ARMY FIRST AID TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025/2026 ALL RATED A+
✔✔Which direction do veins pump blood? - ✔✔towards the heart.
✔✔What is the function of the circulatory system? - ✔✔transports nutrients and oxygen
to body cells and removes waste products.
✔✔List some common circulatory system problems. - ✔✔- cardiac arrest
- heart attacks
- blood clots
✔✔List the nervous system organs. - ✔✔- brain
- spinal cord
- nerves
_ neurons - unit that transmits nerve impulses
✔✔What is the function of the nervous system? - ✔✔transmits messages to and from
the brain to regulate all of the body and its systems.
✔✔List some common nervous system problems. - ✔✔- paralysis
- seizures
- strokes
- concussions
- fainting
- loss of consciousness.
✔✔List the musculoskeletal organs. - ✔✔- bones
- muscles
- ligaments
- tendons
✔✔What organs can you strain? - ✔✔tendons (achilles tendon) - tendon attaches
muscle to bone
✔✔What organs can you sprain? - ✔✔ligaments around joints and muscles
✔✔What is the function of the musculoskeletal system? - ✔✔provides framework,
protects internal organs, and allows movement and heat.
✔✔List some common musculoskeletal system problems. - ✔✔- breaks
- tears
- sprains
- strains
- fractures
,✔✔List the integumentary organs. - ✔✔- skin
- nails
- hair
✔✔What is the function of the integumentary system? - ✔✔prevents infection and
dehydration, and regulates body temperature.
✔✔List some common integumentary system problems. - ✔✔1) breaks
2) tears
3) punctures - like a knife wound
4) lacerations - jagged tear
5) abrasions - road rash, scraped skin
6) amputation - loss of body part
7) avulsion -loss of chunk of skin
✔✔List the digestive organs. - ✔✔- mouth
- esophagus
- stomach
- intestines
- liver
- pancreas - produces insulin
- gallbladder - secretes bile
✔✔What is the function of the digestive system? - ✔✔breaks down food to supply body
with energy.
✔✔List some common digestive system problems. - ✔✔- ulcers
- choking
- allergies
- food poisoning
✔✔List the endocrine organs. - ✔✔glands.
✔✔What is the function of the endocrine system? - ✔✔secretes hormones into blood.
✔✔List some common endocrine system problems. - ✔✔- diabetes
✔✔List the genitourinary - reproductive organs. - ✔✔- penis (males)
- testes (males)
- vagina (females)
- ovaries (females)
- uterus (females)
✔✔What is the function of the reproductive system? - ✔✔reproduces offspring
, ✔✔List some common genitourinary system prob - ✔✔- dehydration
- infections
✔✔1. What is the medical term for a bruise?
2. What is another term for a nosebleed? - ✔✔1. ecchymosis
2. epistaxis
✔✔List body cavities from head to toe. - ✔✔1. cranial
2. thoracic
3. abdominal
4. pelvic
✔✔List some common breathing emergencies. - ✔✔- choking
- illnesses
- asthma
- electrocution
- shock
- drowning
- heart attack
- allergic reactions
- drugs
- emphysema
- bronchitis
- croup
- hyperventilation
✔✔Define asthma - bronchoconstriction - ✔✔a condition that narrows the breathing
passages and makes it difficult to breathe, caused by a spasm of the muscle lining in
the bronchi and excess mucus.
✔✔List the signs and symptoms of asthma. - ✔✔- wheezing
- difficulty breathing
- painful breathing
✔✔List the treatments for asthma. - ✔✔- medications (inhaler, etc.)
- fresh air
✔✔Define bronchitis. - ✔✔a disease resulting in inflammation of the lining of the
trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles.
✔✔List the signs and symptoms of bronchitis. - ✔✔- persistent cough
- chest tightness
- difficulty breathing
2025/2026 ALL RATED A+
✔✔Which direction do veins pump blood? - ✔✔towards the heart.
✔✔What is the function of the circulatory system? - ✔✔transports nutrients and oxygen
to body cells and removes waste products.
✔✔List some common circulatory system problems. - ✔✔- cardiac arrest
- heart attacks
- blood clots
✔✔List the nervous system organs. - ✔✔- brain
- spinal cord
- nerves
_ neurons - unit that transmits nerve impulses
✔✔What is the function of the nervous system? - ✔✔transmits messages to and from
the brain to regulate all of the body and its systems.
✔✔List some common nervous system problems. - ✔✔- paralysis
- seizures
- strokes
- concussions
- fainting
- loss of consciousness.
✔✔List the musculoskeletal organs. - ✔✔- bones
- muscles
- ligaments
- tendons
✔✔What organs can you strain? - ✔✔tendons (achilles tendon) - tendon attaches
muscle to bone
✔✔What organs can you sprain? - ✔✔ligaments around joints and muscles
✔✔What is the function of the musculoskeletal system? - ✔✔provides framework,
protects internal organs, and allows movement and heat.
✔✔List some common musculoskeletal system problems. - ✔✔- breaks
- tears
- sprains
- strains
- fractures
,✔✔List the integumentary organs. - ✔✔- skin
- nails
- hair
✔✔What is the function of the integumentary system? - ✔✔prevents infection and
dehydration, and regulates body temperature.
✔✔List some common integumentary system problems. - ✔✔1) breaks
2) tears
3) punctures - like a knife wound
4) lacerations - jagged tear
5) abrasions - road rash, scraped skin
6) amputation - loss of body part
7) avulsion -loss of chunk of skin
✔✔List the digestive organs. - ✔✔- mouth
- esophagus
- stomach
- intestines
- liver
- pancreas - produces insulin
- gallbladder - secretes bile
✔✔What is the function of the digestive system? - ✔✔breaks down food to supply body
with energy.
✔✔List some common digestive system problems. - ✔✔- ulcers
- choking
- allergies
- food poisoning
✔✔List the endocrine organs. - ✔✔glands.
✔✔What is the function of the endocrine system? - ✔✔secretes hormones into blood.
✔✔List some common endocrine system problems. - ✔✔- diabetes
✔✔List the genitourinary - reproductive organs. - ✔✔- penis (males)
- testes (males)
- vagina (females)
- ovaries (females)
- uterus (females)
✔✔What is the function of the reproductive system? - ✔✔reproduces offspring
, ✔✔List some common genitourinary system prob - ✔✔- dehydration
- infections
✔✔1. What is the medical term for a bruise?
2. What is another term for a nosebleed? - ✔✔1. ecchymosis
2. epistaxis
✔✔List body cavities from head to toe. - ✔✔1. cranial
2. thoracic
3. abdominal
4. pelvic
✔✔List some common breathing emergencies. - ✔✔- choking
- illnesses
- asthma
- electrocution
- shock
- drowning
- heart attack
- allergic reactions
- drugs
- emphysema
- bronchitis
- croup
- hyperventilation
✔✔Define asthma - bronchoconstriction - ✔✔a condition that narrows the breathing
passages and makes it difficult to breathe, caused by a spasm of the muscle lining in
the bronchi and excess mucus.
✔✔List the signs and symptoms of asthma. - ✔✔- wheezing
- difficulty breathing
- painful breathing
✔✔List the treatments for asthma. - ✔✔- medications (inhaler, etc.)
- fresh air
✔✔Define bronchitis. - ✔✔a disease resulting in inflammation of the lining of the
trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles.
✔✔List the signs and symptoms of bronchitis. - ✔✔- persistent cough
- chest tightness
- difficulty breathing
