STCW BASIC TRAINING TESTED UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔What does bleeding from the capillaries look like? - ✔✔Slow, even flow
✔✔To control bleeding you must do 2 things: - ✔✔Apply pressure and keep elevated
✔✔Indirect pressure should be: - ✔✔Kept in place for 10 minutes & released slowly/
use if there's too much blood coming out
✔✔Where are the 2 pressure points? - ✔✔Groin for the leg/ inside the upper arm for
arm
✔✔When checking for internal bleeding you must check for blood coming out of the: -
✔✔Ears, mouth, and nose
✔✔For severe bleeding you must: - ✔✔Apply direct pressure over the wound
✔✔A tourniquet should only be used for: - ✔✔Catastrophic bleeding
✔✔Treatment for shock may be: - ✔✔To lay the casualty down and raise the legs
✔✔Shock symptoms: - ✔✔-Rapid shallow breathing
-Rapid/weak/ irregular pulse
-Pale blue/ moist skin
-Nausea & vomiting
✔✔Shock occurs when- and worsens with- - ✔✔Occurs when the circulatory fails & vital
organs are deprived of oxygen/ worsens with fear or pain
✔✔9 Types of shock: - ✔✔Septic/ hypovolemic/ respiratory/ insulin/ metabolic/
psychogenic/ cariogenic/ anaphylactic/ neurogenic
✔✔Septic shock: - ✔✔Due to an infection
✔✔Hypovolemic shock: - ✔✔Loss of blood
✔✔Respiratory shock: - ✔✔Interruption of the airway
✔✔Insulin shock: - ✔✔Too much insulin, not enough sugar
✔✔Metabolic shock: - ✔✔Interruption of normal body chemistry
✔✔Psychogenic shock: - ✔✔Emotional or physical trauma
, ✔✔Cariogenic shock: - ✔✔Interruption of normal cardiac function
✔✔Anaphylactic shock - ✔✔Allergic reaction
✔✔Neurogenic shock: - ✔✔Interruption of nerve pathways
✔✔If you suspect a casualty is chocking, you must first: - ✔✔Ask the casualty is they
are choking
✔✔To give abdominal thrusts, your arms must be: - ✔✔Placed on the upper part of the
abdomen
✔✔If the person loses consciousness while choking, the first aider should: - ✔✔Start
CPR
✔✔For burn treatment, you must have: - ✔✔-Cold running water for 10 minutes
-No ice
-Sterile/non-fluffy dressing
-Do-not burst blisters
✔✔The 3 severity of burns(SPD): - ✔✔- Superficial
- Partial
- Deep
✔✔A superficial burn is: - ✔✔A sun burn/red & swollen
✔✔A partial burn is: - ✔✔2nd degree/ red & raw skin
✔✔A deep burn is: - ✔✔3rd degree/ waxy, pale, or charred skin
✔✔A 3rd degree burn: - ✔✔Affects all the layers of the skin
✔✔The different type of heat burns that can occur are: - ✔✔-Thermal
-Electrical
-Chemical
✔✔Cold burns can be treated by: - ✔✔Slowly re-warming the skin
✔✔Burns are classified by: - ✔✔The depth of skin damage
✔✔A radiation burn can be caused by: - ✔✔Ultraviolet rays
AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔What does bleeding from the capillaries look like? - ✔✔Slow, even flow
✔✔To control bleeding you must do 2 things: - ✔✔Apply pressure and keep elevated
✔✔Indirect pressure should be: - ✔✔Kept in place for 10 minutes & released slowly/
use if there's too much blood coming out
✔✔Where are the 2 pressure points? - ✔✔Groin for the leg/ inside the upper arm for
arm
✔✔When checking for internal bleeding you must check for blood coming out of the: -
✔✔Ears, mouth, and nose
✔✔For severe bleeding you must: - ✔✔Apply direct pressure over the wound
✔✔A tourniquet should only be used for: - ✔✔Catastrophic bleeding
✔✔Treatment for shock may be: - ✔✔To lay the casualty down and raise the legs
✔✔Shock symptoms: - ✔✔-Rapid shallow breathing
-Rapid/weak/ irregular pulse
-Pale blue/ moist skin
-Nausea & vomiting
✔✔Shock occurs when- and worsens with- - ✔✔Occurs when the circulatory fails & vital
organs are deprived of oxygen/ worsens with fear or pain
✔✔9 Types of shock: - ✔✔Septic/ hypovolemic/ respiratory/ insulin/ metabolic/
psychogenic/ cariogenic/ anaphylactic/ neurogenic
✔✔Septic shock: - ✔✔Due to an infection
✔✔Hypovolemic shock: - ✔✔Loss of blood
✔✔Respiratory shock: - ✔✔Interruption of the airway
✔✔Insulin shock: - ✔✔Too much insulin, not enough sugar
✔✔Metabolic shock: - ✔✔Interruption of normal body chemistry
✔✔Psychogenic shock: - ✔✔Emotional or physical trauma
, ✔✔Cariogenic shock: - ✔✔Interruption of normal cardiac function
✔✔Anaphylactic shock - ✔✔Allergic reaction
✔✔Neurogenic shock: - ✔✔Interruption of nerve pathways
✔✔If you suspect a casualty is chocking, you must first: - ✔✔Ask the casualty is they
are choking
✔✔To give abdominal thrusts, your arms must be: - ✔✔Placed on the upper part of the
abdomen
✔✔If the person loses consciousness while choking, the first aider should: - ✔✔Start
CPR
✔✔For burn treatment, you must have: - ✔✔-Cold running water for 10 minutes
-No ice
-Sterile/non-fluffy dressing
-Do-not burst blisters
✔✔The 3 severity of burns(SPD): - ✔✔- Superficial
- Partial
- Deep
✔✔A superficial burn is: - ✔✔A sun burn/red & swollen
✔✔A partial burn is: - ✔✔2nd degree/ red & raw skin
✔✔A deep burn is: - ✔✔3rd degree/ waxy, pale, or charred skin
✔✔A 3rd degree burn: - ✔✔Affects all the layers of the skin
✔✔The different type of heat burns that can occur are: - ✔✔-Thermal
-Electrical
-Chemical
✔✔Cold burns can be treated by: - ✔✔Slowly re-warming the skin
✔✔Burns are classified by: - ✔✔The depth of skin damage
✔✔A radiation burn can be caused by: - ✔✔Ultraviolet rays
