CFA PREPARATION
What does M.A.R.C.H stand for? – answer M- major hemorrhage
A- airway
R- respiration
C- circulation
H- head, neck and other injuries
When checking for a response, what is A.V.P.U? - answer A- alert
V- voice
P- pain
U- unresponsive
What does P.E.R.L stand for? – answer P- pupils
E- equal
R- reactive to
L- light
With open wounds, what does I-DI-DI-T stand for? – answer I- indirect pressure
Di- direct pressure
Di- more direct pressure
T- tourniquet
What is implied by indirect pressure? - answerPressure above the wound
What is implied by direct pressure? - answerPressure directly on the wound
What is implied by more direct pressure? - answerApplying the correct bandage
What must you always put on a tourniquet? - answerThe time you put the tourniquet on
What bandage is used for open wounds? - answerOlaes bandage
What bandage is used for missing limbs? - answerA blast bandage
What is used to pack a open wound? - answerChito guazes
What is used to cover a puncture wound? - answerA nightingale dressing
What is used to allow a puncture wound to breathe? - answerA Russel chest seal
How does a Russel chest seal work? - answerIt lets out and doesn't let air in
, How do you open a airway? 2 answers* - answer1. Head tilt and chin lift
2. Jaw thrust
How long do you listen, look and feel when checking respirations? - answer10 seconds
What is NP and OP? - answerNP- nasal
OP- oral
How do you measure for a oral tube? - answerFrom the mouth to the ear
Which is the best nostril for a Nasal tube and why? - answerThe right nostril as it is
bigger
How long do you have to check a pulse for? - answer10 seconds
After checking a pulse for 10 seconds what is the range you are looking for? -
answer12-22 pluses
Once you have your 10 second pulse reading what do you have to do with it and why? -
answerMultiply it by 10 as it gives you BPM
What should your o2 levels be at? - answer95 or above
What happens if your o2 levels are 94 or below? - answerYou become hypoxic
How long do you hold a capillary refill for? - answerHold for 5 seconds, refills in 2
seconds
In oxygen therapy, what do you do before putting a oral mask on a patient? - answerFill
the mask with air
What's in a A.E.D pack (defibrillators) - answer*the machine itself
*2 pads
*tough cuts
*razors
What does CPR stand for? - answerC- Cardio
P- Pulmonary
R- Resuscitation
What is the AMIST card? - answerIt is a patient hand over form
What does ATMIST stand for? - answerA- age of patient
T- time of injury
M- mechanism of injury
What does M.A.R.C.H stand for? – answer M- major hemorrhage
A- airway
R- respiration
C- circulation
H- head, neck and other injuries
When checking for a response, what is A.V.P.U? - answer A- alert
V- voice
P- pain
U- unresponsive
What does P.E.R.L stand for? – answer P- pupils
E- equal
R- reactive to
L- light
With open wounds, what does I-DI-DI-T stand for? – answer I- indirect pressure
Di- direct pressure
Di- more direct pressure
T- tourniquet
What is implied by indirect pressure? - answerPressure above the wound
What is implied by direct pressure? - answerPressure directly on the wound
What is implied by more direct pressure? - answerApplying the correct bandage
What must you always put on a tourniquet? - answerThe time you put the tourniquet on
What bandage is used for open wounds? - answerOlaes bandage
What bandage is used for missing limbs? - answerA blast bandage
What is used to pack a open wound? - answerChito guazes
What is used to cover a puncture wound? - answerA nightingale dressing
What is used to allow a puncture wound to breathe? - answerA Russel chest seal
How does a Russel chest seal work? - answerIt lets out and doesn't let air in
, How do you open a airway? 2 answers* - answer1. Head tilt and chin lift
2. Jaw thrust
How long do you listen, look and feel when checking respirations? - answer10 seconds
What is NP and OP? - answerNP- nasal
OP- oral
How do you measure for a oral tube? - answerFrom the mouth to the ear
Which is the best nostril for a Nasal tube and why? - answerThe right nostril as it is
bigger
How long do you have to check a pulse for? - answer10 seconds
After checking a pulse for 10 seconds what is the range you are looking for? -
answer12-22 pluses
Once you have your 10 second pulse reading what do you have to do with it and why? -
answerMultiply it by 10 as it gives you BPM
What should your o2 levels be at? - answer95 or above
What happens if your o2 levels are 94 or below? - answerYou become hypoxic
How long do you hold a capillary refill for? - answerHold for 5 seconds, refills in 2
seconds
In oxygen therapy, what do you do before putting a oral mask on a patient? - answerFill
the mask with air
What's in a A.E.D pack (defibrillators) - answer*the machine itself
*2 pads
*tough cuts
*razors
What does CPR stand for? - answerC- Cardio
P- Pulmonary
R- Resuscitation
What is the AMIST card? - answerIt is a patient hand over form
What does ATMIST stand for? - answerA- age of patient
T- time of injury
M- mechanism of injury
