First Aid Review
1. Pick the steps and write them in the correct order on how to care for a victim who is bleeding.
apply direct pressure and a pressure bandage
2. If a person has difficulty speaking, and the side of the face and body appear to be paralyzed
what is he/she suffering from?
stroke
3. If a victim is complaining of pain in the abdomen, nausea, and extreme thirst with a weak and
rapid pulse-What are they experiencing?
Internal bleeding
4. How do you care for minor internal bleeding?
Ice to reduce swelling and pain
5. What are the signs and symptoms of shock?
Restless and irritable
6. How do you care for shock?
Have victim rest comfortably
7. What is the first step you should take in caring for burns?
Check the scene
8. How do you treat a chemical burn to the eye?
Flush the eye out with cool running water
9. When should not elevate an injury?
When it is broken or dislocated
10. How do you splint a leg with a knee injury?
Above and below the knee
11. How do you initially care for a shoulder injury?
Allow victim to hold it in the position that is most comfortable
12. What is the proper order for applying a rigid splint to the wrist after you controlled any
bleeding
Support in position you found it, check for feeling, color & warmth, place splint under injury,
secure it and recheck for feeling, color and warmth
13. What is the best way to immobilize the ankle or foot with?
Soft splint
14. What are the signs and symptoms of a serious head, neck or back injury?
Changes in levels of consciousness
15. How do you perform the in-line stabilization technique?
Put hands on both sides of head, gently move head in line with body & support head in new
position.
16. What do you do if you feel resistance in in-line stabilization technique?
Support head in position you found it.
17. What is the first thing you should do for caring for a person who is injured to the chest,
abdomen and pelvis?
Call 911
18. How do you treat someone with insulin shock and diabetic coma?
Treatment is the same-check and care for life threatening conditions, give sugar
19. How do you care for someone who is experiencing a seizure?
Check life threatening conditions, check for injuries caused by seizure, & provide privacy.
20. If you think someone ingested a poison what type of question would you ask and what would
you do to help them?
What did you eat or drink? Call poison control
21. If a victim ingested a poison, when should you encourage them to vomit?
After poison control tells you to do so.
22. What are the signs and symptoms of a mild reaction of a bite or sting?
Redness and swelling at entry site
23. How do you remove a stinger embedded in the skin?
Fingernail, plastic card or edge of knife
24. How do you remove a tick in the skin?
Gloved hands use tweezers to pull head of tick out of skin
25. You should care for the victims of substance abuse or misuse using the same general
principles as what? Poisoning/any emergency/life threatening conditions/psychiatric
emergencies.
Poisoning
26. What are the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion?
Cool, moist, pale, ashen or flushed skin
27. Why should you never rub a frostbitten area?
Causes further damage
28. Why should a victim of hypothermia not be rewarmed too quickly?
Causes heart rhythms
29. Which method is best used for a person with a suspected spinal injury who is face up in the
water? Clothes drag/head splint/beach drag/hip-shoulder support.
Hip-shoulder support
30. How would you care for an elderly person who is suffering from a high body temperature as
a result of extreme heat?
Remove victim from hot environment
31. List the procedures you would follow if someone burned their hand.
Stop the burning by removing them from the source, cool the area with cool water, cover with
dry sterile loose dressing.
32. Define the following:
Sprain-stretch or tear to ligament
Strain-stretch or tear to muscle or tendon
Dislocation—total separation of bone from the joint
Open Fracture-open wound with bone protruding through the skin
Closed Fracture-broken bone with skin not broken
33. How should a splint be applied? Describe what it should look like and feel like.
Snug, but not too tight to cut off circulation. Splint cravats above and below the injury.
34. How do you care for someone who is having a seizure?
Try to catch them, protect the head, move all objects away, get people away from person and
call 911
35. List the signs and symptoms of the following:
Heat related emergency-increase in body temp., lethargic , sweating and red.
Heart attack-numbness in left arm, chest pain, discomfort and sweating.
Diabetic emergency-too much or too little sugar in a person’s blood. Out of it with fruity
breathe.
Stroke- numbess in arm, face and difficulty with speech
36. Define heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke. List in order of severity.
Heat cramps-muscle spasms caused by dehydration
Heat exhaustion-intense body temp., severe sweating and dehydration
Heat stroke-body’s cooling system shuts down, intense heat
37. How do you treat the following conditions:
Heat exhaustion-get person out of environment, take off clothes or put water on them to
cool them.
Frost bite-get person out of environment, rewarm area slowly.
Bleeding wound-apply direct pressure with sterile bandage, elevate wound, and put
pressure on main artery.
Head, Neck or Back Injury-minimize movement or do not move at all. Stabilize head and
neck and do not let go.
Allergic Reaction to a bee sting
Call 911 and use epipen if available
A conscious person who has been poisoned
Call poison control and tell them what person ingested
38. In stroke recognition what does F.A.S.T stand for?
Face
Arm
Speech
Time