Exam 1

Question 1

Value of first and to others

Answer 1

Provide immediate, life saving care in emergencies
Frontline defense in times of crises

Question 2

Value of first aid in remote areas

Answer 2

↑ chance of survival by providing immediate care in situations where access to professional help is delayed due to distance/ transportation

Question 3

Leading cause of death and disability

Answer 3

Heart disease

Question 4

What is first aid? (What does it include)

Answer 4

The basic medical care given to someone who is injured or sick it includes cleaning walls treating burns and using bandages

Question 5

What is consent in first aid?

Answer 5

Conscience and capable persons voluntary agreement to receive medical treatment or first aid from a first aider.

Question 6

What is informed consent?

Answer 6

Before providing medical assistance, you must explain the injured person what you plan to do the risks and benefits of the treatment. Give them an opportunity to agree to receive help.

Question 7

What is implied consent?

Answer 7

Person is assumed to have given permission to receive medical assistance, even if they are unable to communicate or give explicit consent

Question 8

Consent for children

Answer 8

Get consent from parent or guardian
If not present, use implied consent

Question 9

Who has authority to restrain and transport a person with a psychiatric emergency

Answer 9

A police officer

Question 10

Consent for refusing help

Answer 10

If patient declines your aid, respect decision
Properly contact the emergency services for professional assistance

Question 11

Abandonment and first aid

Answer 11

Leaving a patient who requires medical attention without ensuring their properly cared for by another qualified person

Question 12

Negligence in first aid

Answer 12

When one person fails to exercise the care we expect of an ordinary or reasonable person in that situation this includes protecting others from reasonable and foreseeable harm

Question 14

Duty to act

Answer 14

. if you are trained in first aid and come across an emergency situation or someone is injured, you have a legal obligation to provide reasonable assistance with the scope of your training until professional medical help arrives.

Question 15

Breach of duty

Answer 15

Situation where a person with first aid training fails to provide the standard of care that a reasonable person was similar training would provide under the same circumstances

Question 16

Injury of damages, inflicted first aid

Answer 16

, The immediate medical caregiving to someone who has sustained a physical injury meaning the first steps taken to treat a wound or damage to the body such as applying pressure to stop bleeding or mobilizing, broken bone until professional medical help arrives

Question 17

. Level of training restrictions.

Answer 17

-restrictions on what techniques can be performed based on the level of certification achieved

Question 18

Confidentiality

Answer 18

. Ethical and legal obligation to protect the privacy of the casualties medical information

Question 19

Good Samaritan laws what is it? Who does it protect?

Answer 19

Protect people who help others in an emergency without expecting payment it protects them from lawsuits if they unintentionally causes her harm while helping

Question 21

Injury prevention what are the 3E’s?

Answer 21

Education, engineering, and enforcement

Question 22

Haddon matrix

Answer 22

A grad with four columns and three rows that represent different bases of an injury and the columns, present different influencing factors such as physical environment and host

Question 23

bystander actions why are bystanders vital

Answer 23

They can provide immediate life-saving interventions to an injured or ill person before professional medical help arrives

Question 24

Bystander lack of knowledge

Answer 24

Situation for someone witnessing her emergency is unable to provide assistance because they do not have the necessary, first aid training or knowledge to proper at least respond

Question 25

Other factors that influences whether a bystander helps

Answer 25

Social influence, diffusion, responsibility, and evaluation, apprehension, being judgmental

Question 26

Quality of help provided by a bystander

Answer 26

Can vary depending on their level of first aid training, confidence in the situation in the specific emergency hand

Question 27

What should be done what is the first action of a bystander?

Answer 27

Assess the scene for safety and ensure their own safety before approaching the victim. Recognize the emergency decide to help call 901 check the person and get first aid.

Question 28

Recognize the emergency

Answer 28

Look for science, such as unconsciousness, severe bleeding, difficulty breathing, chest pain, choking collapse, confusion

Question 30

Call 911 EMS is needed

Answer 30

You should call 911 EMS if you need to administer first aid to someone who is experiencing a life-threatening situation

Question 31

Check the person

Answer 31

Check the scene for safety then gently tap the person and ask if they’re OK and if they’re unresponsive, check their breathing and look for serious beating before calling for emergency medical help and providing necessary care based on the situation

Question 32

Seeking professional medical care

Answer 32

When first aid isn’t enough to treat the situation such as a severe injury or like that knee condition

Question 33

How to call EMS

Answer 33

Put the phone on speaker stay calm stay your location and name and the emergency. Answer any questions and respond to any instructions.

Question 34

PPEs( personal protective equipment)

Answer 34

. glove scouts facemasks I protection

Question 35

Cleaning up after an emergency

Answer 35

Disinfecting surfaces, cleaning walls and washing cloth

Question 36

Examples of blood-borne diseases

Answer 36

Hepatitis B hepatitis C CHIV malaria syphilis bola

Question 37

Examples of airborne diseases

Answer 37

Tuberculosis, measles, chickenpox, cemented herpes

Question 38

Dying person

Answer 38

Providing comfort and care helping with breathing and managing secretions

Question 39

Stages of grieving

Answer 39

Denial, anger, or bargaining, depression, and acceptance

Question 40

Interacting with survivors

Answer 40

Listening, providing comfort and referring practical help

Question 42

What are arteries?

Answer 42

That carry oxygen rich blood away from the heart to the rest of the body

Question 43

What can happen if there is an injury to the cervical area of spinal cord?

Answer 43

Result in significant neurological impairments, including paralysis, affecting the arms, hands, trunk and legs, difficulty breathing loss of sensation about the injury site

Question 44

What typically causes fractures of sternum and ribs

Answer 44

Certain fractures and fractures are usually caused by trauma of the chest, such as from a car accident fall or sports injury

Question 45

My questions do you ask a responsive victim?

Answer 45

Sample symptoms, allergies, medication‘s past history, last oral intake and events leading up to the accident

Question 46

How do you put an unresponsive breathing victim?

Answer 46

Recovery position to the side

Question 47

Dots

Answer 47

Deformity, open wounds, tenderness, and swelling

Question 48

What is CPR?

Answer 48

Chest compressions and risk breaths to circulate oxygen and blood throughout the body during cardiac arrest

Question 49

What are the links in the cardiac chain to survival?

Answer 49

Early axis early CPR early defibrillation

Question 50

What is the ratio of compression to breaths for adult CPR

Answer 50

30 compressions two breaths

Question 51

How long should a rescue breast be delivered for children?

Answer 51

One breath every 2 to 3 seconds

Question 52

How many abdominal thrust are given to a responsive adult or child that is choking

Answer 52

5

Question 53

What happens when the heart stops beating

Answer 53

Cardiac arrest, heart stops, pumping blood to the brain and other organs

Question 54

What is a ventricular fibrillation?

Answer 54

Irregular heart rhythm, the lower heart chambers contract in a very rapid and uncoordinated manner as a result the heart is a pump blood to the rest of the body

Question 55

What is ventricular tachycardia?

Answer 55

The lower chambers of the heart be very quickly resulting in heart attack

Question 56

When is it the most effective to use a AED and what does it do?

Answer 56

Immediately after someone goes into cardiac arrest and while performing CPR He analyzes the heart rhythm and delivers an electrical shock to the chest to restore in normal rhythm