First Aid Quiz 4

If you are providing first aid to someone with a puncture wound, you should make sure scene is safe, call 911, wear PPE, and 

• try to stop any bleeding your can see and do not remove any object stuck into body
• carefully remove an object stuck into body then pack with gauze and apply pressure

If you are treating someone who has had a finger amputated, you should stop bleeding and then rinse amputated finger, wrap in dressing and __ 

• put in a plastic bag and attach to person with a safety pin
• put in a plastic bag labeled with person's name, date and time and place in ice water or ice
• put into a bag with ice in it and label with person's name, date and time
• bury it

Head injury with symptoms of confusion, headache, nausea, dizziness, double vision, flashing lights, loss of balance, loss of memory of events before injury

• spinal cord injury
• heart attack
• stroke
• concussion

if someone has a broken bone that is bent into an abnormal shape, you should

• straighten the bone and apply a splint
• leave the bone where it is, call 911, cover wound until EMS arrives

For an open wound and possible broken bone, 

• cover with clean dressing, bandage if necessary and place bag filled with ice on top of a towel on wound
• wash with soap and water, cover with dressing and bandage
• cover with clean dressing, bandage and make an icy splint with rolled up towels and ice in the middle
• make a hard splint with wood and bandage around splint and wound

To give first aid for a small burn on the arm, cool the burn with

• lukewarm water
• ice directly on the skin
• cold, but not ice-cold, water
• butter

As soon as a person twists his ankle, apply heating pad or heat pack over the injured area for 20 minutes to reduce swelling.

• true
• false

If someone falls down and then becomes sleepy, confused, vomits or complains of a headache, the person may have a head injury.

• true
• false

Stop, drop and roll is the first aid for

• a person with burns and dirt on them
• if a person is covered in the foam from a fire extinguisher
• if a person or his/her clothes are on fire
• if you are being chased by a dog

if a person has an electrical burn and the power source is touching them

• pull them away from the power source immediately
• do not touch them until the power has been turned off