200 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
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If a responsive, competent adult refuses your first aid, what should you do?
-Walk away
-Call 911 and keep talking to the victim
-Ask the person's spouse for consent to give first aid
-Give first aid anyway - ANSWER: Call 911 and keep talking to the victim
The goals of first aid include:
-All of the above
-Ensuring the victim receives appropriate medical care
-Keeping the victim alive until he or she receives medical care.
-Preventing the victim's condition from getting worse - ANSWER: All of the above
When first aid is given, the victim does not need further medical attention for a
serious injury.
-True
-False - ANSWER: False
You usually have automatic consent to give first aid to which of the following?
-All responsive victims
-All unresponsive adults
-All victims
-All child victims - ANSWER: All unresponsive adults
List 4 things you should be prepared to tell the EMS dispatcher when you call 9-1-1.
Your Answer:
1)
2)
3)
4) - ANSWER: 1) Your name.
2) Phone number.
3) Your location and number of victims.
4) The victims age, sex and condition.
Blood borne diseases are transmitted only through contact with an infected person's
blood.
-True
,-Fasle - ANSWER: False
A blood borne pathogen can easily enter your body through:
-Food cooked by someone else
-Any physical touching of the victim's skin
-The municipal water supply
-Any break in your skin - ANSWER: Any break in your skin
Which of the following situations could lead to you getting an infectious disease?
(Choose all that apply)
1) Shaking hands with a person who has HIV
2) Contact with an unresponsive victim's urine
3) Not wearing gloves and giving first aid if you have a cut on your finger
4) Receiving a Hepatitis B vaccine
Correct!
5) Touching a bloody bandage in a trash can - ANSWER: 2) Contact with an
unresponsive victim's urine
3) Not wearing gloves and giving first aid if you have a cut on your finger
5) Touching a bloody bandage in a trash can
What is the difference between direct and indirect contact?
Your Answer:
1) __________ contact: occurs from contact with an infected person or with fluids or
substances from that person.
2) ___________ contact: occurs from contact with contaminated objects, food or
drink, droplets in the air, or vectors such as insect. - ANSWER: Direct
Indirect
The risk of contracting a serious infectious disease by giving first aid is greatly
reduced when you take precautions.
-True
-False - ANSWER: True
You first encounter a victim lying quietly on the floor. Place the following actions in
the correct order.
Options:
-Look for normal breathing
-Check to see if the victim responds to your voice or touch
-Look around his or her body for severe bleeding
1)
, 2)
3) - ANSWER: 1) Check to see if the victim responds to your voice or touch
2) Look for normal breathing
3) Look around his or her body for severe bleeding
What does each letter of the SAMPLE history stand for?
Your Answer:
S:
A:
M:
P:
L:
E: - ANSWER: Signs and Symptoms
Allergies
Medications
Previous Problems
Last food or drink
Events
If you hear the victim coughing, you can assume he or she is breathing.
-True
-False - ANSWER: True
During a physical examination, what are you looking for?
-A swollen area
-All of the above
-Pain upon being touched
-Bleeding or wounds - ANSWER: All of the above
If the victim can talk you you, you can be sure that he or she:
-Is breathing
-Does not have a spinal injury
-All of the above
-Does not have a life-threatening condition - ANSWER: Is breathing
When do you put a victim in the recovery position?
-Unresponsive and not breathing
-Responsive and in shock