Cardiac Chain of Survival

The “Chain of Survival” refers to the chain of events that must occur in rapid succession to maximize the chances of survival from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaving technique that's useful in many emergencies in which someone's breathing or heartbeat has stopped.

Chest Compressions

Compressions means you use your hands to push down hard and fast in a specific way on the person's chest. Compressions are the most important step in CPR .

Consent

permission or agreement obtained from someone or something having authority or power

Defibrillation

Defibrillators are devices that apply an electric charge or current to the heart to restore a normal heartbeat.

Diabetic Emergency

What happens in a diabetic emergency? In most cases, the person's blood sugar levels become too low.

First Aid

First aid refers to medical attention that is usually administered immediately after the injury occurs and at the location where it occurred.

Good Samaritan Laws

Good Samaritan laws offer legal protection to people who give reasonable assistance to those who are, or whom they believe to be injured, ill, in peril, or otherwise incapacitated.

Heimlich Maneuver

Heimlich maneuver. noun. Heim·​lich maneuver. ˈhīm-lik- : the manual application of sudden upward pressure on the upper abdomen of a choking victim to force a foreign object from the trachea.

Laceration

A laceration or cut refers to a skin wound. Unlike an abrasion, none of the skin is missing. A cut is typically thought of as a wound caused by a sharp object, like a shard of glass. Lacerations tend to be caused by blunt trauma.

Puncture

a small hole made by a sharp object. a perforation and loss of pressure in a pneumatic tyre, made by sharp stones, glass, etc.

Rescue Breaths

Rescue breathing is a type of first aid that's used if someone has stopped breathing. During rescue breathing, you gently breathe into a person's mouth every few seconds. This helps provide them with oxygen until help arrives.

Respiratory Arrest

Respiratory arrest is simply the absence of breathing. It can result from respiratory distress, respiratory failure, or other events including acute head injury or drowning.

Signals of a Heart Attack

It can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain. Symptoms can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach. with or without chest discomfort. may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.

Seizures

A seizure is a burst of uncontrolled electrical activity between brain cells (also called neurons or nerve cells) that causes temporary abnormalities in muscle tone or movements (stiffness, twitching or limpness), behaviors, sensations or states of awareness. Seizures are not all alike.

Shock

Most people think of 'shock' as emotional distress or sudden fright in response to a traumatic event. But in medical terms, shock is when you do not have enough blood circulating around your body. It is a life-threatening medical emergency.

Tourniquets

(TOOR-nih-ket) A device, such as a strip of cloth or a band of rubber, that is wrapped tightly around a leg or an arm to prevent the flow of blood to the leg or the arm for a period of time. A tourniquet may be used when drawing blood or to stop bleeding after an injury.