HOSA CPR/FIRSTAID

• The best position for the victim in shock who does not have a head injury is

  Legs elevated
• Included in general first aide care for a musculoskeletal injury is

  Rest ice and elevation
• And immediate emergency care step you should take with an unconscious victim is to

  Open the victims airway and check for breathing
• You and a friend are in your house along the friend accidentally sprayed hairspray into her. What should you do first

  Flush the eye with large amounts of cool water
• All of the following limitation should be considered before deciding to move a victim

  dangerous conditions, whether or not others can help, your own physical ability
• A victim has sustained a blow that caused a wound inside the mouth. You do not suspect a hand or spine injury. The preferred position for this victim is

  Sitting with her head tilted slightly forward
• The body cavity that contains the lungs is the

  Thoracic cavity
• When should CPR be started

  When the victims heart stops beating
• The question and EMS dispatch or is likely to ask when you call for help is

  Is care being given
• A bullet has entered the front of a victims abdomen and you find no exit wound. What appears to be part of the intestine is protruding from the wound. You should care for the injury by

  Putting more sterile dressing loosely over the wound
• If you determine an accident scene is not safe, you should

  Not approach, call EMS personnel for immediate help
• To provide emergency first aid for a victim of an animal bite, you should

  Wash the wound with soap and water
• The process of removing Matter from a victims mouth or throat is

  Suctioning
• The advantage of using a resuscitation mask to provide artificial ventilation is it

  Reduces the risk of disease transmission between rescuer and victim
• Your emergency care for a victim of a fainting episode should include

  Elevating the victims legs 8 to 12 inches if possible
• All of the following vital signs would probably be normal for an injured swimmer

  Pulse 60, respirations 14
• The ring buoy to assist a near drowning victim should be thrown

  Just beyond the victim
• In relation to the neck, the head is described as

  Superior
• After giving yours first series of 6 to 10 abdominal thrust to an unconscious victim with an obstructed airway you should

  Do a finger sweep and give 2 full breaths
• Victim has jumped from the second story of a burning building and is lying on the ground just below the fire. She has a laceration on her thigh and is barely conscious. You decided you must move her before providing emergency care. A second rescuer is with you. The most appropriate emergency move for the victim would be

  Clothes drag
• The victim that requires care before doing the secondary survey is

  Victim bleeding severely firm in arm
• The best description of the value of first aid training is it

  Provide a basic plan of action that can be used in any emergency
• A woman is choking on a piece of candy but is conscious and coughing forcefully. You should

  Encourage her to continue coughing
• The procedure for conducting the secondary survey is

  Surveying for hazards around the victim and checking for changes in victims breathing
• You have cooled a thermal burn. You should next


  Cover the burn with a dry, sterile, dressing in bandage loosely
• When giving back close to a choking infant the head should be

  Lower than the chest
• A soccer player has collapsed at a game the air temperature is 92° there and I and the humidity is high you notice skin is washed and wet he is breathing rapidly has a wreath pools and his face feels cool you suspect a

  Heat related illness
• Transporting nutrients and oxygen to body cells in removing waste are the functions of the

  Circulatory system
• You have decided to give rescue breathing to a victim with respiratory arrest to open the airway you use the

  Head tilt\chin lift
• The Mame pressure point to be used to control bleeding of the arm is the

  Brachial
• One of the major functions of the integumentary system is to

  Preevent infection
• While waterskiing, Mary appears to dislocate her shoulder. What should you do as soon as you get Mary back into the boat

  Wrap something around her chest to hold her arm next to her body
• The signals that you are likely to observe any person who has taken an overdose ofamphetamines are

  Sweating, chills, rapid pulse, restlessness
• The signal that might indicate a serious chest injury is

  Coughing blood
• The group\organization to call that will provide information about how to care for a child who has taken a bottle of aspirin is the

  Poison control center
• To deliver chest compressions on a child you would do use the

  He'll of one hand
• The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide occurs in the

  Alvioli of the lungs
• If your equipment became contaminated with blood or other body fluids you should use clothes in wash it with diluted

  Household bleach
• A car has crashed into a power line and a live electrical wire is draped over the roof the driver is slumped against the steering wheel and appears to be bleeding from a facial injury your immediate action is

  Stay back from the car and call emergency EMS personnel to deal with the situation
• All of the following are basics of providing first aid in a medical emergency

  Do you know further harm, monitor the ABCs, notify the EMS personnel