Road Safety and Accident and Sporting Injuries

When attending to a multiple casualty event, you should abide by what motto to determine who to treat first?

• "Greatest Good for some of the injured casualties"

• "Greatest good for the greatest number of people"

• Greatest good for the smallest number of people"

• "Greatest good for one person"

Which of the following casualties should be treated first: Death, Moderate Bleeding, Severe Bleeding, Unconscious

• Death

• Moderate Bleeding

• Severe Bleeding

• Unconscious

Which of the following casualties should be treated last: Death, Moderate Bleeding, Severe Bleeding, Unconscious

• Moderate Bleeding

• Death

• Unconscious

• Severe Bleeding

If you sustain a burn to your arm, how long should you run it under cool water for?

• 10 minutes

• 15 minutes

• 20 minutes

• 25 minutes

Following a burn or scald, you should wrap the injury in a non-stick dressing. Which of the following is an example of a non stick dressing?

• Glad Wrap

• Towel

• Elastoplast non-stick dressing

• Handkerchief

True or False: If clothing is stuck to a burn or scald, it should be removed (if it does not take away skin).

• True

• False

How should you initially treat someone who is choking?

• Provide 5 back blows

• Provide 5 chest thrusts

• Tell the patient to cough

• Put the patient in the recovery position

What should you do to treat someone who is choking following 5 back blows and 5 chest thrusts?

• Start CPR

• Alternate between 5 back blows and 5 chest thrusts

• Put in the recovery position

• Tell the person to cough

To prevent blood loss of a small cut or graze, you should

• apply pressure using a bandage or piece of clothing

• clean the wound and apply a tourniquet

• apply a tourniquet and then apply pressure

• elevate the wound

If a person sustains a life threatening cut to their leg, what should you do?

• Apply a tourniquet above the cut, elevate and keep the person standing

• Apply a tourniquet above the cut, elevate and lay the person down

• Apply a pressure bandage and elevate

• Apply a pressure bandage, clean the wound and lay down