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HLTH 320 Final Exam Study Questions andAccurate Answers Athabasca University.
Quiz 1: A person stops and provides care to a victim of a hit and run
incident. He breaches his duty and the person for whom he is caring is
injured as a result. This is an example of....
Correct Answer -Negligence
Quiz 1: Describe the role of Good Samaritan laws when first aid is
provided
Correct Answer -It helps protect the rescuer so that when they try to help
and administer first aid to someone if they aren't negligent and they act
they best they can they won't be penalized or sued for their service.
Quiz 1: Contrast "legal" duty to act and "moral" duty to act and provide
an example of each.
Correct Answer -Legal duty to act is if you are designated by law and
required to provide first aid in a situation. Example: You were on the same
motorcycle as your friend and then it crashes. A moral duty to act is when
you feel as though you should help and are not bound by law to help.
Example: Seeing someone on campus passed out and you go to help
them.
Quiz 1: While standing in the checkout line at the local grocery store, you
observe an older woman collapse to the floor and she is not moving. What
legal principle discussed in class applies regarding your response to the
situation?
Correct Answer -Moral duty to act
Quiz 1: Briefly define the term "abandonment" as used in first aid settings
and provide at least one example.
Correct Answer -Abandonment means that after you have started doing
,first aid on someone in emergency you leave before another qualified first
aid provider arrives. Example: leaving someone on the road after a car
accident after you started administering CPR to them.
Quiz 2: Which of the following is a key component of the "scene size up"?
A. directing someone to call 911 for help at the scene
B. estimating the approximate time the incident occurred
C. determining the presence of breathing/pulse in the victim
D. looking for the number of victims at the emergency scene
Correct Answer -D
Quiz 2: One of your classmates cannot stand the sight of blood and has
passed out before when trying to provide first aid. What can you do to
help him become desensitized to the sight of blood?
Correct Answer -Tell him to sing a song, think happy thoughts, take
himself to a happy place in his mind, etc. Basically tell him anything that
distracts him from the blood and calms him down.
Quiz 2: First aid responders are taught to assume that all blood and other
certain body fluids are infective and to take protective measures. This is
called:
Correct Answer -Standard/procedure precautions
Quiz 2: Name two behaviors under the umbrella of standard precautions.
Correct Answer -1. Put on gloves
2. Wash hands after any encounter with body fluids while administering
first aid.
Quiz 2: Describe how an illness or disease can result using all 2
components of the "chain of transmission" as discussed in class.
, Correct Answer -An illness can result when a HOST (1) has a PATHOGEN
(2) or disease, they could then have a cut or wound opened called the
PORT OF EXIT (3) where the pathogen leaves their body and goes to
another person through a wound or cut on the other person called a PORT
OF ENTRY (4).
Quiz 2: Although various actions can prevent the spread of infective
organisms, the single most important one as discussed in class is to:
Correct Answer -WASH YOUR HANDS
Quiz 3: Which of the following is true regarding the comparison of infant
and adult airways?
A. obstruction of the adult airway is more likely
B. opening the adult airway requires more head extension
C. newborn infants are obligate mouth breathers
D. the adult tongue takes up more space in the mouth
Correct Answer -B
Quiz 3: Which vital signs would be typical for an infant in a restful state?
A. Pulse 60; Respirations 40
B. Pulse 90; Respirations 36
C. Pulse 100; Respirations 12
D. Pulse 80; Respirations 22
Correct Answer -B
Quiz 3: Briefly describe at least 2 important roles played by the skin OR
name the 3 types of muscles in the body and provide an example of each.
Correct Answer -3 types of muscle:
1. Cardiac - heart
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