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select which four scenarios require you to provide care before you call for help.
- your coworker has a slice of cake at a work event. soon after, she begins to have a severe allergic reaction (anaphylactic).
- you witness a motor vehicle collision. one of the drivers has a serious injury and life - threatening external bleeding.
- youre at a restaurant when you notice someone at the next table drop their cutlery and grasp at their neck. you recognize this is a choking emergency, and the person cannot breathe.
- while playing soccer, one of your teammates collapses onto the field and is unresponsive, but breathing normally.
- a young child you are supervising goes unresponsive and stops breathing.
- you see your neighbour up on a ladder cleaning their gutters. a moment later they fall off the ladder and hit their head.
To determine which scenarios require care before calling for help, we analyze each:
- Coworker with anaphylactic reaction: Anaphylaxis is life - threatening, but in many cases, if you have an epinephrine auto - injector (like an EpiPen) and know how to use it, you can administer it (provide care) before calling for help. However, if you don't have the means to treat, calling first might be needed. But in standard first - aid training, for anaphylaxis, if you can give epinephrine, you do so before calling (if alone; if with others, one can call while another gives care). But let's check other scenarios.
- Motor vehicle collision with life - threatening bleeding: Life - threatening external bleeding requires immediate pressure to stop the bleeding (care) before calling, as bleeding can kill faster than waiting for help to arrive.
- Choking emergency (cannot breathe): For a choking person who can't breathe, the Heimlich maneuver (care) must be done immediately before calling for help, as lack of oxygen is life - threatening and time - sensitive.
- Teammate unresponsive but breathing normally: In this case, the person is stable in terms of breathing. You can check for other injuries, monitor them (provide care in the form of monitoring and basic assessment) before calling for help, as the immediate life - threat (breathing) is not present, and you can assess and provide basic care.
- Child unresponsive and not breathing: This is a cardiac arrest situation (if not breathing and unresponsive). You need to start CPR (care) immediately before calling for help, as brain damage can occur within minutes without oxygen.
- Neighbor falls off ladder and hits head: A head injury with a fall can be serious, but if the person is responsive, you might call first. If unresponsive, you need to check breathing and start care. But let's confirm the four:
The four scenarios where care is needed before calling (based on first - aid principles: when the situation is time - sensitive and immediate care can prevent death/injury progression) are:
- The choking emergency (next table, can't breathe): Need to do Heimlich first.
- Teammate unresponsive but breathing: Monitor and assess (care) before calling.
- Child unresponsive and not breathing: Start CPR (care) before calling.
- Motor vehicle collision with life - threatening bleeding: Apply pressure (care) before calling. Wait, but also the coworker's anaphylaxis? Wait, maybe I made a mistake. Let's re - evaluate:
Wait, the correct four (based on standard first - aid guidelines: when the victim is in a situation where immediate care can be given without delaying call too much, or when you are alone and need to care first):
- Choking (cannot breathe): Immediate Heimlich (care) before call.
- Teammate unresponsive, breathing normally: Monitor, check for injuries (care) before call (since breathing is normal, no immediate life - threat from respiratory arrest, so can care first).
- Child unresponsive, not breathing: Start CPR (care) before call.
- Motor vehicle collision with life - threatening bleeding: Apply direct pressure (care) before call.
Wait, but the coworker's anaphylaxis: If you are alone, you might give epinephrine (if available) and then call. But in some training, for anaphylaxis, if you have the auto - injector, you use it and then call. But maybe the intended four are:
- Choking (next table)
- Teammate unresponsive but breathing
- Child unresponsive and not breathing
- Neighbor fall? No, neighbor fall: if they hit their head, you need to…
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The four scenarios that require providing care before calling for help are:
- [X] You're at a restaurant when you notice someone at the next table drop their cutlery and grasp at their neck. You recognize this is a choking emergency, and the person cannot breathe.
- [X] While playing soccer, one of your teammates collapses onto the field and is unresponsive, but breathing normally.
- [X] A young child you are supervising goes unresponsive and stops breathing.
- [X] You witness a motor vehicle collision. One of the drivers has a serious injury and life - threatening external bleeding.