True or False :
When applying a spiral wrap bandage, always start at the bottom of the limb and then wrap in a spiral method moving up the limb.
This is True
100
Lack of Oxygen, Heart Attack, Stroke, Trama, and Severe Pain (Hint: look at the category)
What are causes of shock?
100
Another name for a bruise
What is a Contusion?
100
Three ways that poison can enter the body
What is
Swallowing
Injecting
Inhaling
Absorbtion
100
A substance offered to a conscious insulin shock patient
(Hint: NOT medicine)
What is a drink with sugar in it?
200
The bandage used on head injuries
What is a Triangular bandage?
200
This is caused by a severe allergic reaction.
What is Anaphylatic shock?
200
3 Types of Burns (not the degrees)
Thermal
Chemical
Electrical
200
the body's method for cooling itself down
Sweating
200
The organ in which a stroke occurs
What is the Brain?
300
How much should you overlap the bandage with each wrap when using an elastic or roller gauze bandage
1/2 the width of the bandage
300
The type of bone or joint injury that occurs when a muscle is overused or overstretched
What is a Strain?
300
The type of burn that is also called a partial-thickness burn
What is a Second degree burn?
300
What does RICE stand for
Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation
300
"Silent" heart attack symptoms (Name at least 2)
What are
~nausea
~dizziness
~heavy perspiration
400
When using cloth as a dressing in an emergency situation, avoid these kind of fibers that may infect a wound
What are loose fibers?
400
the type of bone or joint injury that occurs when a bone separates from a joint or is moved out of place in the joint
What is a dislocation?
400
The nerve endings will be destroyed on this degree burn.
What is a third degree burn?
400
The temperature reading of a patient with hypothermia
(Hint: It will be "below ___")
What is below 95 degrees C?
400
Situations after a patient has fainted which require medical attention
(**After a patient has fainted, in which case should medical help be acquired?**)
What is
~If the patient has other injuries
~If the patient has fainted frequently
~If the patient has trouble recovering
500
The term for signs of poor circulation, swelling, coldness, numbness or tingling.
What is cyanosis?
500
Five symptoms of shock
•Pale, blue-gray skin color, especially under the nails and around the mouth
•Cool skin
•Rapid, weak pulse
•Irregular breathing
•Low blood pressure
•Anxiety or restlessness
500
The six types of open wounds
What is a(n)
•Incision
•Laceration
•Abrasion
•Puncture
•Avulsion
•Amputation
500
The National Poison Control Center hotline number
What is 1-800-222-1222.
500
Instances after someone has had a seizure that would require medical attention (Name three)
What is
~More than one seizure has occurred
~The patient is unconscious
~The seizure lasted more than a few minutes
~The patient has never had a seizure before