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BR - CPR
Board Review for CPR & First Aid
Question | Answer |
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What do you do first when you find a victim in a collapsed state? | Assess unresponsive state |
What should you do first if a client stops breathing during a massage treatment? | Check unresponsiveness. |
What is the first thing that you do before administering CPR? | check patient for responsiveness with a pinch and shout |
What is the most effective first aid for an actively bleeding neck laceration? | Apply direct pressure to the wound. |
Which is applied to a recent first degree burn? | cold water |
A gymnast comes in with an acute painful, swollen, and inflamed ankle. What first aid is best? | Apply ice or very cold wet compress to inhibit inflammation |
A jogger displays signs of excessive sweating, pale skin tone, unsteadiness, and disorientation. What do you suspect? | heat exhaustion |
What would you do for an unconscious poisoned victim? | Call EMS, keep them breathing, artificial respiration if breathing has stopped. |
What is the First Aid for second degree burns? | apply clean cloths, wrung out in ice water |
A runner at a marathon presents with high fever, nausea, lack of sweat and a red face. What do these signs most likely indicate? | heat stroke |
What should a therapist do if a client has epileptic convulsions on the massage table? | Push away nearby objects |
Why should burns be covered with a clean or sterile dressing? | to prevent infection |
What is the universal sign for choking? | grasping the throat |
What should you do for a conscious adult who is choking and cannot cough, speak or breathe? | abdominal thrusts |
What should you do if a woman has a large piece of glass sticking out of her leg? | leave the glass in, control bleeding, call 911 |
You find a person at the bottom of th stairs who appears to have fallen and seems badly hurt. After calling someone for help, what should you do? | attempt to keep her from moving |
Which signs indicate that rescue breathing is necessary first aid? | breathing has stopped |
Which condition is a life-threatening situation? | no breathing |
If you do not suspect head, neck or back injury when initiating CPR, what do you do to keep the airway open? | tilt head back and lift chin |
What do you do if rescue breathing does not make the person’s chest rise? | continue rescue breathing by giving one full breath every 5 seconds. |
When should artificial respiration be stopped? | when independent breathing has resumed |
When giving rescue breaths, how should you breathe into the person? | slowly and gently |
A woman is coughing forcefully as she is choking on a piece of food. What should you do? | Encourage her to continue coughing |
A man is choking on some food, but it is obvious that he is breathing even though he is not able to speak. What is the best first aid at this point? | attempt to dislodge item |
What does the acronym PRICE stand for? | Protect, rest, ice compression, elevation |
The ABC’s of first aid is a memory device for the recommended actions in life threatening situations. What does it stand for? | Airway, Breathing Circulation |
Once you have determined that the victim is unconscious, what is the next step in th CPR process? | check airway |