ED-3220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2-3: Personal Protective Equipment, Bloodborne, Implied Consent
Document Summary
Emergency action steps: check the scene and person, call 9-1-1, care for the person. If you are alone: call before giving care if: Witness sudden collapse of child (up to 12 years old) or infant. Unconscious child or infant with known cardiac problems: give care before calling if: Unconscious person younger than 12 who you did not see collapse. Drowning accident (any age person: call first is generally a cardiac emergency, care first is generally a breathing emergency. Never transport a person if: the trip may aggravate the injury or illness or cause worsening of the condition, when the person has, or may develop, a life-threatening condition. If you are unsure of the nature of the injury or illness. The passage of disease from one person to another: pathogen. Bacteria, virus, or microorganism that lines the blood stream and can cause disease. Pathoge(cid:374) e(cid:374)ters the (cid:271)ody a(cid:374)d o(cid:448)erpo(cid:449)ers the (cid:271)ody"s (cid:374)atural defe(cid:374)se system and causes illness: tetanus.
