FIRST AID

Question 1

WHAT ARE THE 3 OBJECTIVES OF 1ST AID?

Answer 1

PREVENT FURTHER INJURY, INFECTION AND LOSS OF LIFE.

Question 2

WHAT ARE THE FOUR METHODS OF CONTROLLING BLEEDING?

Answer 2

DIRECT PRESSURE, ELEVATION, PRESSURE POINT AND TOURNIQUET.

Question 3

11 PRESSURE POINTS?

Answer 3

TEMPLE, JAW, NECK, COLLAR BONE, INNER UPPER ARM, INNER ELBOW, WRIST, UPPER THIGH , GROIN , KNEE, ANKLE

Question 4

FIRST DEGREE BURN?

Answer 4

PRODUCES REDNESS, WARMTH AND MILD PAIN

Question 5

SECOND DEGREE BURN?

Answer 5

CAUSES RED, BLISTERED SKIN, AND SEVERE PAIN

Question 6

THIRD DEGREE BURN?

Answer 6

DESTROYS TISSUE, SKIN , BONE AND NERVE ENDINGS

Question 7

CLOSED/ SIMPLE FRACTURE?

Answer 7

A BROKEN BONE WITHOUT A BREAK IN THE SKIN

Question 8

OPEN/ COMPOUND FRACTURE?

Answer 8

A BREAK IN THE SKIN WITH POSSIBLE BONE PROTRUSION.

Question 9

ELECTRIC SHOCK?

Answer 9

WHEN A PERSON COMES INTO CONTACT WITH ENERGY SHOCK OCCURS.

Question 10

WHATS AN OBSTRUCTED AIRWAY?

Answer 10

INABILITY TO TALK, GRASPING AND POINTING TO THE THROAT, EXAGGERATED BREATHING AND TURNING BLUE

Question 11

WHAT IS HEAT EXHAUSTION?

Answer 11

A SERIOUS DISTURBANCE OF BLOOD FLOW TO THE BRAIN, HEART, AND LUNGS

Question 12

WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION?

Answer 12

THE SKIN IS COOL MOIST AND CLAMY AND PUPILS ARE DILATED.

Question 13

WHAT IS HEAT STROKE?

Answer 13

A CONDITION CAUSED BY A BREAKDOWN OF THE SWEAT MECHANISM OF THE BODY.

Question 14

WHAT ARE HEAT STROKE SYMPTOMS?

Answer 14

HOT OR DRY SKIN, UNEVEN PUPIL DILATION, AND WEAK RAPID PULSE.

Question 15

WHAT IS HYPOTHERMIA?

Answer 15

A GENERAL COOLING OG THE WHOLE BODY CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO LOW OR RAPID FALLING TEMPERATURES, COLD MOISTURE, SNOW OR ICE.

Question 16

WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS FOR HYPOTHERMIA ?

Answer 16

THE VICTIM MAY APPEAR PALE, AND UNCONSCIOUS AND MAY BE TAKEN FOR DEAD. THE BREATHING IS SLOW AND SHALLOW

Question 17

SUPERFICIAL FROSTBITE?

Answer 17

IS WHEN ICE CRYSTALS ARE FORMING IN THE UPPER SKIN LAYERS AFTER EXPOSURE TO A TEMPERATURE OF 32 DEGREES OR LOWER.

Question 18

DEEP FROSTBITE?

Answer 18

DEVELOPS WHEN ICE CRYSTALS ARE FORMING IN THE DEEPER TISSUES AFTER EXPOSURE TO TEMPERATURE OF 32 DEGREES OR LOWER.

Question 19

SEPTIC SHOCK?

Answer 19

RESULTS FROM BACTERIA MULTIPLYING IN THE BLOOD AND RELEASING TOXINS. COMMON CAUSES OF THIS ARE PNEUMONIA, INTRA-ABDOMINAL INFECTION AND MENEGITIS

Question 20

ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK?

Answer 20

A TYPE OF SEVERE HYPERSENSITIVITY OR ALLERGIC REACTION, CAUSES INCLUDE ALLERGY TO INSECT STINGS, MEDICINES OR FOODS

Question 21

CARDIOGENIC SHOCK?

Answer 21

OCCURS WHEN THE HEART IS DAMAGED AND UNABLE TO SUPPLY SUFFICIENT BLOOD TO THE BODY. THIS CAN BE THE END RESULT OF A HEART ATTACK

Question 22

HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK?

Answer 22

CAUSED BY SEVERE BLOOD AND FLUI LOSS, SUCH AS FROM TRAUMATIC BODILY INJURY, WHICH MAKES THE HEART UNABLE TO PUMP BLOOD TO THE BODY.

Question 23

NEUROGENIC SHOCK?

Answer 23

CAUSED BY SPINAL CORD INJURY, USUALLY AS A RESULT OF TRAUMATIC ACCIDENT OR INJURY.