Providing First Aid - Glencoe Health

Providing First Aid

Today I am learning: how to immediately respond to an emergency

In order to: appropriately administer first aid treatment.

I know I am successful when: I can give immediate care to an injured person which could mean the difference between life and death.

NHES: 1.12.5; 3.12.3; 7.12.1; 7.12.2; 8.12.1; 8.12.4

DIRECTIONS

1. Take your time. Read each slide carefully.

2. There will be questions asked about the content on the slides.

3. If you rush, you will struggle to answer the questions.

Multiple Choice

The Big Idea of the Lesson is:

Knowing how to perform first aid can save a life in an emergency.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is the last step for responding to an emergency?

Check, Call, _____

• Calculate

• Care

• Cardio

• Cut

Multiple Choice

What is the immediate, temporary care given to an ill or injured person until professional medical care can be provided?

• First Alert

• First Amendment

• First Aid

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Choice

You should only move the victim if he or she is in direct physical danger or if you must move the victim in order to provide lifesaving care.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

If a person refuses your help when they are injured, you should give care anyways.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What are statutes that protect rescuers from being sued for giving emergency care?

• Good Neighbor Laws

• Good Samaritan Laws

• Good Samaritan Amendment

Multiple Choice

Which of the options below is not a Universal Precaution?

• Wear sterile gloves whenever you might come into contact with someone’s blood or body fluids.

• Shower before treating the victim to prevent germs from spreading.

• Use a mouthpiece when providing rescue breathing.

• Wash hands immediately after providing first aid.

Multiple Choice

What is another name for a scrape?

• Abrasion

• Laceration

• Puncture

• Avulsion

Multiple Choice

What is a small but deep hole caused by a sharp and narrow object?

• Abrasion

• Laceration

• Puncture

• Avulsion

Multiple Choice

What is it called when skin or tissue is partly or completely torn away?

• Abrasion

• Laceration

• Puncture

• Avulsion

Multiple Choice

When controlling bleeding, you should not raise the wounded body part above the level of the heart.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Choose the step(s) to follow to control bleeding.

• Apply steady pressure to the wound for five minutes or until help arrives.

• Do not stop to check the wound; you may interrupt the clotting of the blood.

• If blood soaks through the gauze, add another gauze pad on top of the first and continue to apply pressure.

• All of the above.

Multiple Choice

What type of burn involves only the outer layer of skin, called the epidermis?

As a result, the burned area may become swollen and painful.

• 1st Degree

• 2nd Degree

• 3rd Degree

Multiple Choice

What type of burn occurs when the skin develops blisters and there is severe pain and swelling?

• 1st Degree

• 2nd Degree

• 3rd Degree

Multiple Choice

What type of burn destroys nerve endings so the victim may not feel pain?

• 1st Degree

• 2nd Degree

• 3rd Degree

• 4th Degree

Multiple Choice

First-degree burns & small second-degree burns

can be treated with the following step(s):

• Cool the burn with cold water

• Cover it with a sterile bandage

• Give an over-the-counter pain reliever if the person is not allergic to it.

• All of the above.

• None of the above.

Multiple Choice

For some 2nd-degree burns and all 3rd-degree burns, you should not immerse a large burned area in cold water; the victim could go into shock.

• True

• False