The leading cause of death and disability in children and young adults is:
Injuries
Consent to give first aid must be obtained from every victim who is:
-responsive
-mentally competent
-an adult
A first aider must stay with the victim until another equally or better trained
person takes over. Failure to do so would be considered:
abandonment
Humans loose heat largely through their______.
Skin
The "U" in AVPU stands for
,Unresponsive
Rapid blood loss of ____ quart(s) or more in an adult can lead to shock and death.
1
Which wound results in skin cut with jagged, irregular edges?
Laceration
An estimated 80 % of all burn injuries occur:
in the home
Besides pain in the center of the chest, a heart attack victim may describe an
uncomfortable:
-pressure
-fullness
-dizziness
What animal is blamed for 80% of all animal bites
, dogs
Reach-throw, row, go, identifies the sequence for which type of rescue
water rescue
Flame, flash, and contact are terms to describe which type of injury
burns
A tooth often can be successfully reimplanted if it is replaced in its socket within
_________ minutes.
30
The chance of being attacked by a shark along the North American coastline is
less than 1 in 5,000, 000.
True
When giving abdominal thrusts, which part of the fist is placed against the
victim's abdomen?
thumb side