Roles and Responsibilities
What is?
Emergency Help given to an injured or suddenly ill person using readily available materials.
FIRST AID
If a casualty who refuses your help goes unconscious, What type of consent do you have?
Implied consent
If a coworker is hurt and is unresponsive, but breathing normally, if injuries permit what position should you put them in:
Recovery position
If a co-worker is complaining of a severe headache, right arm is numb and they are having difficulty speaking. What do you suspect is the problem?
Stroke
If a person is choking and can not speak or breathe, start first aid by giving them how many back blows
5 back blows
In first aid, a person is considered a child in which of the following age ranges:
one to eight years of age
When performing CPR, two rescuers should switch places approximately every how many minutes
2 minutes
The best way to check the airway of a responsive (conscious) casualty is to:
1. Ask, what happened?
or 2. Tilt the head back and lift the chin
Ask, what happened?
After bandaging a wound, you notice the casualty's fingernails are turning blue, what should you do?
loosen the bandages
A particle becomes stuck on a co-workers eye and you are having trouble removing it: You should:
1. Keep trying until you get it out
or 2. Cover the injured eye and seek medical help.
Cover the injured eye and seek medical help
In a multiple casualty situation you should first:
1. Determine how many casualties there are, assess responsiveness, and do a primary survey on each casualty. OR
2. Immediately begin CPR on the closest casualty
Determine how many casualties there are, assess responsiveness, and do a primary survey on each casualty.
A casualty is complaining bout a broken collarbone. You checked circulation: What is next:
Immobolize the arm
The venom from a snake bite would be an example of what kind of poison:
1. absorbed poison
2. injected poison
Injected poison
In first aid, a person is considered an adult in first aid and CPR if they are:
Over eight years
If a casualty fell down the stairs in a basement where the lights were turned off, what would you do before helping?
Turn on the lights
What is the best way to prevent shock from getting worse:
Give first aid for the injuries or illness that caused the shock.
While entering a restroom at a mall, you find an unconscious person lying on the floor and not breathing you should:
Call 911 and begin chest compressions
What is temporary blockage of the blood flow to part of the brain?
TIA -Transient Ischemic Attack
A child begins to choke and can still speak
You should encourage them to cough
Compresions and ventalations are given to the adult casualty by the two rescuers at a ratio of
30:2
When bandaging a wound, when should you check circulation? Choose one:
1. Before and after bandaging
2. After bandaging
Before and after bandaging
A 10 year old has a nail embedded in their lower leg. You should:
Place padding around the nail and bandage in place.
The four vital signs that you used in this course are the LOC, breathing, pulse and:
1. Blood pressure
or
2. Skin Condition and temperature
skin condition and temperature
You are working at a golf course where four players have been struck by lightening. One is unresponsive and not breathing.
He should be considered:
1. Highest priority OR
2. Lowest priority
Highest priority because you can bring back a person struck by lightening easily
If someone broke their rist? You should:
1. Bandage their wrist
2. Splint their arm
3. Massage
Bandage
Symptoms of a panic attack can be similar to:
1. Asthma
2. Heart attack
Heart attack
All workplaces must follow regulations which are called:
Occupational Health and Safety
Every workplace in Canada is required to have:
a) first aid kit b) Group of people trained in first aid c) policies related to health and safety d) all of the above
All of the above
If a driver falls from their van, and you are present, and you suspect a spinal/neck injury you should tell them to:
Not to move
If you suspect a casualty is having an angina or heart attack you should recommend they take:
ASA Aspirin
you can take two low dose aspirins
When using an AED, you turn the machine on, and then you
Follow the voice prompts
A five year old child is choking and can not cough or speak you should
Give 5 back blows and five abdominal thrusts
Most people with asthma carry medication in the form of
an inhaler
What does the first aider need to do with amputated finger?
1. Wash it or 2. Keep it cool and moist.
Keep it cool and moist
A rough cut on the hand with a dull paring knife is called a:
1. Incision
or
2. laceration
Laceration
When performing a secondary survey, you should ask the document the casualty's medical history, including,
Allergies Medications, and Last Meal. True or False
True
While providing first aid for a casualty who has been stabbed and you notice bloodstained bubbles from their chest You should:
Control bleeding with direct pressure
a person suffering from heat cramps you should, give the person water or drinks with:
Electrolytes
Your colleague is suddenly arriving late for work and making self defeating jokes about their performance at work. How do you help?
Consult your human resources department
In workplaces, at least, how many supervisors must be trained in first aid?
At least one
When speaking to a casualty who is injured you should say before helping:
Ask them their name,
Tell them your name and tell them that you know first aid and if you can help.
If you suspect a head or spinal injury, protect the casualty's
Head and neck
When performing CPR on an adult-How deep should you depress the chest?
5-6 c.m. or 2-2/4 inches
What do you do when a person has a generalized seizure:a or b
a. Hold them tightly
b. Let the seizure happen and protect the casualty from injury
b. Let the seizure happen and protect the casualty from injury
An infant is choking you should
give 5 back blows and 5 chest thrusts
Compressions and ventilations are given to a child or infant casualty by the two rescuers at a ratio of
15:2
A casualty's arm is bleeding. You can control the bleeding by:
1. Sit them down and immobilize the arm or 2. Apply direct pressure to the wound and lay them down.
Apply direct pressure to the wound and lay them down.
