Raider First Aid

Question 1

What is the law designed to protect the rescuer and encourage people to assist people in distress by granting them immunity against law suits?

Answer 1

The Good Samaritan Law

Question 2

What are 10 items in a well stocked First Aid kit?

Answer 2

Bandages, band-aids, tape, aspirin, antiseptic cream and cleanser, safety pins, scissors, tweezers, cotton, and tissues

Question 3

What are the 7 steps to evaluating a casualty?

Answer 3

Responsiveness, breathing, bleeding, shock, fractures, burns, head injury

Question 4

What are the 9 signs of shock?

Answer 4

Sweaty but cool skin, paleness, nervousness, thirst, loss of blood, confusion, fast breathing, blotchy or bluish skin, and vomiting

Question 5

What are the ABCD’s of First Aid?

Answer 5

Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability

Question 6

What are the 2 procedures that make up CPR?

Answer 6

Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions

Question 7

Under what circumstance should you use a tourniquet?

Answer 7

As a last resort

Question 8

What is the best know method to clear a persons airway?

Answer 8

The Heimlich Maneuver

Question 9

What are the 2 types of fractures?

Answer 9

Simple and compound

Question 10

What are the 3 degrees of a burn?

Answer 10

First, second, and third

Question 11

What are the three types of heat injury?

Answer 11

Heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heat stroke

Question 12

What are the three types of venom?

Answer 12

Neurotoxin, hemotoxin, cardio toxins

Question 13

What are the 9 symptoms of insect bites and stings?

Answer 13

Pain at site, itching, weakness, anxiety, headache, breathing difficulty, nausea, diarrhea

Question 14

What type of venom does a Black Widow spider produce?

Answer 14

Neurotoxins

Question 15

What type of venom does a Brown Recluse spider produce?

Answer 15

Hemotoxins

Question 16

What are the 3 precautions to avoid poisonous plants?

Answer 16

Dress appropriately, avoid areas where poisonous plants grow, do not eat plants you don’t recognize

Question 17

Within how long does shock usually occur after a severe injury?

Answer 17

Within the first hour after incident

Question 18

When treating a victim for shock how should you position them?

Answer 18

On their back

Question 19

If shock victim is having a difficulty breathing how should you position them?

Answer 19

Have them sit up

Question 20

If a victim of shock is vomiting how should you position them?

Answer 20

On their side

Question 21

What are the three types of bleeding?

Answer 21

Arterial, venous, capillary

Question 22

What is arterial bleeding?

Answer 22

Bright red blood that spurts with the heartbeat

Question 23

What is venous bleeding?

Answer 23

Steady flow of dark blood

Question 24

What is capillary bleeding?

Answer 24

A slow flow of blood

Question 25

When is the best time to give a shock victim food or drink?

Answer 25

Never, unless help is not coming for awhile then give small amounts of fluids with salt every 15 minutes

Question 26

Which body part is least likely to be affected by frostbite?

Answer 26

The neck

Question 27

What are the 3 precautions to avoid heat injury?

Answer 27

Avoid working in hot humid temperatures outside, drink at least one quart of water every hour, limit exposure to high temperatures

Question 28

What are the 5 types of cold-weather injuries?

Answer 28

Dehydration, frostbite, trench foot, hypothermia, and snow blindness

Question 29

What is the RICE procedure for muscle injuries?

Answer 29

R - rest I - ice C- compression E - elevation

Question 30

What is First Aid?

Answer 30

The immediate care given to a victim until qualified personal arrive