponsive, this is assumed
- 12. This acronym helps you remember how to recognize a stroke
- 16. This position is what you place an unresponsive person in, if they have proper ABCs present, while you wait for EMS