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First aid
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the temporary and immediate treatment given to a person who is injured or has suddenly become ill? | First Aid |
| What is the importance off first aid? | To preserve life, to prevent further harm, and to alleviate suffering and promote recovery |
| What are the characteristics of a good first aider? | Gentle, Resourceful, Observant, Tactful, Empathetic, Respectable |
| What is a bag or a case containing basic medical supplies that are designed to be used on someone who is injured or who suddenly becomes ill? | First aid kit |
| What is the most common term referred to in first aid? | ABC(and sometimes D) |
| What does ABCD stand for? | Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Deadly bleeding or Defibrillation |
| What are the primary and secondary survey? | DRAB(Primary survey) DOMS(Secondary Survey) |
| What does DRAB stand for? | Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing |
| What does DOMS stand for? | Deformities, Open wounds, Medic alert tags, Swellings |
| What does CPR stand for? | cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
| After the secondary survey, what is done to the casualty? | placed in a recovery position |
| How many bones and muscles are in the body? | 206 bones and more than 600 muscles |
| What is a point where two bones meet called? | Joint |
| What are the fibers that connect bones together called? | Ligaments |
| What are tough tissue fibers that connect muscles to bones called? | Tendons |
| What is a material/device used to protect and immobilize a body part called? | Splint |
| What are the types of splints? | Rigid Splint, Soft Splint, Self Splint(anatomic splint) |
| A splint that must include the joints above and below the injured part is for what? | injured bone |
| A splint that must include the bones above and below the injured part is for what? | injured joint |
| What is a break or a crack in a bone called? | fracture |
| What are the types of fractures? | Simple, Compound, Greenstick, Comminuted, Impacted |
| Which fracture remains contained or does not break skin? | Simple |
| Which fracture involves damage also in the skin or mucous membrane? | Compound |
| What is a another name for a compound fracture? | open fracture |
| What type of fracture is bent on one side of the bone and the other side broken? | Greenstick |
| What type of fracture is it called when a bone is splintered into several fragments? | Comminuted |
| What fracture is it if a bone fragment is driven into another bone fragment? | Impacted |
| Its signs are pain, swelling, loss of movement, and deformity. What is it? | Fracture |
| Its signs are pain, swelling upon movement, loss of movement, and deformity. What is it? | Dislocation |
| What is the practice of avoiding contact with patients' bodily fluids called? | universal precaution |
| It is often accompanied by stretched ligaments. What is it? | Dislocation |
| Its signs are pain that increases with movement or weight bearing, swelling and tenderness. What is it? | Sprains |
| It is an injury to the ligaments, tendons and soft tissue around a joint caused by undue stretching. What is it? | Sprains |
| It is an overstretching of muscles and or tendons. What is it? | Strains |
| Its signs are pain, swelling, Stiffness and firmness to the area. What is it? | |
| What is the technique used for treating injuries in which pain is lessened, swelling is limited, tissue damage is reduced and faster healing is promoted? | RICE treatment |
| What does RICE stand for? | Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation |
| What affects the top layer of the skin, ed and dry, painful to touch and heals in six days without permanent scarring? | First Degree Burn |
| What affects the top layer of the skin with blister formation that might open and dischare clear fluids that heals 2-4 weeks? | Second Degree Burn |
| What affects all layers of skin and painless because of damaged nerve endings? | Third Degree Burn |
| What burn is electrical or chemical? | Third Degree Burn |
| What are the Five types of Open wounds? | Abrasion, Incision, Laceration, Puncture and Avulsion |
| How ae wounds classified? | by their cause |
| What open wound occurs when the skin is rubbed or scraped against a had or rough surface? | Abrasion |
| It is an open wound caused by sharp objects and bleeds a lot and quickly. What is it? | Incision |
| What deep open wound can damage tendons, ligaments, and muscles? | Incision |
| What open wound is a deep cut or tearing of the skin and its bleeding is rapid and extensive? | Laceration |
| it is a small hole caused by a long, pointy object. What is it? | puncture |
| It is the complete or partial tearing away of skin and tissue that bleed heavily and rapidly. What is it? | Avulsion |
| What is an internal injury where there is no break in the continuity of the skin and its tissue? | Closed Wound |
| These are caused commonly by a forceful impact of a blunt object to a skin. What are these? | Closed Wound |
| They are commonly known as bruises. What ae they? | Contusion |
| What are the two type of closed wounds? | Contusions and Internal punctures and lacerations |
| These wounds result from broken bones. What are these? | Internal punctures and laceration |
| What covers an open wound and touches the wound? | Dressings |
| What should be sterile, larger than the wound, thick, soft, and compressible, and lint free? | Dressings |
| What are the purposes of a dressing? | Control bleeding Prevent infection and contamination Absorb blood and drainage Protect Wound |
| What are the types of dressings? | Gauze pads, Adhesive strips and Trauma dressings |
| What should be the characteristics of an improvised dressing? | clean. absorbent, soft, lint free as possible |
| What are dressings for small wounds? | Gauze pads |
| What are dressings for small cuts and abrasions? | Adhesive strips |
| What dressing have the characteristic of large, thick and absorbent? | Trauma Dressings |
| What should be clean but need not to be sterile? | Bandages |
| What are the types of bandages? | Roller bandages, Self-adhering, conforming bandages, Gauze rollers, Elastic roller bandages, triangular bandages and Adhesive tapes and strips |
| It refers to the bowel movements that are runny, loose and watery, and often occurring frequently in a short period of time? | Diarrhea |
| Its symptoms are LBM more than 3x a day, loss of appetite, nausea and stomach Cramping. What is it? | Diarrhea |
| What occurs when the colon does not absorb liquids from the foods and fluids eaten quickly enough, leaving a watery stool in the colon track? | Diarrhea |
| It is either the mix of salt in water or salt in food. What is it? | WHO rehydration salt |
| What can one taken in case of a moderate to severe suffering of diarrhea? | electrolyte solution like Gatorade |
| What does the BRAT diet include? | Banana, Rice, Applesauce, and dry Toast |
| What is an emergency where the airway is blocked? | Choking |
| What is a warning that a person has difficult breathing and is shown by clutching at the throat with both hands? | universal distress signal |
| What are a series of thrusts to the abdomen that forces air from the lungs to dsilodge an object? | Abdominal thrusts |
| What is a nother term for abdominal thrusts? | Heimlich Maneuver |
| What is the uneasiness of the stomach that often comes before vomiting? | Nausea |
| What is the forcible or involuntary emptying of stomach contents through the mouth? | Vomiting |
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judy leen
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