NFHS: First Aid, Health and Safety Test | Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest Update 2024 Activate the EMS system by: - ✔✔Calling 9 -1-1 or the local emergency number. When checking a conscious athlete, you should obtain consent, ask questions and: - ✔✔Visually checked the athlete from head to toe The steps to follow in an emergency are: - ✔✔Check -Call-Care If you must leave an injured or ill athlete unattended to get additional help, and you DO NOT suspect an injury to the head, neck or back, then you should: - ✔✔Place them in the recovery position What is the purpose of good Samaritan laws? - ✔✔To help protect people who voluntarily give care without expecting anything in return If an athlete takes a direct blow to the head, neck or back during an event, practice or game and becomes unconscious, you should always: - ✔✔Provide adequate head and neck stabilization Give back blows between the shoulder blades with: - ✔✔The heel of one hand To give abdominal thrusts, position you're covered fist: - ✔✔Above the naval Continue sets of 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts until the: - ✔✔All of the above Which of the following is NOT a sign of breathing emergency? - ✔✔Vomiting A severe allergic reaction can bring on a condition known as: - ✔✔Anaphylaxis An athlete experiencing a diabetic emergency is conscious but cannot swallow. You should: - ✔✔Call 9 -1-
1 or the local emergency number To care for an athlete having a diabetic emergency who can swallow, give some form of sugar such as: - ✔✔Any of the above Anaphylaxis kits contain which of the following? - ✔✔Epinephrine auto -injector Signals of _______ include a blank stare, a period of distorted sensation and/or uncontrolled muscular contractions - ✔✔Seizure A rapid, weak pulse, confusion and seizures are among the signals of which life -threatening condition? - ✔✔Heat stroke To prevent heat -related illness emergencies, which action would be MOST appropriate? - ✔✔Exercising for brief periods with frequent rest An athlete is experiencing early signs and symptoms of heat illness. Which of the following would you do? - ✔✔Move the athlete to a cooler place What is the preferred method of rapidly cooling someone experiencing a heat stroke? - ✔✔Immersing the athlete up to their neck in an ice -water pool or tub Exertional hyponatremia is a rare condition caused by: - ✔✔Being over -hydrated, diluting the blood sodium levels If lightning is striking nearby when people are outside and there is no time to evacuate, they should: - ✔✔Avoid squatting or sitting close to other people
1 or the local emergency number To care for an athlete having a diabetic emergency who can swallow, give some form of sugar such as: - ✔✔Any of the above Anaphylaxis kits contain which of the following? - ✔✔Epinephrine auto -injector Signals of _______ include a blank stare, a period of distorted sensation and/or uncontrolled muscular contractions - ✔✔Seizure A rapid, weak pulse, confusion and seizures are among the signals of which life -threatening condition? - ✔✔Heat stroke To prevent heat -related illness emergencies, which action would be MOST appropriate? - ✔✔Exercising for brief periods with frequent rest An athlete is experiencing early signs and symptoms of heat illness. Which of the following would you do? - ✔✔Move the athlete to a cooler place What is the preferred method of rapidly cooling someone experiencing a heat stroke? - ✔✔Immersing the athlete up to their neck in an ice -water pool or tub Exertional hyponatremia is a rare condition caused by: - ✔✔Being over -hydrated, diluting the blood sodium levels If lightning is striking nearby when people are outside and there is no time to evacuate, they should: - ✔✔Avoid squatting or sitting close to other people