A closed wound where tissues are damaged but no external bleeding is:
1. Incision
or
2.. Contusion or bruise
Contusion or bruisse
When obtaining a full history, you need to know what medications they have taken in the last:
1. 48 hours
2. 24 hours
3. 12 hours
24 hours
A person delivering newspapers has fallen off their bike, you suspect a rib fracture. You should consider the possibility of:
1. punctured lung
2. Hyperventilation
3. Cardiac Arrest
Punctured lung
A roofer feels faint from the heat, What should they do?
Get out of the heat and reduce their body temperature
How do you know if a substance is poisnous?
Check the label
To reduce the risk of infection when giving first aid, you should use:
Face mask and gloves
What is the priority of first aid?
Prevent injury or illness from becoming worse.
or
Providing medication
Prevent injury or illness from becoming worse.
In the primary survey, you check for three life saving priorities
Airway
Breathing
Circulation
An AED is used to
Help restore a normal heartbeat
If a child has a high fever what can you give them:
Aspirin or Acetaminophen (Tylenol)
Acetaminophen (Tylenol)
never give aspirin to children under 18 or under
For CPR on an infant casualty compress the chest using:
two hands in the centre of the chest
or two fingers in the centre of the chest below the nipple line.
Two fingers in the centre of the chest below the nipple line
After administering epinephrine with an auto-injector for an allergic reaction your next step is to:
Call medical help 911 - you only have 15 minutes before the casualty can go into anaphalatic shock
A roller bandage is used to:
1. Hold a dressing into place or
2. Tie a St. John Tubular Sling
Hold a dressing in place
You burn your arm on a hot stove what should you do next
Use water to cool the burn
If a casualty is able to respond but not clearly and only answers when spoken to:
1. Alert
or
2. Verbal
Verbal
a fracture where the skin over the fracture is broken is called:
1. Partial
2. Open
3. Closed
Open fracture
a person who was shivering due to mild hypothermia has now stopped shivering and loses consciousness. They are now suffering from
Severe hypothermia
WHMIS stands for
Work Place Hazardous Material Information System
What should you do if an adult casualty refuses your help?
Call 911, if needed, and wait for help to arrive.
First thing you should do at an emergency scene is:
Check for hazards (scene survey)
If a driver is feeling faint what would you do?
Place them on the floor, on their back
This occurs when the blood supply to the heart is REDUCED due to narrowed damaged or partially blocked arteries.
Angina
What would be a reason you would need to move a casualty?
A. Casualty has a neck injury
B. There are life threatening hazards to yourself or the casualty.
There are life threatening hazards to yourself or the casualty.
An infant is unresponsive and not breathing. You immediately give 30 compresions. Your next step is
open the airway and give two breaths
A teenager has been stung by a bee and suffers a severe allergic reaction: What should you do?:
Help them use the auto injector
When looking for signs of infection:
Name 3 things to look for:
Redness
Swelling
Pus
A worker has spilled corrosive liquid on their hands. What should they do?
Immediately flush with water for 15 minutes
The process of making first aid decisions at an emergency scene where there are multiple casualties is:
Triage
A casualty twists their angkle and tears ligaments surrounding the joint, the injury is called:
1. Strain
2. Sprain
3. Dislocation
A sprain
A casualty complains that their fingers hurt after playing in the snow, What do you do.?
1. Prepare a hot water bottle
2. Rewarm their hands with body heat
Rewarm their hands with body heat
First Aid is a fun course true or false
true
In the workplace, where can you learn about proper handling of a hazardous material?
Material Safety Data Sheet or MSDS
A driver has a concrete slab fall on them. Based on the mechanism of injury what should you do first?
Take charge and tell the casualty not to move.
The best way to check an airway of a responsive casualty is:
Ask what happened and note how well the casualty answers.
Someone falls from a height, What position is best for them to stay in:
Choose either one
1. Recovery
2. Position found
Position Found
How many compressions and breaths would you need to perform for a child casualty?
30 compressions and 2 breaths
A casualty is suffering a diabetic emergency--the casualty is conscious but confused you should
Give sugar such as glucose tablets, juice etc.
A dressing used to cover a and protect a would should be
1. Clean, large enough to cover a wound and non-stick
or 2. Large enough to use as a sling
Clean, large enough to cover a wound and non stick
You get oven cleaner in your eyes: you should:
Flush the eye with clean water
Casualties who can wait to receive first aid or who are obviously dead are:
1. Lowest priority or
2. Highest priority
lowest priority
A person twisted their knee. No broken bones, difficulty walking standing, knee is locked.
1. sprain
2. dislocation
3. fracture
Dislocation
The most common signs of a child swallowing a household poison would be:
1. Difficulty breathing 2. Rash on skin 3 Swelling 4. Nausea
Nausea