FIRST AID

Question 0

How many pressure points are there?

Answer 0

22. 11 on each side of the body.

Question 1

What are the 4 methods to control bleeding?

Answer 1

Direct Pressure. Pressure Points. Elevation. Tourniquet as last resort.

Question 2

Name each pressure point.

Answer 2

Superficial Temporal. Facial Artery. Common Carotid. Subclavian. Brachial: upper arm and inner elbow. Radial/Ulnar. Femoral. Iliac. Popliteal. Tibial.

Question 3

What are the 3 types of burns?

Answer 3

First Degree: redness, warm and mild pain. Second Degree: red, blistered skin, severe pain. Third Degree: destroyed tissue

Question 4

How many types of heat injuries are there and name them.

Answer 4

2 Heat exhaustion: cool, moist skin, and dilated pupils. Heat stroke: breakdown do the bodies sweating mechanism, uneven pupil dilation and weak/rapid pulse.

Question 5

How many cold related injuries are there and what are they?

Answer 5

3. Hypothermia: rapid falling temperature. Superficial Frostbite: ice crystals form on upper layers of skin. Deep Frostbite: ice crystals forming in deeper tissues.

Question 6

What is the degree that defers superficial frostbite from deep frostbite?

Answer 6

32 degrees

Question 7

How many types of shock are there?

Answer 7

5

Question 8

Describe all 5 types of shock

Answer 8

Septic: bacteria. Anaphylactic: allergic reaction. Cardiogenic: heart. Hypovolemic: blood or fluid loss. Neurogenic: spinal cord injury.