First AID

Question 1

What do you do before performing ABC’s?

Answer 1

get help, have someone call 911

Question 2

What are the ABC’s?

Answer 2

Assessment/ Airway

Breathing

CIrculation

Question 3

How often do you give breaths to compressions?

Answer 3

2 breaths to 30 compressions

Question 4

If 2 breaths are unsuccessful then what do you do?

Answer 4

Reposition/ jaw thrust

Question 5

what is an emetic?

Answer 5

makes you puke, taken when consumed poison or toxins

Question 6

when are emetics NEVER given?

Answer 6

for gasoline poisoning

Question 7

What is the MC emetic?

Answer 7

Ipecac

Question 8

what is the mildest emetic?

Answer 8

Salt water

Question 9

What is the safest substance to treat alkaline or acid ppoisoning?

Answer 9

H2O

Question 10

What should you not vomit up if consumed?

Answer 10

Bleach or other cleaning chemicals

Question 11

what is the universal antidote?

Answer 11

activated charcoal (adsorbent)

Question 12

What is activated charcoal (the universal anidote) not used for?

Answer 12

1. alcohol (ethonol, menthol)
2. iodine, boric acid & alkalies
3. lithium (metallic compounds)
4. sulfer, DDT

Question 13

What should you do if a person is conscious making a sound (coughing) and choking?

Answer 13

Do not help

Question 14

What should you do if a person is conscious and not making a sound while choking?

Answer 14

perform the Heimlich (aka conscious abdominal thrusts)

Question 15

If there is a unconscious infant choking what do you do?

Answer 15

back blows, finger sweep

Question 16

If there is an unconscious adult choking what do you do?

Answer 16

abdominal thrusts (just above umbilicus)

Question 17

What are the two types of shock?

Answer 17

1. Anaphylactic = swollen tongue
2. Hypovolemic = blood loss

Question 18

What are early signs of shock?

Answer 18

restless or irritable, cool, clammy skin & rapid pulse

Question 19

What are late signs of shock?

Answer 19

thready pulse, shallow rapid breathing, blue skin, dialated pupils

Question 20

What is the death warning during shock?

Answer 20

decreased BP

Question 21

What is seen with Carbon Dioxide CO2 poisioning?

Answer 21

not enough O2, cyanosis

Question 22

What is seen with carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning?

Answer 22

hemoglobin binds to the carbon molecule, CHERRY RED lips or skin, cyanosis

Question 23

What is MRSA?

Answer 23

skin lesion that doesn’t heal, can move to lungs and make them look like swiss cheese.

Question 24

What is CA - MRSA?

Answer 24

Community associated MRSA

Question 25

Who is most likely to get CA-MRSA?

Answer 25

Kids, Athletes, skin, lungs

Question 26

Who is most likely to get MRSA?

Answer 26

At hospitals, nursing homes, debilitated, affects joints

Question 27

If individual suffers a head trauma how do you determine if they are conscious?

Answer 27

sharp stimulus to foot

Question 28

What temp changes are seen with heat cramps?

Answer 28

No temp change

Question 29

What temp changes are seen with Heat exhaustion?

Answer 29

elevated temperature, cool and wet skin

Question 30

What temp changes are seen with a heat stroke?

Answer 30

elevated temperature, hot & dry skin

LIFE THREATENING

Question 31

How can you tell based on appearance what degree of burn a patient suffers?

Answer 31

First degree: red

Second degree: blister

Third Degree: desquamation (peeling)