First Aid Annual Review
22 Questions
| Total Attempts: 547
Questions and Answers
- 1.Welcome to the first aid annual review course. All of you have had first-aid one or more times as a condition of employment with Dungarvin. This course will be best used to remind you of all the things you already know to help those in your care in an emergency situation. Note: This is not an American Red Cross certified course, just a Dungarvin based review to meet our conditions of employment.There are several reasons or barriers that people won't act in an emergency. They include:
- Being afraid of doing something wrong
- Not being sure of what the emergency is
- Figuring that someone else will take action
- Concern one may get a disease
- Not being sure of when to call 911/EMS
- Worry that one might be sued.
- You must ask permission.
- Move a person only if they are in danger of being hurt.
- Always call 911
- Continue to give care until someone else arrives to assist or take over.
- If a person says they don't want care, you DO NOT GIVE CARE but still call 911
- If a person goes unconscious, even if they have previously denied care when conscious, you may give care as it is presumed you would.
- Someone starts breathing or some other sign notates they are ok.
- Another person takes over for you.
- You can't continue because you’re exhausted.
- The environment becomes unsafe for you, them or both of you.
- Check the scene to be sure it is safe
- Call the EMS system (911)
- Care for the individual.
- Is there danger?
- What happened?
- What is wrong?
- Can anyone else help?
- What Happened?
- What is their pain or discomfort?
- Do they have any allergies?
- Any medical conditions or medications?
- 2.If someone is choking please follow these steps:
- Ask if you can assist.
- If they agree, go behind them with your arm covering the front of the body so they don't fall.
- Keep your legs slightly bent to assure balance.
- Do 5 back blows between their shoulder blades with your palm.
- If that doesn't stop the choking do abdominal thrusts.
- Stand behind them, locate the navel with two fingers, ball into a fist, grab the fist with your other hand and do upward thrusts to the abdomen.
- 3.First Aid can be very important in our line of work. If you have ANY question please contact your local trainer to discuss.
- 4.Burn hazards on the job may include contact with steam, flame, hot equipment, and certain chemicals.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.The most serious burns, which can destroy skin and even underlying tissue, are:
- A.
First-degree burns
- B.
Second-degree burns
- C.
Third-degree burns
- 6.First-aid treatment for chemical burns usually involves:
- A.
Applying petroleum jelly
- B.
Flushing the affected skin or eyes with water for 15 minutes
- C.
Elevating the burned body part for an hour
- 7.When checking a conscious individual start with the feet and end at the head.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.If someone is having an emergency and you ask if you can help and they say no, you should still give care.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Which one of these is correct?
- A.
Care Call Check
- B.
Check Call Care
- C.
Control Check Care
- D.
Check Contact Care
- 10.Which comes first when someone is choking after you have recieved consent?
- A.
Abdominal Thrusts
- B.
Back Blows
- C.
Hip Toss
- 11.You come to the Dungarvin office on an irregular hour to drop off some paperwork to your manager. Most of the people have gone home but a few of the lights are still on and the door is unlocked. Your manager is aware that you are coming and is waiting for you in the back office. As you come to the door you see your manger lying on the floor, wincing in pain. She is conscious, face down, holding her right arm which is bleeding fairly consistantly. What is the first thing you should do?
- A.
Call 911
- B.
Check the Scene
- C.
Ask her if she is okay
- D.
Leave the paperwork on her desk, someone else will be by to help her.
- 12.Your at the Dungarvin picnic with many of your co-workers and people that we served. Everyone has just eaten and they are handing out awards to the staff. It is a hot summer day and the space provided is fairly limited with a lot of people. The person you serve faints and then comes out of it quite quickly and even stands up on his own. You should call 911 immediately and state your emergency.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Which of these are reasons to call 911 if someone has a seizure. (check all that apply)
- A.
A person has never had a seizure before
- B.
A person has a seizure while in water
- C.
A person has one seizure that lists 3 minutes
- D.
A person has more than one seizure in five minutes
- 14.The individual has a friend come over. You don't know much about the friend and he starts seeming very tired and a bit out of it. He has a chain around his wrist. You look and see that it is a medical ID bracelet and he is a diabetic. He is having trouble communicating to you and you don't know if he has high blood sugar or low blood sugar. What should you do (Click the best answer)?
- A.
Don't give him sugar, call 911
- B.
Give him sugar.
- C.
Wait till he goes unconscious and start CPR
- 15.All people who have seizures have epilepsy and all people who have epilepsy have seizures.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.The "R" in R.I.C.E. stands for Rest
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.Who do you call first if your individual gets poisoned ?
- A.
911
- B.
Your Program Director
- C.
Poison Control
- D.
The Ghostbusters
- 18.Are illigal drugs considered a poison that you would call poison control for?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 19.What is the first thing you should do if someone has frostbite?
- A.
Put more snow and ice on them to match the inside body temp to the outside body temp
- B.
Get them some coffee or hot tea
- C.
Get them in a warm tub bath
- D.
Get their wet clothes and jewlery off
- 20.What are some signs someone has been bitten by an insect and is having a reaction?
- A.
Swelling
- B.
Sweating
- C.
A puncture mark is visable
- D.
All if the Above
- E.
Just A and B
- 21.If someone gets an electrical burn or is struck by lightning the first thing you should do is tap them on the shoulder and say "are you okay?"
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.If someone cuts off their finger while using a circular saw what is the best course of action?
- A.
Put the finger in a baggie with ice, wrap the wound with bandages, call 911
- B.
Tell them to hold their finger and get them to the hospitol yourself
- C.
Call 911, they will bag the finger when they get there
- 23.You should try to move or straighten a broken bone.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.What does the "A" in F.A.S.T. stand for?
- A.
Speech
- B.
Arm
- C.
Face
- D.
Time
- E.
Alarm
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