FIRST RESPONDER CORE REVIEWS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔List the four (4) triage categories according to the Simple Triage and Rapid
Treatment assessment. - ✔✔Green (minor)
Yellow (delayed)
Red (immediate)
Black (expectant)
✔✔List at least three (3) steps to treat internal bleeding - ✔✔Monitor vitals and ensure
an open airway, adequate breathing and circulation
Monitor and treat the patient for shock if appropriate
Preserve body temperature
Control any external bleeding
Coordinate prompt transportation to a medical facility
✔✔Identify the two types of shock - ✔✔Hemorrhagic shock
Anaphylactic Shock
✔✔What are the proper treatment procedures for each type of shock - ✔✔Treat by
rapidly controlling the bleeding
Maintain open airway
Prevent the loss of body heat and remove wet clothing if necessary
Ephedrine (constricts blood vessels and relax airway passages) is also known as Epi-
Pen, Avui-Q, Twinjet, etc... these are ephedrine auto-ejectors
✔✔For how long should officers be prepared to provide life-sustaining care? - ✔✔Until
EMT or other trained personnel with an equal or greater level of medical training arrives
, ✔✔When does the Good Samaritan law apply to law enforcement - ✔✔When an officer
is not being compensated (not on duty)
✔✔What is it called if an officer leaves a patient/person behind after beginning to render
aid - ✔✔Abandonment
✔✔Initial patient assessment definition: - ✔✔The initial patient assessment is used to
check for life-threatening conditions and take immediate action.
✔✔What is a flail chest - ✔✔When lungs inflate independently of each other and create
a see-saw effect. It is caused by multiple rib fractures. Move the patient as little as
possible
✔✔CPR is: - ✔✔cardiopulmonary resuscitation
✔✔What does AED stand for? - ✔✔automated external defibrillator
✔✔What are the different types of bleeding? - ✔✔Arterial bleeding
Venous bleeding
Superficial Wounds
✔✔Describe Arterial bleeding - ✔✔Bright red in color, rapid, profuse, and difficult to
control
✔✔Describe Venous bleeding - ✔✔Dark red blood flows steadily from the wound but
does not spurt like arterial bleeding
✔✔Describe Superficial wounds - ✔✔Isolated to the surface of the skin which often
produces capillary bleeding. Low pressure in nature and produces a slow ooze
✔✔If using an improvised tourniquet, what should the minimum width of the item be -
✔✔At least two inches
✔✔What is a hasty tourniquet? - ✔✔It involves an application as high as possible on the
extremity during combat situations
✔✔What is shock? - ✔✔The inability of the circulatory system to supply cells with
oxygen and nutrients.
✔✔What are some of the causes of shock? - ✔✔Blood is lost from the cardiovascular
system, typically from massive bleeding or severe hydration.
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔List the four (4) triage categories according to the Simple Triage and Rapid
Treatment assessment. - ✔✔Green (minor)
Yellow (delayed)
Red (immediate)
Black (expectant)
✔✔List at least three (3) steps to treat internal bleeding - ✔✔Monitor vitals and ensure
an open airway, adequate breathing and circulation
Monitor and treat the patient for shock if appropriate
Preserve body temperature
Control any external bleeding
Coordinate prompt transportation to a medical facility
✔✔Identify the two types of shock - ✔✔Hemorrhagic shock
Anaphylactic Shock
✔✔What are the proper treatment procedures for each type of shock - ✔✔Treat by
rapidly controlling the bleeding
Maintain open airway
Prevent the loss of body heat and remove wet clothing if necessary
Ephedrine (constricts blood vessels and relax airway passages) is also known as Epi-
Pen, Avui-Q, Twinjet, etc... these are ephedrine auto-ejectors
✔✔For how long should officers be prepared to provide life-sustaining care? - ✔✔Until
EMT or other trained personnel with an equal or greater level of medical training arrives
, ✔✔When does the Good Samaritan law apply to law enforcement - ✔✔When an officer
is not being compensated (not on duty)
✔✔What is it called if an officer leaves a patient/person behind after beginning to render
aid - ✔✔Abandonment
✔✔Initial patient assessment definition: - ✔✔The initial patient assessment is used to
check for life-threatening conditions and take immediate action.
✔✔What is a flail chest - ✔✔When lungs inflate independently of each other and create
a see-saw effect. It is caused by multiple rib fractures. Move the patient as little as
possible
✔✔CPR is: - ✔✔cardiopulmonary resuscitation
✔✔What does AED stand for? - ✔✔automated external defibrillator
✔✔What are the different types of bleeding? - ✔✔Arterial bleeding
Venous bleeding
Superficial Wounds
✔✔Describe Arterial bleeding - ✔✔Bright red in color, rapid, profuse, and difficult to
control
✔✔Describe Venous bleeding - ✔✔Dark red blood flows steadily from the wound but
does not spurt like arterial bleeding
✔✔Describe Superficial wounds - ✔✔Isolated to the surface of the skin which often
produces capillary bleeding. Low pressure in nature and produces a slow ooze
✔✔If using an improvised tourniquet, what should the minimum width of the item be -
✔✔At least two inches
✔✔What is a hasty tourniquet? - ✔✔It involves an application as high as possible on the
extremity during combat situations
✔✔What is shock? - ✔✔The inability of the circulatory system to supply cells with
oxygen and nutrients.
✔✔What are some of the causes of shock? - ✔✔Blood is lost from the cardiovascular
system, typically from massive bleeding or severe hydration.
