Emergency Procedures Test 1 Review

When you are providing first aid you should:

• Only wear personal protective equipment if the person is someone you don't know

• Wear personal protective equipment no matter what

• Not worry about wearing personal protective equipment as long as you wash your hands

• Not worry about washing your hands as long as you wear personal protective equipment

When you phone for help, you should stay on the phone with the dispatcher until

• the person regains consciousness

• someone retrieves the first kit and AED

• the dispatcher tells you to hang up

After giving first aid, you

• must keep private things private

• can talk about what happened with anyone you want

• can only talk about what happened with your parents

• can talk to your friends about what happened

You should wash your hands for at least

• 5 seconds

• 10 seconds

• 20 seconds

• 30 seconds

When assessing the scene, you should look for

• the number of patients

• any danger to yourself or others

• any clues about what happened

• all of the above

What is the first thing you should do when responding to an emergency?

• run into a burning building to save anyone inside

• ensure your own safety before all others

• cut electrical wires that are in your way

• push people out of the way and yell at bystanders

When a fault line moves in the earth's crust it causes intense shaking called

• earthquake

• flood

• monsoon

• hurricane

This is a large storm which forms over the ocean

• tornado

• hurricane

• monsoon

• tsunami

A large tidal wave that crashes into the shore and washes away much of what is on land is called

• flood

• hurricane

• tsunami

• monsoon

When lightning strikes in a dry forest, it can cause this

• monsoon

• hurricane

• wildfire

• volcano