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What are The three objectives of first aid? Correct Answer: prevent further injury,
infection, and the loss of life.
What are the four methods of controlling bleeding? Correct Answer: direct
pressure, elevation, pressure points, and use of a tourniquet as a last resort.
How many principal pressure points are on each side of the body. Correct
Answer: 11
How many total principal pressure points are there total? Correct Answer: 22
Name Five (5) Pressure points. Correct Answer: Temple, Jaw, Neck, Collar Bone,
Inner Upper Arm, Inner Elbow, Wrist, Upper Thigh, Groin, Knee, Ankle
How many classifications of Burns are there? Correct Answer: 3
Symptoms of First Degree Burn? Correct Answer: Redness and mild pain.
Symptoms of Second Degree Burn? Correct Answer: Blistered skin and severe
pain.
Symptoms of Third Degree Burn? Correct Answer: Destruction of tissue and
possible nerve damage.
What should you consider before responding to an electrical shock? Correct
Answer: secure power
Before touching an electrical shock victim what should you do. Correct Answer:
Separate the person from the source with a non-conductive material.
,What are the two types of heat-related injuries? Correct Answer: Heat
Exhaustion and Heat Stroke
Symptoms of Heat Exhaustion? Correct Answer: Skin is pale cool and moist,
pupils dilated, sweating profusely, abnormal temp, dizzy, nauseous, headache,
fatigue.
Treatment for heat exhaustion? Correct Answer: Move victim to cool
environment, apply ice packs or wet cloths to head groin, armpits, and ankles.
Give fluids if pt is able.
Define Heat Stroke? Correct Answer: The inability of the body to regulate heat,
results in breakdown of sweating mechanisms of the body.
Symptoms of heat stroke? Correct Answer: hot dry skin, hypotension,
tachypnea, tachycardia, anxiety, confusion, seizures & coma
Treatment for heat stroke? Correct Answer: Rapid cooling, transport to medical
asap. O2 if available.
What are the Three (3) types of cold weather injuries? Correct Answer:
Hypothermia, Superficial Frostbite and Deep Frostbite
What is hypothermia? Correct Answer: A general cooling of the body.
What is frostbite? Correct Answer: Ice crystals forming in the skin.
What is superficial frostbite? Correct Answer: Ice crystals forming in the upper
layers of the skin.
What is deep frostbite? Correct Answer: Ice crystals forming in the deeper layers
of the skin.
,What is the definition of shock? Correct Answer: Insufficient blood flow
throughout the body as a result of injury or illness.
How many types of shock are there? Correct Answer: five (5)
What causes septic shock? Correct Answer: Bacteria multiplying in the blood.
What causes anaphylactic shock? Correct Answer: An allergic reaction.
What causes cardiogenic shock? Correct Answer: Damage to the heart.
What causes Hypovolemic Shock? Correct Answer: Severe blood and fluid loss.
What causes neurogenic shock? Correct Answer: Spinal cord injury.
What does CPR stand for? Correct Answer: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
What is the definition of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation? Correct Answer: the
combination of rescue breathing and chest compressions delivered to victims
thought to be in cardiac arrest.
What are the original steps for CPR? Correct Answer: A/B/C
What does A/B/C stand for? Correct Answer: Airway/ Breathing / Circulation
What was A/B/C changed to? Correct Answer: C/A/B
What does C/A/B stand for? Correct Answer: Circulation/Airway/Breating
What organizations should all rescuers be certified and refer to for current
procedures? Correct Answer: American Heart Association (AHA) and the
American Red Cross (ARC)
, What is the survival Chain? Correct Answer: an integrated set of coordinated
actions following cardiac arrest.
How many steps are in the Survival Chain? Correct Answer: Six (6)
What is the first step of the Survival Chain? Correct Answer: Recognition /
Activation of CPR
What is the second step of the Survival Chain? Correct Answer: Chest
Compressions
What is the third step of the Survival Chain? Correct Answer: AED / Defibrillation
What is the fourth step of the survival Chain? Correct Answer: Rapid Defibrillation
What is the Fifth step of the survival chain? Correct Answer: Effective advanced
life support (EMT's / Ambulance)
What is the Sixth Step of the survival chain? Correct Answer: Integrated post-
cardiac arrest care
What does ORM Stand for? Correct Answer: Operational Risk Management
What is the definition of ORM? Correct Answer: a systematic, decision-making
process used to identify and manage hazards that endanger naval resources.
How many steps are in the ORM Process? Correct Answer: Five (5)
What is the first step of the ORM Process? Correct Answer: Identify Hazards
What is the second step of the ORM Process? Correct Answer: Assess Hazards
What is the Third step of the the ORM Process? Correct Answer: Make Risk
Decisions