First aid Flashcards
Define Good Samaritan law
If you help someone in her name in the process, you are not helpful at legally label
Define three things that can make a scene unsafe
Gas leak-gun violence – fire
Why shouldn’t a rescue enter an unsafe scene
They can get hurt
Provide three pieces of information that a person should provide to the 911 dispatcher
Address- Nature of call-
How many patients
List three things that a rescuer can do to save a drowning victim, other than swimming out to get them
Threw out a life, preserver, log or stick, and create a human chain
What’s the danger of diving into lakes and rivers?
You can break your neck
What is the first thing a rescuer should do to an adult conscious victim
Ask for permission
What should the rescuer do to protect themselves from blood and body fluids?
Use ppe’s
What is the ultimate goal when treating a bleeding victim?
Stop the bleeding
After playing multiple layers of bandages in the bleeding still hasn’t stopped. What should the rescuer do next
Put two fingers on the artery
If the wound has bright, red blood that is spurting what does this indicate?
You hit an artery or they’re bleeding from an artery
Where do you tie the bandage?
On the opposite side of the cut
Do you pull in impaled object out? Why not?
No it can be stopping the bleeding
Define amputation
Complete detachment of a body part from the rest of the body
Explain first aid for an amputation
Clean, amputated, part, place amputated part in a sealed plastic bag, placed plastic bag on ice, transport body part
What is the most common poisoning?
Poison oak or ivy
