CANADIAN RED CROSS LATEST A+ QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS UNVAILED!
How do you must be cautious with dry caustic chemicals?
The might spread or react if they become wet
How do you care for electric Burns?
1. Ensure that the electrical current has been turned off.
2. Keep the person still.
3. Look for a treat 2 Burns. (entry and exit points)
What must you monitor closely during electrical burn care?
ABCs
When can you suspect life-threatening internal bleeding?
If the person is in severe pain, or cannot leave a body part without pain
How do you care for bruises?
1. Apply a cold pack, wrapped in a towel, for after 20 minutes, and then remove it for 20 to 30 minutes.
Repeat until the pain is reduced.
What do you do if you suspect a life-threatening internal bleeding?
Call EMS/911
How do you care for splinters?
Gently grab the exposed end of a splinter with tweezers and carefully pull it out. Treat the wound as a
cut.
When do you call EMS/911 for nose bleeds
If the bleeding continues for more than 15 minutes
How do you care for nose bleeds
1. Have the person sit with their head slightly forward
2. Pinch the persons nostrils for 10 to 15 minutes.
When do you call EMS/911 in regards to knocked out teeth
If the tooth was knocked out by a forceful below, or if you suspect more serious injuries
How do you care for knocked out teeth?
1. Have a person bite down on a clean dressing.
2. Carefully pick up the tooth by the crown (the whiter part) and keep it protected
3. Get the person in the tooth to a dentist as soon as possible.
, How can you protect a tooth?
Putting in an egg, white, coconut, water, or whole milk
Or
Wrapping the tooth in gauze or a clean cloth with some of the person saliva
When do you call EMS for eye injuries
If there is an impaled object in or near the eye, the ice out of the socket, or the eye has been exposed to
a chemical
How do you care for eye injuries when there is something in the eye, but it is not impaled
1. Have the person blink several times.
2. Gently flush the eye with running water.
3. If the steps do not remove the object, the person should seek medical attention.
How do you care for eye injuries if there is a chemical in the eye?
1. Gently flush the eye with running water (away from the unaffected eye ) for at least 15 minutes or
until EMS personnel arrives.
How do you care for eye injuries if the eyes were flash burned?
1. Cover the highs with a cool, wet cloth.
2. Make sure the person gets medical attention.
What do you do in regards to impaled object's?
1. Call EMS.
2. Care.
How do you care for impaled object's?
1. Leave the object in place.
2. Stabilize the object without putting direct pressure on it.
3. Secure the dressing in place.
what to look for in chest injuries
- deformity or swelling
- Guarded, shallow breathing
- Bruising
- coughing up blood
What to look for if the chest is penetrated
- gasping or difficulty breathing
- Bleeding from an open chest wound that may bubble
- A sucking sound coming from the wound with each breath
ANSWERS UNVAILED!
How do you must be cautious with dry caustic chemicals?
The might spread or react if they become wet
How do you care for electric Burns?
1. Ensure that the electrical current has been turned off.
2. Keep the person still.
3. Look for a treat 2 Burns. (entry and exit points)
What must you monitor closely during electrical burn care?
ABCs
When can you suspect life-threatening internal bleeding?
If the person is in severe pain, or cannot leave a body part without pain
How do you care for bruises?
1. Apply a cold pack, wrapped in a towel, for after 20 minutes, and then remove it for 20 to 30 minutes.
Repeat until the pain is reduced.
What do you do if you suspect a life-threatening internal bleeding?
Call EMS/911
How do you care for splinters?
Gently grab the exposed end of a splinter with tweezers and carefully pull it out. Treat the wound as a
cut.
When do you call EMS/911 for nose bleeds
If the bleeding continues for more than 15 minutes
How do you care for nose bleeds
1. Have the person sit with their head slightly forward
2. Pinch the persons nostrils for 10 to 15 minutes.
When do you call EMS/911 in regards to knocked out teeth
If the tooth was knocked out by a forceful below, or if you suspect more serious injuries
How do you care for knocked out teeth?
1. Have a person bite down on a clean dressing.
2. Carefully pick up the tooth by the crown (the whiter part) and keep it protected
3. Get the person in the tooth to a dentist as soon as possible.
, How can you protect a tooth?
Putting in an egg, white, coconut, water, or whole milk
Or
Wrapping the tooth in gauze or a clean cloth with some of the person saliva
When do you call EMS for eye injuries
If there is an impaled object in or near the eye, the ice out of the socket, or the eye has been exposed to
a chemical
How do you care for eye injuries when there is something in the eye, but it is not impaled
1. Have the person blink several times.
2. Gently flush the eye with running water.
3. If the steps do not remove the object, the person should seek medical attention.
How do you care for eye injuries if there is a chemical in the eye?
1. Gently flush the eye with running water (away from the unaffected eye ) for at least 15 minutes or
until EMS personnel arrives.
How do you care for eye injuries if the eyes were flash burned?
1. Cover the highs with a cool, wet cloth.
2. Make sure the person gets medical attention.
What do you do in regards to impaled object's?
1. Call EMS.
2. Care.
How do you care for impaled object's?
1. Leave the object in place.
2. Stabilize the object without putting direct pressure on it.
3. Secure the dressing in place.
what to look for in chest injuries
- deformity or swelling
- Guarded, shallow breathing
- Bruising
- coughing up blood
What to look for if the chest is penetrated
- gasping or difficulty breathing
- Bleeding from an open chest wound that may bubble
- A sucking sound coming from the wound with each breath
