American Red Cross First Aid Exam

American Red Cross First Aid Exam What is the correct order of the three basic care steps? - Answer ️️ -Check, Call, Care When should you call first? - Answer ️️ -12 and older are unresponsive child collapse When should you care first? - Answer ️️ -Unresponsive 12 and younger who you didn't see collapse, choking person, severe allergic reaction, life threatening bleeding What is the first thing you should do in any emergency situation, even before you can begin the check, call, care sequence? - Answer ️️ -Recognize something is wrong/emergency Checking a responsive person you should ask... - Answer ️️ -Signs and symptoms Allergies Medication Past history Lost oral intake Events leading up to it When checking the person you should take note of... - Answer ️️ -•How the person looks or feels •bleeding, cuts, burns, brusing, swelling, or deformities •medical identification tags •ability to move without pain Why is checking the scene an important part of the basic care steps? - Answer ️️ -Make sure you and the victim are safe If you think an accident is unsafe to approach, you should... - Answer ️️ -Call for help and stay where you are, so the situation doesn't get worse What is the most important action you can perform as a citizen/lay responder - Answer ️️ -Call 9-1-1 What is the worst thing you can do in an emergency? - Answer ️️ -Nothing List three barriers to action in an emergency situation - Answer ️️ -Infection, Sue, Assumtion What if someone doesn't want your help? - Answer ️️ -Call 9-1-1 When do you move a victim? - Answer ️️ -When in a life threatening situation Three situations that are life-threatening - Answer ️️ -Severe bleeding Unconsciousness No breathing Heart attack - Answer ️️ -Occurs when blood flow to part of the heart is blocked causing cells to die and leading to permanent damage of the heart muscle Cardiac Arrest - Answer ️️ -heart stops beating or beats too ineffectively to circulate blood to brain and other organs Define Shock - Answer ️️ -organs and tissues of the body are not receiving enough flow of blood. This deprives the organs and tissues of oxygen and allows the buildup of waste products. Shock can result in serious damage or even death. If someone is bleeding internally or is bleeding profusely from a major cut or trauma they can experience what kind of shock? - Answer ️️ -Hemorrhage shock What type of shock can result from an allergic reaction to shellfish? - Answer ️️ -Anaphylaxis shock What are few of the symptoms a patient may have as a result of shock? - Answer ️️ -confusio