Controlling Bleeding

What is the role of veins in the body?

• to carry blood from heart to all parts of the body

• to carry blood from all parts of the body to the heart

• to carry blood only to lower part of the body

• to filter the blood

Which of the following isn't a type of bleeding ?

• Arterial bleeding

• Venous bleeding

• capillary bleeding

• hemorrhage

What is used as a last resort to stop bleeding?

• pressure bandage

• tourniquet

• bandage

• direct pressure

What type of bleeding produces bright red blood spurts with each heartbeat?

• arterial bleeding

• capillary bleeding

• venous bleeding

• hemorrhage

What are pressure bandages used for when a person is bleeding ?

• to stop the bleeding

• to control the bleeding

• to sterilize the wound

• to reduce air getting to the wound

Which of the types of bleeding requires very little attention?

• arterial bleeding

• venous bleeding

• capillary bleeding

• all the above

Define hemorrhage?

• uncontrollable bleeding

• sudden death

• heart attack

• none of the above

What's the best way to stop bleeding of wounds to the extremities?

• Bend the extremity at the nearest joint.

• Position the victim on his or her side.

• Apply a tourniquet.

• Apply direct pressure.

Of the following, which is an example of capillary bleeding?

• A cut

• A tear

• A compound fracture

• A stubbed toe

True or False: First aid is treatment given before medical help arrives

• True

• False