Module 5 Life-Threatening Bleeding

Question 1

When you recognize that an adult has life-threatening bleeding, it is important to do two things immediately:

Answer 1

Call 9-1-1 or tell someone to do so.

Get a bleeding control/first aid kit and an AED or tell someone to do so.

Question 2

Volume = Amount of blood present

Answer 2

Bleeding may be life-threatening when the amount of blood present is equal to about half of what a soda can contains.

Question 3

Flow = Movement of blood

Answer 3

Blood that is spurting and/or flowing continuously are signs of life-threatening bleeding.

Question 4

You recognize that someone has life-threatening bleeding. Which of the following should you do immediately?

Answer 4

Call 9-1-1 or tell someone to do so.

Get a bleeding control/first aid kit and an AED or tell someone to do so.

Question 5

The person cut their arm while working on a job site. Blood is flowing steadily from the person’s wound and pooling on the ground. This is life-threatening bleeding. True or False?

Answer 5

True

Question 6

The person tripped over a rock while hiking, fell and cut their leg. There is a slow trickle of blood from the cut on the person’s leg. This is life-threatening bleeding. True or False?

Answer 6

False

Question 7

When using direct pressure to stop bleeding …

Answer 7

Press HARD

Hold the pressure until bleeding stops

Question 8

Keep applying pressure until:

Answer 8

The bleeding stops

A tourniquet is applied

Another person relieves you

You are too exhausted to continue

The situation becomes unsafe

Question 9

If the bleeding stops:

Answer 9

First, check for circulation beyond the injury. Note the temperature and color of the skin and ask the person if there is any tingling or numbness.

Place the end of a bandage on the dressing at a 45-degree angle and continue wrapping the bandage over the dressing. Tape to secure the dressing.

Check again for circulation beyond the injury. If there is any change, the bandage may be too tight, and you will need to carefully loosen the bandage.

Question 10

Which of the following is best to use when applying direct pressure to control life-threatening bleeding?

Answer 10

Hemostatic dressing

Question 11

You are using a tourniquet to control life-threatening bleeding when the injured person cries out in pain. What should you do?

Answer 11

Reassure the person but continue to tighten the tourniquet until the bleeding stops or you cannot tighten it anymore.

Question 12

If you are applying direct pressure to a wound and the bleeding stops before EMS arrives, what should you do?

Answer 12

Apply a roller bandage over the dressing.

Question 13

A first aid responder is applying direct pressure to a person with life-threatening bleeding on the lower leg. A bystander has returned with a bleeding control kit. What should the responder do next?

Answer 13

Apply a tourniquet immediately.

Question 14

What would be the best thing to do if applying a tourniquet did not stop the person’s bleeding?

Answer 14

Apply a second tourniquet, between the first tourniquet and the heart.

Question 15

A man fainted and fell into a full-length mirror, breaking the glass. You see that he has a wound on the back of his head and there is blood flowing steadily from it and starting to pool on the ground. After calling 9-1-1, what should you do?

Answer 15

Apply direct pressure.

Question 16

You have been applying direct pressure to a wound on the person’s lower back for several minutes, but the bleeding hasn’t stopped, and EMS has not arrived. What should you do?

Answer 16

Continue applying direct pressure.

Question 17

When applying direct pressure, it is important to do which of the following?

Answer 17

Press hard.

Press directly over the wound.

Question 18

The three important steps when applying a windlass rod tourniquet are which of the following?

Answer 18

Pull, Twist, Clip

Question 19

Max has a deep cut in his lower leg. Blood is flowing heavily from the wound and there is about a half of a soda can’s worth of blood present. Based on these findings, what first aid care is required?

Answer 19

This is a life-threatening bleeding from an extremity requiring direct pressure and a tourniquet.

Question 20

While Jake calls for help and gets the bleeding control kit, first aid kit and AED, Camilla must apply direct pressure to the wound. Which technique is most effective for applying direct pressure?

Answer 20

Provide firm pressure by placing one hand over the other, with the heel of one palm on the wound and shoulders directly over the hands.

Question 21

Where should Jake apply the tourniquet on Max’s leg?

Answer 21

2 to 3 inches above the wound, between the wound and the heart.

Question 22

The tourniquet has been applied and the bleeding has stopped. What is Camilla’s and Jake’s next best action?

Answer 22

Keep the tourniquet on and monitor Max until EMS arrives.