First Aid Flashcards
How many beats per minute are considered within the normal heartbeat range?
The normal heartbeat is from 60-100 beats per minute.
What FM covers first aid?
FM 4-25.11
What are the 4 common points on the body for checking pulse?
- Side of the neck (carotid)
- Groin (femoral)
- Wrist (radial)
- Ankle (posterior tibial)
What are the three most important things to check for in a casualty? (The ABCs of medical treatment)
- Breathing: Lack of oxygen intake (through a compromised airway or inadequate breathing) can lead to brain damage or death in very few minutes.
- Bleeding: Death is imminent without an adequate volume of blood to carry oxygen to tissues.
- Shock: unless shock is prevented, first aid performed, and medical treatment provided, death may result even though the injury would not otherwise be fatal.
What does ACE stand for?
Ask
Care
Escort
In combat, what is the most likely threat to the casualty’s life?
Bleeding.
Should you check for airway and breathing during care under fire?
No. Checking for airway and breathing while under fire may expose the rescuer to enemy fire. Airway and breathing is checked in tactical field care.
In combat, if you find a casualty with no signs of life (no pulse or visible breathing) do you attempt to restore the airway?
DO NOT attempt to restore the airway. Under these conditions, DO NOT continue first aid measures.
What tactical steps should be taken for care under fire?
- Check for casualty responsiveness.
- If alert, direct casualty to return fire and conduct self-aid.
- Once enemy fire is suppressed, approach casualty in battle buddy team.
- Check for bleeding.
- Administer life saving hemorrhage control with a tourniquet if needed.
- Move casualty to safety.
- Recheck bleeding control measures (tourniquet) once out of fire and behind cover.
What does AVPU stand for?
Alert
Responds to voice
Responds to pain
Unresponsive
How do you check a casualty’s response to pain?
Rub the breastbone briskly with a knuckle or squeeze the first or second toe over the toenail.
During tactical field care, what do you do if the casualty is conscious but is choking and cannot talk?
Stop the evaluation and conduct appropriate first aid to open the airway.
How many inches above the bleeding site should a tourniquet be applied?
2-3 inches
Once applied, should you ever loosen or remove a tourniquet?
Never remove or loosen a tourniquet once applied!
What aid should be rendered for compressible (external) hemorrhages not amenable to limb tourniquet use?
Use combat gauze to stop external hemorrhages. Dressings should be applied with at least three minutes of pressure.
What are the best tactical indicators of shock?
Decreased state of consciousness and abnormal character of the radial pulse (weak or absent).