AED Exam Questions and Answers
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What is first aid? - ✔✔emergency help given to an injured or suddenly ill person, using
readily available materials
What are the objectives of first aid? (3) - ✔✔- preserve life
- prevent the illness or injury from becoming worse
- promote recovery
Who is a first aider? (2) - ✔✔- one who takes charge of an emergency scene and gives
first aid
- doesn't diagnose or treat - suspects and gives first aid
What can a first aider do (besides giving first aid)? (4) - ✔✔- protect the casualty's
belongings
- keep unnecessary people away
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, - reassure family or friends of the casualty
- clean up emergency scene and work to correct any unsafe conditions that may have
caused the injuries
Age of infant, child, adult casualty - ✔✔infant: under one year old
child: from age one to age eight
adult: over eight years of age
Two "legal" situations in which you might give first aid - ✔✔- as part of your job
- as a passerby
Good Samaritan Principles (4) - ✔✔you identify yourself as a first aider and get
CONSENT from the injured or ill person before you touch them
you use REASONABLE SKILL AND CARE in accordance with the level of knowledge
and skill that you have
you are not NEGLIGENT in what you do
you do not ABANDON the person
Three basic types of risks to be aware of... - ✔✔- energy source that caused original
injury
- hazards from secondary or external factors
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