Splinting
100: This is the main purpose of a splint.
What is to immobilize an injured limb and prevent further injury?
100: BLS stands for this.
What is Basic Life Support?
100: This is the first step in controlling external bleeding.
What is applying direct pressure?
100: CPR stands for this.
What is Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation?
BSA History: The Boy Scouts of America was officially founded in this year, and this man is credited with bringing Scouting to the U.S.
What is 1910 and who is William D. Boyce?
200: A rigid object, such as a stick or board, is used in this type of splint.
What is a rigid splint?
200: Before providing BLS, you should always check this first.
What is scene safety?
200: If direct pressure does not stop the bleeding, you should use one of these two additional methods.
What are a pressure bandage or a tourniquet?
200: Chest compressions for an adult should be at least this deep.
What is 2 inches or 5 cm?
Eagle Scout: Before 1965, this was the highest rank in BSA that could be earned after Eagle, serving as an advanced recognition for outdoor skills.
What is the Ranger Award?
300: A traction splint is commonly used for a suspected fracture of this bone.
What is the femur?
300: During CPR, chest compressions should be performed at this rate per minute.
What is 100–120 compressions per minute?
300: This type of bleeding is bright red and spurting, indicating it comes from an artery.
What is arterial bleeding?
300: After checking for responsiveness, this is the first step in performing CPR.
What is calling for help and getting an AED?
BSA First Aid: Unlike other venomous snakebites, those from North American pit vipers should never be treated with this common bandaging technique due to the risk of worsening tissue damage.
What is a pressure immobilization bandage?
400:There are four basic principles of splinting that include...
What is immobilizing above and below the injury, checking circulation, padding, and minimizing movement?
400: In two-person CPR for a child, this is the correct ratio of compressions to breaths.
What is 15:2?
400: To properly use a tourniquet and stop severe bleeding, you must follow these three steps.
Why should you place it 2-3 inches above the wound, tighten it until the bleeding stops, and note the time of application?
400: In adult CPR, your hands should be placed in this location on the chest.
What is the center of the chest, on the lower half of the sternum?
BSA Knots: This knot is required for the First-Class rank but not for Tenderfoot or Second Class.
What is the timber hitch?
1000: A splint should be applied before moving an injured person, except in cases of these two conditions
What are suspected spinal injuries and unsafe scenes?
1000: When using a bag-valve mask (BVM), this hand technique helps ensure an airtight seal, while this breathing rate prevents over-ventilation.
What are the E-C hand technique and one breath every 5–6 seconds?
1000: Hemostasis is the physiological process that stops bleeding, involving these three main phases.
What are vascular spasm, platelet plug formation, and coagulation?
1000: Excessive ventilation during CPR can cause this dangerous complication, which increases the risk of aspiration and reduces blood return to the heart.
What is gastric inflation?
In a survival situation, the Rule of Threes states that you can survive three minutes without ____, three hours without _____ in harsh conditions, three days without ______, and three weeks without _____.
What is air, shelter, water, food?