First Aider Flashcards
What is the acronym:
CPR
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
What is the acronym:
AVPU
Alert
Verbal
Pain
Unresponsive
What is the acronym:
AED
Automated External Defibrillator
What is the acronym:
Dr ABC
Danger Response Airways Breathing Circulation
What is the primary survey?
AVPU
During a electrical incident involving high voltage current, how from the incident should everyone be standing?
18 meters
What is your first priority when assessing a scene?
Make sure the area is safe for you to help.
DANGER
Dr ABC
Someone spills boiling water over their hand and burns themselves.
What is the best way to cool the burn?
Put it under cold running water for at least 10 minutes
If a person is choking and unable to breathe, cough or speak; what should you use to give them back blows?
The heel of your hand.
Why is it important to move someone who is unresponsive and breathing normally onto their side?
It helps to keep their airway open.
Coshh
Control of substance hazardous to heath
Riddor
Reporting of injury, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulation
Chemical burns
A
6 types of burns
Chemical Electric Wet Dry Cold Radiation
3 levels of burns
Superficial
Partial thickness
Full thickness