U2C4L3 First Aid for Severe Emergencies

If you started to choke on some food and you were alone, what should you do?

• Stick your finger down your throat and try to remove the food

• Lean forward over a railing or chair and thrust yourself down until you dislodge the obstruction

• Lay down flat and try to cough

• Bend over until your head is upside-down and try to cough

The symptoms are cool, pale, clammy skin, and enlarged pupils-staring off into space. What is the emergency?

The symptoms are paralysis on one side and dizziness. What is the emergency?

The symptoms are nausea or indigestion and pain in the arm and neck. What is the emergency?

If you entered a room and saw this scene, what would you think is happening?

• He is trying to fix the chair back

• He is choking and trying to dislodge the obstruction

• He is having a stroke and is falling over

If a person's leg is bleeding severely, you should __________. What is the best thing to do?

• have them stand up

• have them lay down and put a pillow under their leg

• have them lay down and put a pillow under their head and chest

T or F: In hands-only CPR, you perform 30 chest compressio's in 100 seconds.

• True

• False

T or F: If you think someone is having a heart attack, but is breathing normally and responsive in every other way, you should perform CPR or hands-only CPR.

• True

• False

Untrained bystanders can perform __________.

• CPR and use an AED

• the Heimlich maneuver and treat stroke

• hands-only CPR and use an AED

• hands-only CPR and treat shock

If someone is not breathing for about _____ minutes, they will have brain damage. Brain cells deprived of oxygen begin to die after that time.

• two

• three

• four