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FIRST AID EXPLAINED
FIRST AID QUIZ FOR PEOPLE LEARNING OR REVISING FOR FIRST AID AT WORK
QUIZ ONE
Q1. WHAT IS THE PRIORITY WHEN ASSESSING ANY SITUATION YOU ARE CALLED TO ATTEND? a) Calling for an ambulance ? b) Checking for danger before approaching ? c) Running for first aid supplies ? d) Delegating responsibilities ? Making an entry into the accident book ?
Q2. HOW DO YOU START AN ASSESSMENT OF A CASUALTY AND/OR SITUATION? a) Take history, note signs, listen to symptoms ? b) Look for any external bleeding first ? c) Open the first aid box and check all the contents ? d) Do a body check on first available casualty ? e) Check casualty's purse/wallet for identity ?
Q3. WHAT IS THE NO.1 AIM OF A PERSON GIVING FIRST AID? a) Stop the casualty from walking around because it increases shock? b) Start casualty on road to recovery? c) To save the casualty's life and prevent the condition from getting worse, if possible? d) To help paramedics when they arrive? e) To apply the CORRECT dressings and bandages to any wounds?
Q4. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF PLACING AN UNCONSCIOUS CASUALTY INTO THE RECOVERY POSITION? a) It is easier to carry out a body check ? b) It is more comfortable when they wake up ? c) To assist their circulation ? d) To maintain a clear airway and reduce the risk of inhaling vomit. e) In case they are in Shock ?
Q5. WHY DOES OUR BODY NEED OXYGEN – THE MAIN REASON? a) Helps us to keep fit? b) Helps with the digestive process? c) It keeps us alive – without it we die? d) Allows us to think clearly? e) Reduces the need for medication?
Q6. WHY IS IT VITAL (LIFE SAVING) WHEN ATTENDING AN UNCONSCIOUS CASUALTY TO TILT THEIR HEAD BACK AND LIFT THEIR CHIN UPWARDS? a) To check up their nose for any bleeding? b) To assist the casualty to hear the first aider? c) To steady the position of the casualty's head? d) To make it easier to do a body check? e) To open their airway fully?
Q7. WHEN SHOULD YOU LEAVE AN UNCONSCIOUS CASUALTY TO PHONE FOR AN AMBULANCE WITHOUT GIVING ANY FIRST AID TREATMENT – IF YOU ARE BY YOURSELF? a) If after checking, they are NOT breathing with a history of a collapse only, and no other injury? b) If they are breathing - and the breathing is clear? c) If they are breathing - and the breathing is noisy? d) If they have choked on some food? e) Never, a first aider should always render first aid and hope somebody comes along?
Q8. HOW CAN YOU TELL IF A PERSON IS BREATHING? a) By checking for a pulse in their wrist? b) By listening to their heart to feel if it is beating? c) Noting a change of colour – they will be very flushed? d) Noting a change of colour – they will be very pale? e) By looking at their chest/ abdomen, listening and feeling for breath on your cheek?
Q9. HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT OXYGENATED BLOOD (BLOOD CARRYING OXYGEN) IS BEING CIRCULATED AROUND THE BODY? a) By checking for bleeding? b) Feeling the temperature of the persons skin? c) By the presence of breathing? d) Checking speech, eyes and movement? e) By examining inside both ears?
Q10. IN FIRST AID TERMS, WHAT IS SHOCK? a) When the casualty is scared? b) When the casualty panics? c) When the first aider doesn’t know what to do? d) When the casualty feels sick? e) When not enough blood is supplying the vital organs?
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