First aid day 5 refresher

To measure the severity of a burn, we use the acronym SCALD, can you remember what A stands for?

• Area

• Age

• Appearance

• Alight

When sizing a burn, we measure using the palm of the hand, what percentage of the body will one palm be?

• 1%

• 9%

• 18%

• 27%

To remember the causes of burns, we use the acronym CIDERS, can you remember what R means?

• Radiation

• Radioactivity

• Respectively

• Region

When assessing a burn, we need to be able to identify the depth. if a casualties burn has blistered, which depth burn do they have?

• Superficial

• Partial thickness

• Full thickness

• Touch burn

You have been called to a casualty with a burn, what is the best form of treatment when at school?

• Place under cold running water for at least 10 minutes

• Use a burn gel sachet

• Place under cold running water for at least 20 minutes

• Use a full burns dressing

There are different types of fracture, but what is a fracture?

• A bone sticking out of the skin

• A bone which continuity has been compromised

• A bone in tact

• A joint in a bone

What is a complicated fracture?

• A bone broken in more than one place

• A bone which cannot easily be put back into place

• Where the bone has come out of the skin

• Where the bone has moved from its original position

What is a flail chest?

• A punctured lung from a broken rib

• A detached rib

• A slipped rib

• A rib puncturing the skin

A casualty has come to you, during a football game and showing the following symptoms, pain, swelling, some deformity, possible bruising, some difficulty moving and showing some signs of shock, what could it be?

• A fracture

• A sprain

• A strain

• A dramatic student

After you have dealt with a first aid emergency, you are left with a few items with bodily fluids on them, how should you dispose of these?

• Send them off with the casualty, its their bodily fluid

• Put in a clinical waste bag to prevent cross infection

• Put in straight in the bin

• Put it in a sharps box, as they're professionally emptied