American Red Cross First Aid ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Closed wound - Correct answers✔✔skin not broken, bleeding and damage below the tissue
open wound - Correct answers✔✔skin is broken, there are bleeding and scrapes
direct pressure - Correct answers✔✔to control external bleeding, use _____ ______.
do not remove blood soaked bandages, just add more - Correct answers✔✔if there are already
bandages on a wound and the wound continues to bleed, what should you do?
-if you cannot control the bleeding with direct pressure
-if direct pressure is not possible - Correct answers✔✔in what situations would you use a
tourniquet?
flushes the affected eye out without contaminating the other eye - Correct answers✔✔how do
you flush out an eye that has come in contact with a harmful substance?
shut off the power that they are being electrocuted from - Correct answers✔✔what is the only
safe way to get to a person that is being electrocuted?
open (skin is broken), closed (skin is unbroken) - Correct answers✔✔what are the two
classifications of bone fractures?
sprain - Correct answers✔✔partial/complete tearing or stretching of a ligament
, strain - Correct answers✔✔stretching/tearing of muscle fibers and tendon
rest, immobilize, cold, elevate - Correct answers✔✔what does R.I.C.E. stand for?
musculoskeletal - Correct answers✔✔what kind of injuries would you use R.I.C.E. to care for?
-if you need to transport the person without the help of professionals
-if you can do so without causing more pain - Correct answers✔✔what are the two conditions
under which you would splint someone?
splint to the joint above and below the injury, wrap from the point farthest from the heart -
Correct answers✔✔how do you splint someone?
for suspected head/neck injuries, hold head in the position found so the head cannot move -
Correct answers✔✔how and why do you perform a manual stabilization?
rigid splint - Correct answers✔✔a type of splint using something hard that will stabilize an
injury
upper arm, elbow, forearm, wrist, hand, knee, lower leg - Correct answers✔✔what types of
injuries would you use a rigid splint on?
use two splints - Correct answers✔✔if an elbow is injured and cannot be bent, how should you
splint it?
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Closed wound - Correct answers✔✔skin not broken, bleeding and damage below the tissue
open wound - Correct answers✔✔skin is broken, there are bleeding and scrapes
direct pressure - Correct answers✔✔to control external bleeding, use _____ ______.
do not remove blood soaked bandages, just add more - Correct answers✔✔if there are already
bandages on a wound and the wound continues to bleed, what should you do?
-if you cannot control the bleeding with direct pressure
-if direct pressure is not possible - Correct answers✔✔in what situations would you use a
tourniquet?
flushes the affected eye out without contaminating the other eye - Correct answers✔✔how do
you flush out an eye that has come in contact with a harmful substance?
shut off the power that they are being electrocuted from - Correct answers✔✔what is the only
safe way to get to a person that is being electrocuted?
open (skin is broken), closed (skin is unbroken) - Correct answers✔✔what are the two
classifications of bone fractures?
sprain - Correct answers✔✔partial/complete tearing or stretching of a ligament
, strain - Correct answers✔✔stretching/tearing of muscle fibers and tendon
rest, immobilize, cold, elevate - Correct answers✔✔what does R.I.C.E. stand for?
musculoskeletal - Correct answers✔✔what kind of injuries would you use R.I.C.E. to care for?
-if you need to transport the person without the help of professionals
-if you can do so without causing more pain - Correct answers✔✔what are the two conditions
under which you would splint someone?
splint to the joint above and below the injury, wrap from the point farthest from the heart -
Correct answers✔✔how do you splint someone?
for suspected head/neck injuries, hold head in the position found so the head cannot move -
Correct answers✔✔how and why do you perform a manual stabilization?
rigid splint - Correct answers✔✔a type of splint using something hard that will stabilize an
injury
upper arm, elbow, forearm, wrist, hand, knee, lower leg - Correct answers✔✔what types of
injuries would you use a rigid splint on?
use two splints - Correct answers✔✔if an elbow is injured and cannot be bent, how should you
splint it?
