1. Recognizing Sudden Illnesses
Chapter 5
Recognizing Sudden Illnesses

2. What to look for: p. 72 Change in level of consciousness
Breathing problems
Signals of possible heart attack
Signals of stroke
Loss of vision
Sweating
Persistent abdominal pain
Diarrhea
Seizures

3. Video Recognizing Sudden Illnesses (8:27)

4. Stroke: ✓ What is stroke? Also called a brain attack.
Caused when blood flow to a part of brain is cut off or when there is bleeding into the brain.

5. What causes a stroke?
Caused by a blockage in the arteries that supply blood to the brain.
✓What is a “mini stroke?”
When a person has the signals of a stroke, which then completely go away.
Someone who has a mini-stroke is at very high risk of having a full stroke within the next 2 days.

6. ✓What are controlled and uncontrolled risk factors of stroke?
Age
Gender
Family History
High Blood Pressure
Diabetes
Diet
Changes in lifestyle
Medication
Cigarette Smoking

7. ✓What are ways to prevent stroke?
Control your blood pressure
Quit smoking
Eat a healthy diet
Exercise regularly
Maintain a healthy weight
Control diabetes

8. ✓ What are signals of stroke?
Weakness/numbness of face, arm, or leg
Facial droop or drooling
Trouble with speech
Loss of vision or disturbed vision in one or both eyes
Sudden severe headache, dizziness, confusion, agitation, loss of consciousness
Loss of balance or coordination, trouble walking, or ringing in the ears.
Incontinence

9. ✓ Explain Think FAST for a Stroke.
Face: Weakness, numbness or drooping on one side of the face
Arm: Weakness or numbness in one arm
Speech: Slurred speech or difficulty speaking
Time: Try to determine when the signals began.

10. Types of Poisoning:
✓ List 4 ways a person can be poisoned and list some examples of poisoning for each category.

11. Types of Poisoning:
Swallowed poison-includes foods, such as mushrooms or shellfish
Inhaled poison-gases, fumes, drugs
Absorbed poison-plants, such as poison ivy, poison oak.
Injected poison- through the bites or stings of insects, spiders, snakes

12. ✓ What are signals of poisoning?
Nausea and vomiting, diarrhea
Chest or abdominal pain
Trouble breathing
Sweating
Changes in consciousness, seizures
Headache, dizziness, weakness,
Irregular pupil size, burning or tearing eyes
Abnormal skin color

13. ✓What information should you find out if a person swallowed poison (4 things)?
The type of poison
The quantity taken
When it was taken
How much the person weighs

14. ✓ List 3 safety tips for preventing poisoning in children.
Use childproof safety caps
Always supervise children closely
Install special child safety locks to keep children from opening cabinets.