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First Aid - CPR / BLS - Wound Care Exam
Questions And Answers 100% Pass.
Care for Cuts, Scrapes, and Puncture Wounds - answer✔1. Apply direct pressure
2. Rinse for 5 minutes with clean, running, tap water
3. If person is not sensitive to any antibiotics, apply antibiotic ointment
4. Cover with sterile, non-stick dressing
Care for Scalp Injury - answer✔Call EMS and get AED if there's soft dip or pieces of bones
1. Put dressing on wound and secure with bandage
2. If serious, try to stop the bleeding by applying pressure around the wound, instead of directly
on top; treat as head injury
Symptoms of Infection - answer✔• Redness
• Red streaks moving away from the wound
• Pus
• Heat or warmth
• Swelling
• Tenderness
• Excessive itchiness
When to Call EMS for Burns - answer✔• The burns make it difficult for the person to breathe.
• The person is in a great deal of pain or becomes unresponsive.
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• The burns were caused by chemicals, explosions, or electricity.
• The burns involve a large amount of blistering or broken skin, or the
burns cover the face, neck, hands, genitals, or a larger surface area.
Symptoms of Burns - answer✔Superficial Burns
• Redness
• Pain
• Possible swelling
Partial Thickness Burns
• Superficial + Blisters
Full Thickness Burns
• Superficial + Partial + Charred or waxy, white flesh
Care for Full Thickness Burns - answer✔1. Cool affected area with clean running or standing
water for at least 10 minutes. A clean, cool or cold (but not freezing) compress can be used as a
substitute.
2. Remove jewellery and clothing from the burn site, but do not attempt to move anything that
is stuck to the skin.
3. Once it is cool, cover the burn loosely with a dry, sterile dressing, preferably non-stick gauze.
4. Have the person lie down until EMS personnel arrive.
Care for Chemical Burns - answer✔1. Wear protective equipment to avoid being burned
yourself.
2. If there are dry chemicals present, brush them off the person's
skin before flushing with water.
3. Flush the affected areas with large amounts of cool running
water for at least 15 minutes, or until EMS personnel arrive. Flush the chemicals away from
areas of the body that have not been contaminated.
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11/13/2024 9:20 PM
First Aid - CPR / BLS - Wound Care Exam
Questions And Answers 100% Pass.
Care for Cuts, Scrapes, and Puncture Wounds - answer✔1. Apply direct pressure
2. Rinse for 5 minutes with clean, running, tap water
3. If person is not sensitive to any antibiotics, apply antibiotic ointment
4. Cover with sterile, non-stick dressing
Care for Scalp Injury - answer✔Call EMS and get AED if there's soft dip or pieces of bones
1. Put dressing on wound and secure with bandage
2. If serious, try to stop the bleeding by applying pressure around the wound, instead of directly
on top; treat as head injury
Symptoms of Infection - answer✔• Redness
• Red streaks moving away from the wound
• Pus
• Heat or warmth
• Swelling
• Tenderness
• Excessive itchiness
When to Call EMS for Burns - answer✔• The burns make it difficult for the person to breathe.
• The person is in a great deal of pain or becomes unresponsive.
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, ©THEBRIGHT EXAM SOLUTIONS
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• The burns were caused by chemicals, explosions, or electricity.
• The burns involve a large amount of blistering or broken skin, or the
burns cover the face, neck, hands, genitals, or a larger surface area.
Symptoms of Burns - answer✔Superficial Burns
• Redness
• Pain
• Possible swelling
Partial Thickness Burns
• Superficial + Blisters
Full Thickness Burns
• Superficial + Partial + Charred or waxy, white flesh
Care for Full Thickness Burns - answer✔1. Cool affected area with clean running or standing
water for at least 10 minutes. A clean, cool or cold (but not freezing) compress can be used as a
substitute.
2. Remove jewellery and clothing from the burn site, but do not attempt to move anything that
is stuck to the skin.
3. Once it is cool, cover the burn loosely with a dry, sterile dressing, preferably non-stick gauze.
4. Have the person lie down until EMS personnel arrive.
Care for Chemical Burns - answer✔1. Wear protective equipment to avoid being burned
yourself.
2. If there are dry chemicals present, brush them off the person's
skin before flushing with water.
3. Flush the affected areas with large amounts of cool running
water for at least 15 minutes, or until EMS personnel arrive. Flush the chemicals away from
areas of the body that have not been contaminated.
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