American Red Cross First Aid | 40 Questions and Answers with complete solution

Closed wound - skin not broken, bleeding and damage below the tissue open wound - skin is broken, there are bleeding and scrapes direct pressure - to control external bleeding, use _____ ______. do not remove blood soaked bandages, just add more - if there are already bandages on a wound and the wound continues to bleed, what should you do? -if you cannot control the bleeding with direct pressure -if direct pressure is not possible - in what situations would you use a tourniquet? flushes the affected eye out without contaminating the other eye - how do you flush out an eye that has come in contact with a harmful substance? shut off the power that they are being electrocuted from - what is the only safe way to get to a person that is being electrocuted? open (skin is broken), closed (skin is unbroken) - what are the two classifications of bone fractures? sprain - partial/complete tearing or stretching of a ligament strain - stretching/tearing of muscle fibers and tendon rest, immobilize, cold, elevate - what does R.I.C.E. stand for? musculoskeletal - what kind of injuries would you use R.I.C.E. to care for?