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Study Guide Answers
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1.
What are the three types of medical emergencies?
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Minor, major and life threatening. |
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"Bone fracture" and "broken bone" do not mean the same thing. (true/false)
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false |
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What is the term used when someone's eyes are dulled and their pupils are dilated, their skin is cool, wet, sweaty and pale, their lips are blue and they experience nausea, a rapid pulse and fast breathing?
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Shock |
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What do you NOT use to treat a burn?
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Butter, hot water, blister breaking. |
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How do you treat superficial wounds?
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Wash with mild soap, apply antibiotic ointment and no bandage. |
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What type of insect sting requires the removal of a stinger?
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Honey bee |
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How do you treat a nosebleed?
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Get in an upright position, breath with your mouth and use you thumb and index finger to apply pressure to the fleshy part of your nostril. |
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When treating an open fracture, you should not push the bones ends back into the wound. (true/false)
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True |
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First aid options are very limited when treating a _________ burn.
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Fourth-degree |
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_________ of all poisonings can be treated over the phone by calling ________.
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Three-fourths, local poison control center |
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Snake-bite victims need to be taken to a medical facility within ________ hours, so anti-venom for poisonous snakes can be administered.
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Four |
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When do you NOT induce vomiting for a poison victim?
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When he or she takes petroleum products, acids or alkaline chemicals. |
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13.
How do you control bleeding?
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Apply direct pressure, possibly with elevation |
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What are the ABC's of CPR?
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Airway, breathing, circulation |
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CPR should only be used for what?
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Cardiac arrest |
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Within _____________ of heart stoppage, significant brain damage occurs.
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Ten minutes |
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CPR should be performed in the ___________ of the sternum.
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Lower two-thirds |
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What procedure needs to be used if someone is choking?
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Heimlich maneuver |
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What is a "compression cycle?"
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Fifteen-to-two ration, fifteen compressions to two breaths. |
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How do you open someone's airway?
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Tilt their head and lift their chin. |
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In adults and children, where do you check for a pulse?
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In the carotid (neck) artery |
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When performing CPR, an adult is anyone over _________ year(s) of age and an infant is anyone under _______ year(s) of age.
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Eight, one |
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If an infant is unconscious due to choking, do not strike the infant on its back while it is in a upright position. (true/false)
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True |
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24.
What is the first procedure performed on a drowning victim?
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Unblock the airway by using a Heimlich like maneuver. |
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