First Aid - Panic Attack

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First Aid - Panic Attack- Study #1 Online Dictionary

Q1) People experiencing panic attacks may fear they are dying, that they are suffocating, or that they are having a heart attack. True or False?

True

Q2) Ongoing panic attacks can indicate the presence of panic disorder, depression, or other forms of anxiety-based illnesses. True or False?

True

Q3) A panic attack is defined as a discrete period of intense fear or discomfort, in which 4 (or more) of the following symptoms __?__.

1) palpitations: pounding heart, or fast heart rate.
2) sweating
3) trembling and shaking
4) sensations of shortness of breath or smothering
5) feelings of choking
6) nausea or abdominal distress
7) fear of dying or going crazy
8) paresthesias (numbness or tingling sensations)
9) chills or hot flashes
10) derealization (feelings of unreality) or depersonalization (being detached from oneself)
11) check/ask to see if the individual is having a street-drug reaction.

Q4) The attacks can be so disabling that the person is unable to express to others what is happening to them. True or False?

True

Q5) Women tend to experience a predominance of respiratory symptoms compared to men. True or False?

True

Q6) A medical professional is the only person who should make the diagnosis of panic attack. So take the individual to hospital/emergency for evaluation. True or False?

True

Q7) Diagnosis of exclusion means?

This simply means that before the doctor can be comfortable with the diagnosis of panic attack, all other possible causes need to be considered and ruled out.

Q8) Name the steps if a person is experiencing a panic attack?

1) Ask them to sit and relax.
2) Ask them to take 10 slow deep breaths in and out.
3) Re-assure them that you are there to help them.
4) Ask what is scaring them.
5) Listen and re-assure them

Q9) By definition, panic attacks last less than an hour, so many times a person already feels much better by the time he or she makes it to the doctor's office. True or False?

True

Q10) Two-thirds of people experiencing a panic attack go on to be diagnosed with panic disorder or mental illness. True or False?

True: do not dicount the attack, be sure they go to doctor or medical facility.