WOUND CARE
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TRUE OR FALSE: A vein bleeds more than an artery
What is FALSE?
An artery will bleed more because it is under higher pressure than veins, leading to rapid, pulsing blood loss.
Name two ways you can avoid getting a tick
What is wearing long sleeve shirts/pants, and using bug repellent?
TRUE OR FALSE: Anaphylaxes is a side effect of snake bites.
What is true?
The normal pulse range for adults
What is 60 to 100 BPM (beats per minute)?
What are veins?
TRUE OR FALSE: When you get a nosebleed, tilt your head back to help keep the blood near your heart.
What is FALSE?
You should tilt your head forward to avoid swallowing blood and choking.
Two ways to kill a tick
What is heat and rubbing alcohol?
TRUE OR FALSE: Cutting or sucking a snake bite does not slow down the venom from spreading
What is TRUE?
The normal pulse range for infants
What is 100 - 160 BPM (beats per minute)?
These are the two bones in your lower arm
What are the Radius and the Ulna?
An example of practicing BSI(Body Substance Isolation)
What is wearing gloves, goggles, and a mask when treating a person with a possible blood or bodily fluid exposure?
You can put these two things on a bee sting to help comfort it. They can be found in your home.
What is baking soda and ice?
TRUE OR FALSE: There are more venomous snakes then there are non-venomous
What is false?
The compression:breath ratio when performing CPR on someone
What is 30 compressions and 2 breaths?
Give three symptoms of a concussion
What is Headache, dizziness, nausea, confusion, or sensitivity to light/sound?
How to drain a blister
What is use a sterile needle to puncture the edge and allow the fluid to drain. Clean the area and apply a bandage?
The best way to remove a bee stinger from somebody
What is using a straight-edged object (like a credit card) to scrape the stinger out and avoid using tweezers, which may inject more venom?
You should keep the ___ down or else it could spread the venom throughout the body
What is heart rate?
The location of your radial pulse
What is your wrist?
TRUE OR FALSE: A person experiencing heat stroke will be sweating profusely.
What is FALSE?
In heat stroke, the person often stops sweating as their body overheats.
The 7 Steps of Wound Care
What is
1. Protect yourself with gloves (BSI - Body Substance Isolation),
2. Control bleeding (apply pressure),
3. Clean the wound gently (use clean water if possible),
4. Apply antiseptic if available,
5. Dress the wound with sterile gauze,
6. Secure the dressing with tape or bandage,
and
7. Monitor for infection and change the dressing as needed?
The most severe symptom of anaphylactic shock
What is difficulty breathing or respiratory distress due to swelling of the airway?
TRUE OR FALSE: A snake bite that looks like two puncture wounds is not poisonous, but a snake bite that looks like a half moon is.
What is FALSE?
DRS ABCs
What is Danger, Response, Shout for help, Airway, Breathing, Circulation?
Definition of PERL
What is Pupils Equal and Reactive to Light?