TRAUMA
Which type of injury involves an open wound in which the bone has torn through the skin?
a. dislocation b. open fracture
c. sprain d. Strain
B. OPEN FRACTURE
What is the compression to breath ratio when doing CPR on an adult?
30 COMPRESSIONS : 2 RESCUE BREATHS
What is the first step in caring for a wound with significant bleeding?
a. add bulky dressings to reinforce blood soaked bandages.
b. apply direct pressure with a sterile or clean dressing.
c. apply pressure at a pressure point
d. care for shock
B. apply direct pressure with a sterile or clean dressing.
What is the cause of angina?
a. insufficient blood to the lungs
b. insufficient blood to the brain
c. insufficient blood to the heart muscle
d. insufficient blood to the leg muscles
C. INSUFFICIENT BLOOD TO THE HEART MUSCLE
How should you care for someone with minor frostbite on the fingers?
a. get the person to a warm environment and then rewarm his or her hands using skin-to-skin contact.
b. have the person shake his or her hands vigorously until feeling is restored.
c. Immerse his or her hands in hot water.
d. massage his or her hands vigorously
A. GET THE PERSON TO A WARM ENVIRONMENT AND THEN REWARM HIS OR HER HANDS USING SKIN-TO-SKIN CONTACT
How do you care for a person with a possible head, neck, or spinal injury?
a. Move the injured area so that it rests above the persons heart.
b. move the person into a comfortable position as soon as possible.
c. support the head in the position you find it. Do not try to align it.
d. none of the above
C. SUPPORT THE HEAD IN THE POSITION YOU FIND IT. DO NOT TRY TO ALIGN IT.
How long would you check to see if an unconscious person is breathing normally?
a. no more than 10 seconds
b. approximately 10 seconds
c. Exactly 10 seconds
d. At least 10 seconds
A. NO MORE THAN 10 SECONDS
If an open wound continues to bleed after applying direct pressure?
a. add additional dressings and continue to apply direct pressure.
b. do not remove any blood soaked dressings.
c. ensure that 9-1-1 or local emergency number has been called.
d. all of the above
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
Which test should you use if you suspect that a person has had a stroke?
a. Face, arms, speech, time
b. alert, voice, pain, unresponsive
c. response, airway breathing, circulation
d. pulse, respiratory rate, temperature
A. FACE, ARMS, SPEECH, TIME
How to care for a person with heat exhaustion includes the following:
a. force the person to quickly drink a lot of water
b. get the person out of the heat and into a cooler place
c. put more layers of clothing on the person as protection against the heat.
d. all of the above
B. GET THE PERSON OUT OF THE HEAT AND INTO A COLLER PLACE
The general care for a muscle, bone or joint injury includes the following:
a. reduce, insulate, compress and evaluate
b. rest, ibuprofen, cool and evacuate
c. rest, immobilize, cold and elevate.
d. none of the above
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
(REST, ICE, COMPRESSION AND ELEVATION)
How should you open the airway of an unconscious person?
a. head tilt and chin lift
b. jaw thrust
c. head tilt and jaw thrust
d. lift the chin
A HEAD TILT AND CHIN LIFT
What steps would you take to control bleeding from a nosebleed?
a. sit person down, lean forward and pinch soft part of nose
b. sit person down lean backward and pinch soft part of nose
c. lie person down and pinch soft part of nose
d. lie person down and pinch top of nose
A. SIT PERSON DOWN, LEAN FORWARD AND PINCH SOFT PART OF NOSE
Which of the following can cause a stroke?
a. blood clot in an artery in brain
b. blood clot in an artery in the heart
c. blood clot in an artery in the leg
d. blood clot in an artery in the lungs
A. BLOOD CLOT IN AN ARTERY IN THE BRAIN.
Heat related illnesses include the following:
a. fainting and hyperglycemia
b. heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke
c. heat cramps, stroke and insulin sshock
d. hypoglycemia and sunstroke
d.
D HYPOGLYCEMIA AND SUNSTROKE
What names are given to the three different depths of burns?
a. small, medium, large
b. first, second and third
c. minor, medium and severe
d. superficial, partial thickness, full thickness
D: SUPERFICIAL, PARTIAL THICKNESS AND FULL THICKNESS.
How do you check someone's breathing?
a. listen carefully
b. check if their chest is rising
c. feel with the cheek
d. watch for chest movement, listen carefully and feel for breath on your cheek
D WATCH FOR CHEST MOVERMENT, LISTEN CAREFULLY, AND FEEL FOR BREATH ON YOUR CHEEK.
How can you tell if a vein is bleeding?
a. blood flows equally out of the wound
b. blood flows with pulses out of the wound
c. blood flows slowly out of the wound
A. BLOOD FLOWS EQUALLY OUT OF THE WOUND
What is your first action be when treating an electrical burn?
a. ensure person is still breathing
b. wash the burn with cold water.
c. check for danger and ensure that contact with the electrical source is broken
d. check for level of response
C. CHECK FOR DANGER AND ENSURE THAT CONTACT WITH THE ELECTRICAL SOURCE IS BROKEN
What is a normal blood pressure range for a healthy adult?
120/80
What do you do when someone suffers from a head injury?
a. use a cold compress
b. Use a hot compress
c. medication
d. Leave it alone
A. Use a cold compress
How deep should chest compressions be when performing CPR on an adult?
C. AT LEAST 2"
What should be done when someone gets a small cut?
a. wash with soap and water and cover with a sterile bandage
b. only cover with a sterile bandage
c. clean wound with cotton wool
A. WASH WITH SOAP AND WATER AND COVER WITH STERILE BANDAGE
What are symptoms of hypothermia?
a. feeling warm and sweaty
b. feeling cold and sweaty
c. feeling tired and cold, experiencing shivers, and acting abnormally
d. being very sweaty
C. FEELING TIRED AND COLD, EXPERIENCING SHIVERS, AND ACTING ABNORMALLY
What is the medication given for an overdose and how is it administered.
Narcan given intranasally.