ARMY FIRST AID FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025/2026 ALL RATED A+
✔✔Should you ever remove or loosen a tourniquet? - ✔✔No, only qualified medical
personnel can do that
✔✔Where is a tourniquet applied? - ✔✔Place the tourniquet around the limb, between
the wound and the body trunk (or between the wound and the heart). Never place it
directly over a wound, a fracture, or joint. Tourniquets, for maximum effectiveness,
should be placed on the upper arm or above the knee on the thigh
✔✔How can you prevent athlete's foot? - ✔✔Keep your feet clean, use foot powder and
change socks daily
✔✔Name 3 categories of heat injuries? - ✔✔Heat cramps, Heat exhaustion, Heat stroke
✔✔What are the signs and symptoms of heat cramps? - ✔✔Cramping in the extremities
(arms and legs), Abdominal Cramps (stomach), Excessive Sweating
✔✔What are the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion? - ✔✔Excessive sweating with
pale, moist, cool skin, Headache, Weakness, Dizziness
✔✔If a casualty were suspected of having a neck/spinal injury or severe head trauma,
which method would you use for opening an airway? - ✔✔The jaw thrust technique,
because in most cases it can be done without extending the neck
✔✔What are two basic types of fractures? - ✔✔Open (compound), Closed (simple)
✔✔What are some signs of an open fracture? - ✔✔Bleeding, Bones sticking through the
skin, Check for pulse
✔✔What are some signs of a closed fracture? - ✔✔Swelling, Discoloration, Deformity,
Unusual body position, Check for pulse.
✔✔With an open fracture, what should you do first? - ✔✔Stop the bleeding
✔✔What is the basic proven principle in splinting fractures? - ✔✔"Splint them where
they lie"
✔✔How tight should tourniquet be? - ✔✔Tightened until the bright red bleeding has
stopped.
2025/2026 ALL RATED A+
✔✔Should you ever remove or loosen a tourniquet? - ✔✔No, only qualified medical
personnel can do that
✔✔Where is a tourniquet applied? - ✔✔Place the tourniquet around the limb, between
the wound and the body trunk (or between the wound and the heart). Never place it
directly over a wound, a fracture, or joint. Tourniquets, for maximum effectiveness,
should be placed on the upper arm or above the knee on the thigh
✔✔How can you prevent athlete's foot? - ✔✔Keep your feet clean, use foot powder and
change socks daily
✔✔Name 3 categories of heat injuries? - ✔✔Heat cramps, Heat exhaustion, Heat stroke
✔✔What are the signs and symptoms of heat cramps? - ✔✔Cramping in the extremities
(arms and legs), Abdominal Cramps (stomach), Excessive Sweating
✔✔What are the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion? - ✔✔Excessive sweating with
pale, moist, cool skin, Headache, Weakness, Dizziness
✔✔If a casualty were suspected of having a neck/spinal injury or severe head trauma,
which method would you use for opening an airway? - ✔✔The jaw thrust technique,
because in most cases it can be done without extending the neck
✔✔What are two basic types of fractures? - ✔✔Open (compound), Closed (simple)
✔✔What are some signs of an open fracture? - ✔✔Bleeding, Bones sticking through the
skin, Check for pulse
✔✔What are some signs of a closed fracture? - ✔✔Swelling, Discoloration, Deformity,
Unusual body position, Check for pulse.
✔✔With an open fracture, what should you do first? - ✔✔Stop the bleeding
✔✔What is the basic proven principle in splinting fractures? - ✔✔"Splint them where
they lie"
✔✔How tight should tourniquet be? - ✔✔Tightened until the bright red bleeding has
stopped.
