American Red Cross First Aid Exam Questions with Verified Answers
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American red cross
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American Red Cross
Closed wound - Answer-skin not broken, bleeding and damage below the tissue
open wound - Answer-skin is broken, there are bleeding and scrapes
direct pressure - Answer-to control external bleeding, use _____ ______.
do not remove blood soaked bandages, just add more - Answer-if there are a...
American Red Cross First Aid Exam
Questions with Verified Answers
Closed wound - Answer-skin not broken, bleeding and damage below the tissue
open wound - Answer-skin is broken, there are bleeding and scrapes
direct pressure - Answer-to control external bleeding, use _____ ______.
do not remove blood soaked bandages, just add more - Answer-if there are already
bandages on a wound and the wound continues to bleed, what should you do?
-if you cannot control the bleeding with direct pressure
-if direct pressure is not possible - Answer-in what situations would you use a
tourniquet?
flushes the affected eye out without contaminating the other eye - Answer-how do you
flush out an eye that has come in contact with a harmful substance?
shut off the power that they are being electrocuted from - Answer-what is the only safe
way to get to a person that is being electrocuted?
open (skin is broken), closed (skin is unbroken) - Answer-what are the two
classifications of bone fractures?
sprain - Answer-partial/complete tearing or stretching of a ligament
strain - Answer-stretching/tearing of muscle fibers and tendon
rest, immobilize, cold, elevate - Answer-what does R.I.C.E. stand for?
musculoskeletal - Answer-what kind of injuries would you use R.I.C.E. to care for?
-if you need to transport the person without the help of professionals
-if you can do so without causing more pain - Answer-what are the two conditions under
which you would splint someone?
splint to the joint above and below the injury, wrap from the point farthest from the heart
- Answer-how do you splint someone?
for suspected head/neck injuries, hold head in the position found so the head cannot
move - Answer-how and why do you perform a manual stabilization?
rigid splint - Answer-a type of splint using something hard that will stabilize an injury
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