NWCC First Aid and CPR Final Exam Questions With
Complete Solutions
A ________ is a stretching and tearing of muscle fibers. Correct
Answers strain
A 16-year-old boy with a nose ring is involved in a fight where
the nose ring is partially pulled from the nose avulsing some
nasal tissue. You should: Correct Answers cover with a
dressing and have the boy put direct pressure on the nose
A bandage will: Correct Answers cover a dressing
A bent knee injury can be bandaged by: Correct Answers using
a roller bandage, wrapping in a figure-8 pattern.
A boxer's fracture is a fracture of the Correct Answers hand
A classic sign of a Smith's or Colles's fracture is Correct
Answers "silver fork deformity"
A co-worker goes to the supply room to get more paper. As she
reaches for the paper, she cuts her hand on the metal shelf. You
control the bleeding with direct pressure. How would you dress
and bandage the wound? Correct Answers place a sterile 4 x 4
dressing on the wound, then wrap with a roller bandage
A collection of blood beneath the skin is called a: Correct
Answers hematoma
, A condition in which the sides of the chest move opposite each
other during breathing is called Correct Answers paradoxical
movement
A fractured hip involves the top end of the Correct Answers
femur
A ligament is often injured simultaneously with the: Correct
Answers joint
A pressure dressing is used to: Correct Answers control profuse
bleeding.
A sling may be used to: Correct Answers support an arm injury.
A sudden compression of the chest wall that forces blood to
flow backward in the blood vessels is called Correct Answers
traumatic asphyxia
A victim of a throat injury should be placed in what position?
Correct Answers on his or her left side
A woman riding a horse is thrown and lands on two outstretched
hands. One arm sustains a fractured elbow and the collarbone at
the end of the other arm is fractured. This is an example of what
kind of force? Correct Answers indirect
A young child has had a pea stuck in his ear for a week before
he told his parents that it was there. The parent should: Correct
Answers leave it alone and have a physician remove it
Complete Solutions
A ________ is a stretching and tearing of muscle fibers. Correct
Answers strain
A 16-year-old boy with a nose ring is involved in a fight where
the nose ring is partially pulled from the nose avulsing some
nasal tissue. You should: Correct Answers cover with a
dressing and have the boy put direct pressure on the nose
A bandage will: Correct Answers cover a dressing
A bent knee injury can be bandaged by: Correct Answers using
a roller bandage, wrapping in a figure-8 pattern.
A boxer's fracture is a fracture of the Correct Answers hand
A classic sign of a Smith's or Colles's fracture is Correct
Answers "silver fork deformity"
A co-worker goes to the supply room to get more paper. As she
reaches for the paper, she cuts her hand on the metal shelf. You
control the bleeding with direct pressure. How would you dress
and bandage the wound? Correct Answers place a sterile 4 x 4
dressing on the wound, then wrap with a roller bandage
A collection of blood beneath the skin is called a: Correct
Answers hematoma
, A condition in which the sides of the chest move opposite each
other during breathing is called Correct Answers paradoxical
movement
A fractured hip involves the top end of the Correct Answers
femur
A ligament is often injured simultaneously with the: Correct
Answers joint
A pressure dressing is used to: Correct Answers control profuse
bleeding.
A sling may be used to: Correct Answers support an arm injury.
A sudden compression of the chest wall that forces blood to
flow backward in the blood vessels is called Correct Answers
traumatic asphyxia
A victim of a throat injury should be placed in what position?
Correct Answers on his or her left side
A woman riding a horse is thrown and lands on two outstretched
hands. One arm sustains a fractured elbow and the collarbone at
the end of the other arm is fractured. This is an example of what
kind of force? Correct Answers indirect
A young child has had a pea stuck in his ear for a week before
he told his parents that it was there. The parent should: Correct
Answers leave it alone and have a physician remove it
