Any substance that can cause a harmful reaction when applied or ingested is called
What is poison?
Contact with hot or boiling liquids results in this type of burn.
What is partial thickness? (also 2nd degree but you need to know both names)
The most at risk population for hypothermia
What are the elderly?
True or False
If a person comes in contact with a plant such as poison ivy, oak, or sumac, you should remove all jewelry that could be contaminated
What is True?
The amount of time that 2nd degree burns take to heal
What is 3-4 weeks?
What is a heat stroke
True or False: Treatment for epistaxis includes tilting patient's head backwards.
What is False?
First degree burn/superficial
What is injury that only involves the epidermis
The amount of time you should rinse with water after coming in contact with poison ivy, oak or sumac
What is 15-20 minutes?
Regardless of the type of burn you should never use
What is ice?
Three S/s of a heart attack
What is SOB, severe pressure under the sternum, N/V, diaphoresis, Jaw pain
The most common inhaled poison
What is carbon monoxide?
Medical care should be obtained if more than ______ of the surface of an adult's body is burned and ________ in a child.
What is 15, 10
Three areas where you should place a cold pack if patient is experiencing a heat stroke
What is axillary, wrists, and ankles (may also say groin)
Explain what the acronym FAST is for stroke
What is face, arms, speech, and time?
Superficial burns involve the first layer of skin and usually heal within
What is 5-6 days?
Tricky question:
When rescuing a patient from inhalation poisoning, when should you check for breathing
What is AFTER you rescue them?
S/s of a brain injury include the following (list three)
What is
The internal temperature of someone experiencing a heat stroke?
What is 105 F?
List three s/s of a diabetic coma
What is
May include
confusion, excessive thirst, frequent urination, and fatigue, confusion, weakness, sweet or fruity breath
Third degree burns can sometimes be painless because _______ can be damaged.
What are nerves?