SM - Basic First Aid

If someone is choking and still coughing forcefully you should

• Hit them on the back until the object is unlodged.

• Encourage them to keep coughing.

• Perform the Heimlich Maneuver.

• Tell them to slow down while they are eating.

The universal sign that someone is choking is

• Blue Face

• Unconsciousness

• Hands at their throat

• Spitting food out while coughing

What are some ways to assist someone who is choking and still conscious?

• 5 back blows

• 5 abdominal thrust

• encourage them to continue coughing

• All of the above

For an unconscious choking victim, you would

• Give them back blows

• Perform the Heimlich Maneuver

• Tell someone else to help

• Perform a modified version of CPR

A tourniquet is used on an extremity to

• To cut off the extremity.

• To hurt the victim.

• Stop blood flow to the extremity.

• To stop poison from spreading.

If you do not have a real tourniquet you can use

• A shirt

• A belt

• A towel

• All of the above

The I in R.I.C.E. stands for

• Elevate

• Cold

• Instigate

• Immobolize

When working with splints, apply the splint

• Where the injury occurs.

• Above and below the injury.

• Once you have straightened the injured body part.

• None of the above.

A anatomic splint

• Uses an uninjured neighboring body part.

• Uses a stick.

• Uses a splint purchased from Walmart.

• Uses a folded magazine.

If the splint causes loss of feeling in the injured area you should

• Removed the splint entirely and re-splint the injury.

• Keep the splint in place.

• Loosen the splint a little and recheck.

• Take the splint completely off.