Health Vocab Ch. 3

A hand-held device used primarily to ventilate a victim in resiratory distress.

Regular breathing.

Adisease in which the lungs lose their ability to exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen efficiently.

A condition that narrows the air passages and makes breathing difficult.

A victim is having trouble breathing.

• Face ~ weakness on one side
• Arm ~ weakness or nmness in one arm
• Speech ~ slurred speech
• Time ~ note the time each sign or symptoms were seen.

• Provide care before calling.
• Related to breathing emergencies rather than cardiac.

• Call before giving care.
• Call first -> suspect cardiac emergency.

Used when the victim may have a head, neck, or back injury.

Used to maintain an open airway for breathing victim with a decreased level of consciousness.