Choking
What is the universal sign for choking?
What is hands on the neck
What is the medication for an asthma attack?
What is an inhaler
What is the treatment for an unconscious casualty having a stroke?
What is recovery position with the physically drooping side up
Name the types of diabetes
What is hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia
Name the 3 types of heat injuries
What is heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke
Name all the types of choking
What is partially blocked and completely blocked
How do you administer an auto-injector?
What is take the safety cap off and press the needle side against the outer thigh until you hear a click (blue to the sky, orange to the thigh)
What are the signs and symptoms of a heart attack? ( Name 3)
What is chest discomfort, jaw, neck, and back pain, shortness of breath, left arm pain, tiredness, and fainting
What do casualties feel right before they have a seizure?
What is an aura
Describe what a partial thickness burn looks like
What is second layer of the skin is burned, patchy red to white skin, blisters, moist skin, and extreme pain
What is the signs and symptoms of mild choking? (Name 3)
What is able to speak, coughing, wheezing, gagging, red, flushed face, and signs of distress
What is asthma?
A reactive airway illness that causes the airway to close up, spasm, and swell
What is the acronym for a stroke?
FAST (facial droop, arms, slurred speech, and time)
What are the signs and symptoms of a focal seizure? (Name 2)
What is confusion, repetitive gestures, wandering aimlessly in a specific area, and smacking lips
What is the difference between mild hypothermia and moderate hypothermia?
What is mild hypothermia has pale skin, shivering, and casualty is fully conscious. Moderate hypothermia has pale to blue skin, weak breathing and pulse, violent shivering, confusion, and are semi-conscious
How do you treat someone who is choking? (Demonstrate)
What is 5 J thrusts and 5 back blows
What are similar symptoms between asthma and anaphylaxis that can sometimes confuse the two for one another and how could you tell them apart?
What is throat closing up, shock, coughing, and wheezing for similarities. For differences anaphylaxis has hives, rashes, and swollen eyes for example that asthma does not have
If the casualty has taken a vasodilator in the last 48 hours, what medication can they not take?
What is nitroglycerin
When do you call 911 for seizures? (Name 3)
What is when a seizure last for more than 4-5 mins, when they have a second seizure, when it takes place in water, or if any injuries are caused by the seizure
Name all types of burns and a cause for each of them
What is heat burn, chemical burn, radiation burn, and electrical burn. Some examples include stove, liquid chemicals you can find in a lab, the sun, and a live wire
What do you do if you yourself are choking?
What is get other people's attention if possible, and if not use an object like a table or chair (just above the hips) to give yourself abdominal thrusts
Demonstrate how to do tramp with either an inhaler or an auto-injector
What is Time (Is it the right time to take this) Route (Where does the medication go) Amount (How much) Medication (Is this the right medication) Person (Is this the right person). Prime medication (either take cap off auto-injector or spray inhaler). Make sure you only assist, make sure you only assist if the casualty needs help
Why does angina turn into a heart attack? (Hint: plaque) This question is worth double points
What is angina is when the heart does not get as much blood or oxygen as it needs and it turns into a heart attack because the arteries fill up with plaque and blood flow cannot reach the heart
What are the signs and symptom differences between hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia? (Name 5 signs and symptoms in total)
What is hypoglycemia has PPC skin, strong and rapid pulse, and shallow breathing. Hyperglycemia has WDF skin, frequent urination, nail polish smell, weak and rapid pulse, and deep and sighing breathing
What does a deep frostbite look like and how do you treat it? (Be very specific)
What is it is a more blue and grey colour, tissue is hard and cold, blisters, may be numb, and it may cause permanent damage. You treat it by taking the casualty out of the cold environment (making sure they cannot refreeze), fill a container with warm water and submerge the frozen part into the water until it turns pink (may take 40 mins), then dry and put non-stick gauze in between the fingers/toes and wrap lightly