Chapter 10

Question 1

What is the emergency care given to the sick, injured, or wounded before and until they can be treated by medical personnel? (Page 10- 2)

Answer 1

First aid

Question 2

What are the three basic reasons for first aid? (Page 10-2)

Answer 2

Save lives, prevent further injuries, and prevent infection

Question 3

If brain cells are deprived of oxygen, they will die within how many minutes and never regenerate? (Page 10-4)

Answer 3

4-6

Question 4

What occurs when you inhale to take in oxygen, and then exhale to expel carbon dioxide? (Page 10-4)

Answer 4

Respiration

Question 5

What should you not use to check a casualty’s pulse because you may confuse the beat of your own pulse with that of the casualty? (Page 10-5)

Answer 5

Thumb

Question 6

How many steps are there in properly evaluating a casualty? (Page 10-6)

Answer 6

Eight

Question 7

Blood circulates throughout the body by means of what three different kinds of blood vessels? (Page 10-8)

Answer 7

Arteries, veins, and capillaries

Question 8

What are the large vessels that carry blood from the heart? (Page 10-8)

Answer 8

Arteries

Question 9

What color is arterial blood? (Page 10-8)

Answer 9

Bright red

Question 10

What are the vessels that return blood to the heart? (Page 10-9)

Answer 10

Veins

Question 11

What form a connecting network of smaller vessels between the veins and arteries? (Page 10-9)

Answer 11

Capillaries

Question 12

What is a combination compress and bandage in which a sterile pad is fastened to a gauze, muslin, or adhesive bandage? (Page 10-9)

Answer 12

Battle dressing

Question 13

What is applying pressure using your fingers, thumb, or hand, to the appropriate pressure point called? (Page 10-11)

Answer 13

Digital pressure

Question 14

What is a spot where a main artery lies near the skin surface and over a bone or firm tissue? (Page 10-11)

Answer 14

Pressure point

Question 15

How many principal pressure points are there on each side of the body? (Page 10-11)

Answer 15

10

Question 16

What is the pressure point you will use if the neck is bleeding? (Page 10-11)

Answer 16

Common carotid artery

Question 17

What is a constricting band placed around an arm or leg to control bleeding? (Page 10-13)

Answer 17

Tourniquet

Question 18

What is the preferred rescue breathing method? (Page 10-18)

Answer 18

Mouth-to-mouth

Question 19

What is the collapse of the body’s cardiovascular system, including an inadequate supply of blood to the body’s tissue? (Page 10-23)

Answer 19

Shock

Question 20

What is the term for any break in the continuity of a bone? (Page 10-24)

Answer 20

Fracture

Question 21

What is the term for when a joint is not in the proper position? (Page 10-24)

Answer 21

Dislocation

Question 22

What is it called when the connecting tissues of joints have been torn? (Page 10-24)

Answer 22

Sprain

Question 23

What are the two types of fractures? (Page 10-24)

Answer 23

Open and Closed

Question 24

What is an object that can be used to immobilize a fracture or a dislocation called? (Page 10-26)

Answer 24

Splint

Question 25

What is a bandage or cravat tied around the neck to support a fractured arm or shoulder? (Page 10-26)

Answer 25

Sling

Question 26

What are pieces of clot or load bearing equipment (LBE) that are used to further immobilize a splinted fracture? (Page 10-26)

Answer 26

Swathes

Question 27

What are the four types of burns you should learn to recognize and treat? (Page 10-31)

Answer 27

Thermal, electrical, chemical, and laser

Question 28

There are three categories of heat injuries: Heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and what else? (Page 10-33)

Answer 28

Heatstroke

Question 29

What type of heat injury is caused by an imbalance of electrolytes in the body from excessive sweating? (Page 10-33)

Answer 29

Heat cramps

Question 30

What type of heat injury is caused by a loss of fluids in the body? (Page 10-33)

Answer 30

Heat exhaustion

Question 31

What type of heat injury is a failure of the body’s cooling mechanism? (Page 10-34)

Answer 31

Heatstroke

Question 32

What is caused by repeated exposure of bare skin to temperatures from 32 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit and has the symptoms of acutely swollen, red, tender, hot, or itchy skin? (Page 10-35)

Answer 32

Chillblain

Question 33

What is caused by exposure to cold temperatures usually below 32 degrees Fahrenheit? (Page 10-36)

Answer 33

Frostbite

Question 34

What is the effect that the glare from ice or snow has on the eyes? (Page 10-37)

Answer 34

Snow blindness

Question 35

What occurs when the body loses too much fluid? (Page 10-37)

Answer 35

Dehydration

Question 36

What occurs when the body loses heat faster than it can produce it? (Page 10-37)

Answer 36

Hypothermia

Question 37

How many inches in diameter should cat-hole latrines be? (Page 10-40)

Answer 37

12

Question 38

How many straddle-trench latrines should there be for every 100 females? (Page 10-40)

Answer 38

3

Question 39

What percent of Seabees should a deep pit latrine cover? (Page 10-41)

Answer 39

6

Question 40

Garbage pits should be located near dining facilities but no closer than how many meters? (Page 10-41)

Answer 40

30

Question 41

How long should you boil water to make it safe for drinking? (Page 10-47)

Answer 41

5 minutes