NPLQ CORRECT EXAMS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔How do you treat a heart attack? - ✔✔Call 999/112
Assist casualty into comfortable position (half sitting)
Loosen tight clothing around waist and neck
Ask casualty if they have medication (if they do ask them to take as prescribed)
Reassure the casualty
If possible, remove causes of anxiety or stress
Monitor casualty
Perform CPR if casualty stops breathing
✔✔What is shock? - ✔✔This is a failure of the circulation, which stops the supply of
blood to vital organs
✔✔What are the symptoms of shock? - ✔✔Dizzyness
Confused
Disorientated
Nauseous
Thirst
✔✔What are the signs of shock? - ✔✔Pale, cold, clammy skin
Blueness of lips and extremities
Weak rapid pulse
Rapid, shallow breathing
Unconsciousness
✔✔How do you treat shock? - ✔✔Assist the casualty to lie down, raise the leg above
heart where possible
Loosen tight clothing around the neck, chest and waist
Treat the cause of shock where possible
Reassure the casualty
Keep them warm to prevent heat loss
Monitor casualty
,DO NOT give them food or drink
✔✔What breathing problems are there? - ✔✔Asthma
Anaphylactic shock
Hyperventilation
✔✔What are the symptoms of asthma? - ✔✔Breathing difficulties
Wheezy breathlessness
✔✔What are the signs of asthma? - ✔✔Anxiety
Difficulty in speaking
Pale and clammy grey or blue lips
✔✔How do you treat asthma? - ✔✔Reassure the casualty
Sit them in a comfortable position
Encourage and help them use inhaler
Inhaler should be used again if attack doesnt ease
Remove the casualty from the cause if known
✔✔When, in an asthma attack, do yo call 999/112? - ✔✔If the casualty goes
unconscious
An attack is severe
An attack lasts longer than normal
Medication does not help
The casualty becomes very distressed or exhausted
✔✔What is anaphylactic shock? - ✔✔This is a condition caused by a massive allergic
reaction
✔✔What are the symptoms of anaphylactic shock? - ✔✔Nausea
Shock
Impaired breathing
Rapid pulse
Feeling of terror
Confusion and agitation
✔✔What are the signs of anaphylactic shock? - ✔✔Anxiety/panic
Swelling of the hands, feet or face
Visible swelling of tongue and throat
Red itchy rash on skin
Unconsciousness
Red itchy watery eyes
Pale or flushed skin
Difficulty in breathing
Signs of shock
, ✔✔How do you treat anaphylactic shock? - ✔✔Call 999/112
Casualty may prefer to sit up to make breathing easier
If casualty feels feint, lay them down and raise their legs
Ask casualty if they have an epi-pen
Casualty should administer their own medication (adults will administer for their child)
A second dose should be administered if no improvement
Monitor casualty's breathing and prepare to give CPR
✔✔What is hyperventilation? - ✔✔Excessive breathing often caused by a panic attack
✔✔What are the symptoms of hyperventilation? - ✔✔Dizziness or feeling feint
cramps in hands and feet, pins and needles in hands and arms
Tight chest
Panic
Rapid pulse
✔✔What are the signs of hyperventilation? - ✔✔Unnaturally fast, deep breathing
Flushed skin
✔✔How do you treat hyperventilation? - ✔✔Remove casualty to quiet area
Reassure the casualty but be calm but firm
Encourage casualty to take slow breaths through their nose
Give casualty SMALL sips of water
Call 999/112 if attach continues
✔✔Where can bleeding come from? - ✔✔Capillaries
Veins
Artery
✔✔How do you know if blood is coming from capillaries? - ✔✔The blood will trickle out
normally seem with grazes and small cuts
✔✔How do you know if blood is coming from veins? - ✔✔The blood will ooze out
✔✔How do you know if blood is coming from arteries? - ✔✔The blood will spurt out
✔✔What are the symptoms of external bleeding? - ✔✔Pain in affected area
Shock
Thirst
Weak but rapid pulse
✔✔How do you treat external bleeding? - ✔✔Lay or sit casualty in comfortable position
Examine wound and check any foreign objects
Apply direct pressure to the wound preferably using a sterile dressing
