AM1 First Aid INJURY Test

You are finishing up a job in the shop area at work when you hear a series of loud thumps and then someone yelling out. You cautiously move around the corner to take a better look and see a coworker sprawled on the ground at the bottom of a flight of stairs. She is groaning and appears to be in pain. Some blood is visible on her forehead. What leads you to believe she might be seriously injured?

• You cannot suspect an injury without more information.

• She has been injured before.

• Your primary assessment.

• The suspected mechanism of injury.

You are a trained first aid provider and you encounter a motor vehicle accident scene while driving to work. Two cars are involved, and it looks like people are injured. You think about stopping but hesitate because it seems so overwhelming to handle. What should you do?

• Stop, but do not attempt to help if you are unsure of your abilities.

• Keep going because others with more confidence will stop to help.

• Stop and help to the best of your ability. EMS should arrive shortly and take over care.

• Keep going. Your hesitation indicates your lack of knowledge about what to do.

You are attempting to control bleeding on a coworker who has cut himself while using a hand tool on a jobsite. How should you best address the possibility of being exposed to an infectious bloodborne disease?

• Wear protective barriers such as gloves, regardless of your relationship with the person you are helping.

• Avoid touching the person's blood with your bare hands to minimize your chance of exposure.

• Wash your hands with soap and water before and after care.

• Only use personal protective equipment if required by your employer's occupations exposure control plan.

You have responded to an employee fall in the manufacturing plant where you work. your assessment makes you suspect the responsive employee may have injured his back. He has fallen into an aisle way that sometimes has forklift traffic. How should you address that?

• Use a clothing drag to pull the person along the long axis of the body.

• Leave him where you found him and have other stop any forklift traffic.

• Place the person on a blanket and drag him to the side of the aisle.

• Only move him if a forklift needs to come down the aisle.

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

It is safe for you to help someone who has been injured by a cutting machine. She is responsive, so you introduce yourself and ask if you can help. She agrees and you assess she has no difficulty breathing. A quick scan for bleeding reveals a heavily bleeding wound on her left upper leg. What is your next action?

• Control the bleeding for the injury on her leg.

• Check skin temperature on the forehead.

• Look at her face to assess tissue color.

• Place her into a recovery position.

You have responded as a first aid provider to a coworker who has accidentally cut himself on his forearm. He is responsive and safe to approach. He has his hand clamped down on the wound, but there is a pool of blood on the floor and blood is still dripping from beneath his hand. What approach will you take to control the bleeding?

• Initially apply and twist down a commercial tourniquet until the bleeding stops.

• Pack a hemostatic dressing into the wound and apply direct pressure over the dressing.

• Apply pressure with a clean pad directly to the bleeding site until the bleeding stops.

• Leave the injured person's hand clamped down on the wound.

You are caring for a person who has fallen onto a concrete floor from a high ladder. He is responsive and has a small bruise on his forehead. What should you do?

• Have someone activate EMS while you manually stabilize his head.

• Roll him into the recovery position to maintain and protect an open airway.

• Allow him to return to normal activity if you think he does not have a spinal injury.

• Gently help him into a sitting position to see how he feels.

You are treating someone who has sustained a significant blow to the head. He is awake but clearly confused and unable to understand you. A bloody fluid is flowing from one of his ears. What should you do?

• Roll him into the recovery position to maintain and protect the airway.

• Activate EMS immediately and manually stabilize the head with your hands.

• Control the bleeding in the ear by applying direct pressure with a clean pad.

• Conduct a FAST stroke assessment.

You have been called to assess a person who accidentally struck his head on a low-hanging steel beam. Witnesses tell you he was initially stunned and slow to respond, but seems much better now. He seems normal to you, but is still a bit confused about what happened. What should you do?

• Have him seek evaluation be a healthcare provider or EMS personnel as soon as possible.

• Allow him to return to normal activity now that he is responding much better.

• Ask him to sit down for a few minutes to see if his condition gets worse.

• Conduct a FAST assessment to see if a stroke may have occurred as a result.

You are caring for a person who has fallen and injured her forearm, which is lying at an unnatural angle. You cut away her shirt sleeve to reveal an open wound with exposed bone and minor bleeding. What should you do?

• Push the bone back under the skin to protect it from further damage.

• Straighten the limb to return it to a natural angle.

• Apply a tourniquet above the injury site.

• Immobilize the limb as found using padding to fill the gaps around and under the arm.