Advanced First Aid
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Advanced First Aid (Basic Ambulance Aid) Examination There are 20 Questions: 15 MCQs and 5 Essay Style Questions Pass Rate is 85%
- 1.DR ABC stands for:
- A.
Danger, Response, Airway, Bleeding, Circulation
- B.
Danger, Response, AVPU, Breathing, Circulation
- C.
Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing, Circulation
- 2.AVPU stands for:
- A.
Alert, Voice, Pain, Un-responsiveness
- B.
Action, Voice, Pain, Un-responsiveness
- C.
Alert, Voice, Painfully, Unresponsiveness
- 3.The correct ratio of chest compressions to rescue breaths is:
- A.
30:2
- B.
15:2
- C.
5:2
- 4.An oro-pharyngeal airway should be used on:
- A.
Unconscious Breathing / Not Breathing providing they can tolerate it
- B.
Conscious Patients on 100% o2
- C.
Both Conscious and Unconscious Patients
- 5.10% of COPD Patients rely on their___________drive to breather:
- A.
Cardiac
- B.
Respiratory
- C.
Digestive
- 6.The heart is divided into ______ chambers:
- A.
2
- B.
3
- C.
4
- 7.Severe hemorrhage should be controlled to start with using:
- A.
Direct Pressure
- B.
Indirect Pressure
- C.
Tourniquets
- 8.A fracture is defined as a:
- A.
Tear in the ligament
- B.
Break or crack in the bone
- C.
Tear in the skin above the bone
- 9.Ideally, the C-Spine should be maintained, and spinal precautions taken when:
- A.
The patient is involved in an RTC and has neck / back pain
- B.
The patient has fallen from a height and has neck / back pain
- C.
All of the above, plus any trauma, and when the MOI suggests spinal injury
- 10.The femur refers to which bone?:
- A.
Thigh
- B.
Shoulder
- C.
Hand
- 11.An ideal blood pressure for a 22 y/o, usually fit and healthy male would be:
- A.
154 / 90
- B.
120 / 80
- C.
110 / 72
- 12.Ventricular Tachycardia is defined as:
- A.
A heart rate below 50
- B.
A heart rate around 60
- C.
A heart rate over 100
- 13.RICE stand for:
- A.
Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation
- B.
Rehabilitation, Ice, Compression, Elevation
- C.
Rest, Ice, Contraction, Elevation
- 14.A bruise is also known as a / an:
- A.
Laceration
- B.
Abrasion
- C.
Contusion
- 15.Explain your initial assessments for a patient reporting to the first aid post feeling faint.
- 16.Describe how you would recognise a fracture to the radius or ulna.
- 17.Explain how you would take a manual blood pressure.
- 18.Explain the indications, contra-indications and side effects of Entonox
- 19.A patient presented to you at first aid post. She is a 56 y/o female who fell after tripping on her shoe lace. Her blood pressure is 172/86, her pulse is 82. She had a small cut to her knee, and various abrasions to her arms. You and a junior colleague are on duty at the time, working out of a patient transport ambulance acting as a first aid post. You have a standard response bag, oxygen, Entonox, an AED and a set of collars. Describe and explain your treatment for this patient.
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