First Aid/ CPR Responding to
Emergencies Exam #1 (Ch. 1-9)
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Describe two types of emergencies that require first aid - ✔✔1. Injury
Damage to the body from an external force, such as broken bone from a fall
2. Sudden illness
Physical condition that requires immediate medical attention. Include heart attack and
severe allergic reaction
Describe your roll in an emergency situation - ✔✔- Recognize that an emergency exists
- Being willing to act
- Activating the EMS system by calling 911 or the designated emergency number
- Giving care until EMS arrives and takes over or the situation resolves itself
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,Identify the most important actions you can take in an emergency - ✔✔Calling 911 or
the designated emergency number is the most important action you and other trained
lay responders can take in an emergency. Early arrival of EMS personnel increases the
person's chances of surviving a life-threatening emergency
List six reasons that may prevent people from being willing to act in an emergency -
✔✔1. Being uncertain that an emergency actually exists
2. Being afraid of giving the wrong care or inadvertently causing the person more harm
3. Assuming the situation is already under control
4. Squeamishness related to unpleasant sights, sounds, or smells
5. Fear of catching a disease
6. Fear of being sued
Identify five ways bystanders can help at the scene of an emergency - ✔✔- Calling,
meeting, and directing the ambulance
- Keeping the area free of unnecessary traffic
- Giving first aid
- Can go for additional supplied or give comfort to others on the scene
- Give you important information about the person or what happened
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,Recognize the signs and symptoms of incident stress and when you may need help to
cope - ✔✔- Anxiousness and inability to sleep
- Nightmares
- Restlessness and other problems
- Confusion
- Lower attention span
- Poor concentration
- Denial
- Guilt
- Depression
- Anger
- Nausea
- Change in interactions with others
- Increased or decreased eating
- Uncharacteristic, excessive humor, or silence
- Unusual behavior
- Difficulty performing one's job
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, Identify and describe the three emergency actions steps: CHECK -CALL - CARE - ✔✔1.
Check the scene and then the person
- Conduct a scene size up and form initial impression
- Is the scene safe to enter?
- Check for any hazards
- Person awake & alert: obtain consent & gather info about their injury
- Unresponsive: shout name, tap shoulder or foot & call 911 immediately
2. Call
- Make it quick and return to person
- Dispatcher info needed
* Location, nature, telephone # being used, description of what happened, # of ill
people, & help that has been given
- Stay on phone with EMD
- Call first situations: cardiac arrest & care first: breathing & life threatening
emergencies
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Emergencies Exam #1 (Ch. 1-9)
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Describe two types of emergencies that require first aid - ✔✔1. Injury
Damage to the body from an external force, such as broken bone from a fall
2. Sudden illness
Physical condition that requires immediate medical attention. Include heart attack and
severe allergic reaction
Describe your roll in an emergency situation - ✔✔- Recognize that an emergency exists
- Being willing to act
- Activating the EMS system by calling 911 or the designated emergency number
- Giving care until EMS arrives and takes over or the situation resolves itself
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,Identify the most important actions you can take in an emergency - ✔✔Calling 911 or
the designated emergency number is the most important action you and other trained
lay responders can take in an emergency. Early arrival of EMS personnel increases the
person's chances of surviving a life-threatening emergency
List six reasons that may prevent people from being willing to act in an emergency -
✔✔1. Being uncertain that an emergency actually exists
2. Being afraid of giving the wrong care or inadvertently causing the person more harm
3. Assuming the situation is already under control
4. Squeamishness related to unpleasant sights, sounds, or smells
5. Fear of catching a disease
6. Fear of being sued
Identify five ways bystanders can help at the scene of an emergency - ✔✔- Calling,
meeting, and directing the ambulance
- Keeping the area free of unnecessary traffic
- Giving first aid
- Can go for additional supplied or give comfort to others on the scene
- Give you important information about the person or what happened
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,Recognize the signs and symptoms of incident stress and when you may need help to
cope - ✔✔- Anxiousness and inability to sleep
- Nightmares
- Restlessness and other problems
- Confusion
- Lower attention span
- Poor concentration
- Denial
- Guilt
- Depression
- Anger
- Nausea
- Change in interactions with others
- Increased or decreased eating
- Uncharacteristic, excessive humor, or silence
- Unusual behavior
- Difficulty performing one's job
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, Identify and describe the three emergency actions steps: CHECK -CALL - CARE - ✔✔1.
Check the scene and then the person
- Conduct a scene size up and form initial impression
- Is the scene safe to enter?
- Check for any hazards
- Person awake & alert: obtain consent & gather info about their injury
- Unresponsive: shout name, tap shoulder or foot & call 911 immediately
2. Call
- Make it quick and return to person
- Dispatcher info needed
* Location, nature, telephone # being used, description of what happened, # of ill
people, & help that has been given
- Stay on phone with EMD
- Call first situations: cardiac arrest & care first: breathing & life threatening
emergencies
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