SET A+
✔✔How do you treat a heart attack? - ✔✔Call 999/112
Assist casualty into comfortable position (half sitting)
Loosen tight clothing around waist and neck
Ask casualty if they have medication (if they do ask them to take as prescribed)
Reassure the casualty
If possible, remove causes of anxiety or stress
Monitor casualty
Perform CPR if casualty stops breathing
✔✔What is shock? - ✔✔This is a failure of the circulation, which stops the supply of
blood to vital organs
✔✔What are the symptoms of shock? - ✔✔Dizzyness
Confused
Disorientated
Nauseous
Thirst
✔✔What are the signs of shock? - ✔✔Pale, cold, clammy skin
Blueness of lips and extremities
Weak rapid pulse
Rapid, shallow breathing
Unconsciousness
✔✔How do you treat shock? - ✔✔Assist the casualty to lie down, raise the leg above
heart where possible
Loosen tight clothing around the neck, chest and waist
Treat the cause of shock where possible
Reassure the casualty
Keep them warm to prevent heat loss
Monitor casualty
,DO NOT give them food or drink
✔✔What breathing problems are there? - ✔✔Asthma
Anaphylactic shock
Hyperventilation
✔✔What are the symptoms of asthma? - ✔✔Breathing difficulties
Wheezy breathlessness
✔✔What are the signs of asthma? - ✔✔Anxiety
Difficulty in speaking
Pale and clammy grey or blue lips
✔✔How do you treat asthma? - ✔✔Reassure the casualty
Sit them in a comfortable position
Encourage and help them use inhaler
Inhaler should be used again if attack doesnt ease
Remove the casualty from the cause if known
✔✔When, in an asthma attack, do yo call 999/112? - ✔✔If the casualty goes
unconscious
An attack is severe
An attack lasts longer than normal
Medication does not help
The casualty becomes very distressed or exhausted
✔✔What is anaphylactic shock? - ✔✔This is a condition caused by a massive allergic
reaction
✔✔What are the symptoms of anaphylactic shock? - ✔✔Nausea
Shock
Impaired breathing
Rapid pulse
Feeling of terror
Confusion and agitation
✔✔What are the signs of anaphylactic shock? - ✔✔Anxiety/panic
Swelling of the hands, feet or face
Visible swelling of tongue and throat
Red itchy rash on skin
Unconsciousness
Red itchy watery eyes
Pale or flushed skin
Difficulty in breathing
Signs of shock
, ✔✔How do you treat anaphylactic shock? - ✔✔Call 999/112
Casualty may prefer to sit up to make breathing easier
If casualty feels feint, lay them down and raise their legs
Ask casualty if they have an epi-pen
Casualty should administer their own medication (adults will administer for their child)
A second dose should be administered if no improvement
Monitor casualty's breathing and prepare to give CPR
✔✔What is hyperventilation? - ✔✔Excessive breathing often caused by a panic attack
✔✔What are the symptoms of hyperventilation? - ✔✔Dizziness or feeling feint
cramps in hands and feet, pins and needles in hands and arms
Tight chest
Panic
Rapid pulse
✔✔What are the signs of hyperventilation? - ✔✔Unnaturally fast, deep breathing
Flushed skin
✔✔How do you treat hyperventilation? - ✔✔Remove casualty to quiet area
Reassure the casualty but be calm but firm
Encourage casualty to take slow breaths through their nose
Give casualty SMALL sips of water
Call 999/112 if attach continues
✔✔Where can bleeding come from? - ✔✔Capillaries
Veins
Artery
✔✔How do you know if blood is coming from capillaries? - ✔✔The blood will trickle out
normally seem with grazes and small cuts
✔✔How do you know if blood is coming from veins? - ✔✔The blood will ooze out
✔✔How do you know if blood is coming from arteries? - ✔✔The blood will spurt out
✔✔What are the symptoms of external bleeding? - ✔✔Pain in affected area
Shock
Thirst
Weak but rapid pulse
✔✔How do you treat external bleeding? - ✔✔Lay or sit casualty in comfortable position
Examine wound and check any foreign objects
Apply direct pressure to the wound preferably using a sterile dressing
