First Aid Basics
When checking a person during the primary assessment, the acronym "ABCs" stands for these three vital elements.
What are Airway, Breathing, and Circulation?
This common type of traumatic brain injury (TBI) can result from a blow to the head or jaw and can have catastrophic, lifelong consequences if a proper treatment plan isn't followed.
What is a concussion?
This is the best and most common fluid to give someone who is overheating or dehydrated from working in the sun.
What is water?
During traditional CPR, this is the exact ratio of chest compressions to rescue breaths for adults, children, and babies alike.
What is 30 compressions to 2 breaths?
This common medical condition, often triggered by dust, stress, or exercise, causes the airways to swell and narrow, making it highly difficult to breathe.
What is asthma?
To minimize the fear of catching a disease, first aiders should wear these items.
What are Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?
This four-letter acronym represents the core first aid treatment method for minor bone, muscle, and joint injuries. For an extra 100 points, name all 4 words of the acronym.
What is Rest, Immobilize, Cool, Elevate?
This severe heat emergency is a life-threatening medical crisis where the body completely stops sweating and becomes dangerously hot.
What is heat stroke?
For adults, chest compressions during CPR must be delivered at this minimum depth.
What is at least 5 cm (or 2 inches)?
This is the name of the severe, life-threatening allergic reaction that can cause hives, facial swelling, high-pitched breathing noises, and dizziness.
What is anaphylaxis?
An unresponsive person who is breathing normally should be rolled into this position to support and protect the head while keeping the body safely on its side.
What is the recovery position?
In addition to physical symptoms like headaches or dizziness, a concussion in children and infants can manifest as changes in these three daily habits.
What are playing, sleeping, or eating habits?
This term describes the dangerous dropping of the body's core temperature due to prolonged exposure to freezing conditions.
What is hypothermia?
When performing CPR chest compressions on an adult, child, or infant, you should aim for a steady rate of this many compressions per minute.
What is 100 to 120 compressions per minute?
When applying a commercial or improvised tourniquet to control life-threatening external bleeding, it should be placed this high above the injury.
What is 5 to 10 cm (or 2 to 4 inches)?
This acronym guides your interview of an injured person or bystander during a secondary assessment to gather their medical history. For an extra 100 points, name all 6 words of the acronym.
What is Signs & Symptoms, Allergies, Medication, Past medical history, Last oral intake, Events prior?
You should automatically suspect a serious head, neck, or spinal injury if a person falls from any height that is greater than this.
What is the height of the person?
This involuntary physical reaction is the body's primary way of trying to generate heat when it starts getting too cold.
What is shivering?
While it is perfectly safe to use an AED on ice or snow, you must completely remove a person from this environment before delivering a shock.
What is water?
First aiders should have a person experiencing a heart attack chew either 1 regular-strength or 2 low-dose tablets of this specific medication, and should not substitute it with ibuprofen or acetaminophen.
What is ASA (acetylsalicylic acid / Aspirin)?
This psychological phenomenon occurs when a person fails to take action because they assume someone else in the crowd will look after the person.
What is the Bystander Effect?
This specific type of sling is used when you need to support and securely immobilize the arm, forearm, and hand by tucking the lower edge of a triangular bandage under the arm and twisting it at the elbow.
What is a tube sling?
When a person has frostbite on their fingers, you should never do this common action to warm them up, as it can cause severe tissue damage.
What is rubbing or massaging them?
If you are alone with a child or baby who needs CPR, you must complete this many cycles (or about 2 minutes) of CPR before leaving them to call 9-1-1 and grabbing an AED.
What is 5 cycles?
To protect and preserve a knocked-out tooth on the way to the dentist, you can place it in gauze soaked in the person's saliva, or submerge it in egg whites, coconut water, or this liquid.
What is whole milk?