First aid Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

41. Which should be part of your care for a severely bleeding open wound?

1. Allow the wound to bleed in order to minimize infection
2. Apply direct pressure and elevate the injured area (If no broken bones)
3. Use a tourniquet to stop all blood flow
4. Both b and c

42. Which of the following behaviors reduces your risk for injury?

1. Always wearing a safety belt when riding in automobiles
2. Limiting intake of alcohol
3. Limiting intake of foods high in cholesterol
4. Both a and b

43. You should suspect that a victim has head and spine injuries for

1. An incident involving a lightning strike
2. A person found unconscious for unknown reasons
3. A fall from the height greater than the victim’s height
4. All of the above

44. When caring for a victim with a bloody nose you would not

1. Apply an ice pack to the bridge of the nose
2. Apply pressure to upper lip just beneath nose
3. Have the victim sit with head tilted slightly backward while pinching the nostrils together
4. Have the victim sit with head tilted slightly forward while pinching the nostrils together

45. When caring for a student who is suffering from heat cramps.

1. Apply cold packs
2. Give cool water or sports drink
3. Have student keep walking slowly to work the cramp out
4. Massage the muscle vigorously to increase circulation

46. Which is the first step when caring for bleeding wounds.

1. Apply direct pressure with a clean or sterile dressing
2. Apply pressure at the pressure point
3. Add bulky dressings to reinforce blood soaked bandages
4. Elevate the wound

47. What should you do if you think a victim has serious internal bleeding?

1. Apply heat to the injured area
2. Call your local emergency phone number for help
3. Place the victim in a sitting position
4. Give fluids to replace blood loss

48. A girl at one of your bus stops indicates that she was bitten by a snake,What do you do?

1. Apply ice to the wound and take to the nearest fire station or hospital
2. Wash the wound, keeping injured area lower than the heart; get professional medical care within 30 minutes
3. Cut a 1 cross at the site if injury and suck the poison out, apply ice
4. Elevate injured area, apply ice, and get professional medical care within 30 minutes

49. Bandages are used for

1. Applying directly to a wound to soak up blood
2. To hold dressings in place, apply pressure and control bleeding
3. Ease pain
4. Small cuts only

50. You may suspect that a student has been poisoned if they

1. Are experiencing nausea, vomiting or diarrhea
2. Have chest or abdominal pain, breathing difficulty
3. Burns around the lips, tongue, or on the skin
4. All of the above