chapter 8 emergency care, first aid, and
disaster
when a nursing assistant is accessing an emergency situation what should they do? -
Answers -access the situation and victim
medical term for vomiting - Answers -emesis
sudden stopping/ cessation of the heartbeat - Answers -cardiac arrest
medical term for fainting or temporary loss of consciousness - Answers -syncope
stopping of breathing - Answers -respiratory arrest
way to help someone who is choking by placing both hands around the persons waist
pulling inward and upward is called - Answers -abdominal thrust
abbreviation of medical procedure use when a person's heart and lungs stop working -
Answers -CPR
normally when a person is choking they lay face down on the ground T/F - Answers -
false
the nursing assistant should leave a choking victim alone in order to find someone to
help him T/F - Answers -false
before giving abdominal thrust the nursing assistant should ask the victim if he is
choking T/F - Answers -true
a person in shock should sit up right until symptoms approve T/F - Answers -false
when blood seeps through a pad that is being used to control bleeding it should be
removed and placed with a new pad T/F - Answers -false
applying butter to a serious burn will help reduce the chance of an infection T/F -
Answers -false
the medical term for fainting is epistaxis T/F - Answers -false
when a person has vomited it is important to check vomitus for blood or medication T/F
- Answers -true
disaster
when a nursing assistant is accessing an emergency situation what should they do? -
Answers -access the situation and victim
medical term for vomiting - Answers -emesis
sudden stopping/ cessation of the heartbeat - Answers -cardiac arrest
medical term for fainting or temporary loss of consciousness - Answers -syncope
stopping of breathing - Answers -respiratory arrest
way to help someone who is choking by placing both hands around the persons waist
pulling inward and upward is called - Answers -abdominal thrust
abbreviation of medical procedure use when a person's heart and lungs stop working -
Answers -CPR
normally when a person is choking they lay face down on the ground T/F - Answers -
false
the nursing assistant should leave a choking victim alone in order to find someone to
help him T/F - Answers -false
before giving abdominal thrust the nursing assistant should ask the victim if he is
choking T/F - Answers -true
a person in shock should sit up right until symptoms approve T/F - Answers -false
when blood seeps through a pad that is being used to control bleeding it should be
removed and placed with a new pad T/F - Answers -false
applying butter to a serious burn will help reduce the chance of an infection T/F -
Answers -false
the medical term for fainting is epistaxis T/F - Answers -false
when a person has vomited it is important to check vomitus for blood or medication T/F
- Answers -true
