First Aid Revision

Question 1

What is consent?

Answer 1

Consent is when a person allows you to do something.

Question 2

When is consent implied?

Answer 2

Consent is implied when a person is unconscious and not able to consent.

Question 3

What are the two numbers that we can call for help?

Answer 3

000 (AUD) and 112 (International).

Question 4

Who is the most important person in a first aid scenario?

Answer 4

Yourself.

Question 5

What does DRSABCD stand for?

Answer 5

• Danger
• Response
• Send for help
• Airway
• Breathing
• CPR
• Defibrillator.

Question 6

What does COWS stand for?

Answer 6

• Can you hear me
• Open your eyes
• What’s your name
• Squeeze my hands.

Question 7

What should you do while treating a nosebleed?

Answer 7

Have the patient sit down pinch the fleshy part of the nose and lean forward.

Question 8

What do defibrillators do to the heart?

Answer 8

Stop the heart so it can reset back to a normal rhythm

Question 9

How do you treat someone suffering from an asthma attack?

Answer 9

• Sit them down
• Administer 4 puffs of Ventolin with a spacer
• Wait 4 minutes
• Repeat if needed.

Question 10

What is one possible trigger for an asthma attack?

Answer 10

Weather, allergies, exercise, sickness, chemicals, smoke, or anaphylaxis.

Question 11

How do you treat someone who is choking?

Answer 11

Administer 5 back blows followed by 5 chest thrusts.

Question 12

How do you treat a minor burn?

Answer 12

Run it under room temperature water for 10 minutes.

Question 13

What depth of the chest do you push when doing CPR?

Answer 13

⅓ of the chest.

Question 14

When might you stop CPR?

Answer 14

• When the paramedics take over
• When you get too tired and need to swap with someone
• When the person regains consciousness.

Question 15

Where do you place the defibrillator pads on an adult?

Answer 15

• One right below the right collarbone
• One on the lower left chest.

Question 16

Where do you place the defibrillator pads on a baby?

Answer 16

• One in the middle of the chest
• One in the middle of the back.

Question 17

Why can you not touch the body when the defibrillator says ‘stand clear analyzing heart rhythm’?

Answer 17

You will get shocked too if it needs to shock the patient.

Question 18

What is one thing that might cause anaphylaxis?

Answer 18

Nuts, bees/wasps, or fish.

Question 19

What might be two things that would cause an asthma attack?

Answer 19

• Exercise
• Pollen
• Chemicals
• Tobacco smoke
• Dust
• Mould.