Implications of FA
The three P's of First Aid.
What is Preserve Life, Prevent Further Injury, Promote Recovery.
What is Airway, Breathing, and Circulation.
The ratio between compressions and breaths for all CPR.
What is 30:2.
True or false: first aiders can and should administer medication for victims who are unable to take medication themselves.
What is false.
You see an unconscious person near the pool. What is your first step?
What is a scene assessment.
The Act that protects first aiders from liability for damages during treatment in Ontario.
What is the Good Samaritan Act.
Range of motion of limbs is checked during this step of assessment.
What is the head-to-toe examination
The acronym CPR stands for:
The acronym for the treatment for shock.
What is WARTS.
A person in a restaurant is choking on their meal. They are coughing, and still able to partially speak. Should you contact EMS?
What is no.
True or false: first aiders in Ontario should stop CPR if presented with a "Do Not Resuscitate" order.
What is false.
The principle that says that treating a life-threatening injury should proceed even if it aggravates a secondary injury.
True or false: An AED should be used on a pregnant person in cardiac arrest.
What is true.
The cause of a stroke.
What is the blockage or burst of a brain artery.
A factory worker's arm is covered is covered in a dry, powder-like substance that they describe as causing a severe burning sensation. What should you do to treat the injury?
What is brush off the dry chemical before flushing with water.
If a court is questioning this, the question they will ask is "What would a reasonable person with your training do under the same circumstances?"
What is the standard of care.
The two ways to open an airway are:
What is a head-tilt/chin-lift and a jaw thrust.
The three circumstances where first aiders can stop CPR.
What is help/EMS arrives, signs of life, and/or first aider is too exhausted/at risk.
Thing a first aider should remember to do when applying a tourniquet
What is note the time that the tourniquet was applied.
The circumstances under which a first aider can stop treatment.
What is:
- another qualified person takes over
- you become too exhausted to continue
- you are at personal risk
- EMS or another medical personnel assume responsibility
The acronym MOI stands for:
What is mechanism of injury.
A person who had surgery for laryngeal cancer may have this, and it may be necessary to give breath to it.
What is a breathing stoma.
A clean edged cut made by a sharp edge such as broken glass or knife.
What is an incision.
You come across a victim with no pulse, and a victim with a femoral bleed. You have called for help, but they have not arrived yet. Who should you treat, and what is this process called?
What is the victim with a femoral bleed, and triage.