EFA Exit Exam Questions

If a permanent tooth is knocked out, put it in a container of milk and see a dentist within;

A person who is unconscious, not breathing, has a weak pluse, need?

Hypothermic shock results from

Contusions are:

Manual support of the head and neck of the patient with suspected spinal injury can be released

OPQRST is used to assess

Your role in making the first aid successful, work effectively includes four steps

Acute abdominal condition should be treated with

What type of breath should be given when performing rescue breathing?

What is asphyxiation mean?

When caring for a victim who has an object impaled in their hand, you should

What causes myocardial infarction?

Plasma makes up about 55 percent of the total bloof volume. It I smainly composed of water. A variety of materials are dissolved in plasma. Among the most important of there are proteins.

Soft tissue wounds should be cared for by

Lymphatic capillaries are located in the interstitial spaces, Here they absorb the excess fluids.

Example for short bone is

In the event of an accident a first aider can do all the following EXCEPT

To safely perform a chair carry you need

When performing infant CPR or rescue breathing, what kind of breaths should you give to avoid forcing air into the infants stomach?

Where is the carotid artery located?

How many persons are required to place casualty in Neil Robertson stretcher?

The two main pairs of arteries supplying oxygenated blood to the brain are the internal carotid and the vertebral arteries

When should you give rescue breathing

The carotid arteries supply the head, the neck and upper members are supplied by the subclavian arteries

A diabetic has eaten too little food and the person may feel dizzy and lightheaded. The skin becomes pale with profuse sweating, Limbs may begin to tremble and pulse becomes rapid. The urine glucose reaction is negative. What kind of medicines will the person need as soon as possible?

What do you do for a chemical burn?

Pairs of ribs in human body are

In general a splint should be

Severe pains in the chest occur when the coronary arteries, which supply blood to the heart, becomes too narrow for sufficient oxygenated blood to reach the muacles of the heart. Normally these attacks only last a few minutes, and the pain stops If the casulaty rests. What kind of medicines to be taken when an Angina Pectoris attack occurs?

An essential element of a responders verbal report includes

You approach a victim that is unconscious and wearing a medical alert tag indicating a diabetic condition, you would.

The maintenance of fluids and nutrition is key to extended patient care and can be provided by:

Which of the following can cause a stroke?

A crew on your ship has a severe cut in the groin area, what do you do?

Toxic substances can affect the body in following ways;

The system that consists of the brain, the spinal cord and the nerves that issue from them is known as

What is the cause of angina

Mouth to nose respiration should be used only when it is impossible to

What should a casulaty with severe allergy carry at all times?

How shock is prevented

Which test should you use if you suspect that a casualty has had a stroke

In topographic anatomy, the term “lateral” means;

A rapid body sugar should take no longer than

If the casulaty is in an enclosed space

When treating a 3rd degree burn, you should:

Loss of body heat and wet weather leads to:

What should you do FIRST if someone is unconscious but you are not a trained first aider?

For adult CPR, you deliver chest compressions at a rate of ______ with a depth of _____.

If you suspect someone is going into shock you should NOT give them

When caring for fellow crew who is suffering from heat cramps

What is the immediate step to be followed when tourniquet is applied?

A conscious casualty who has suffered a stroke becomes unconscious. To keep his airway open and help him breathe, you should

What is not a sign of shock?

can be D

How can you help someone who is having a seizure?

Breathing emergencies may be caused from

A crew has his finger severed off, what action would be the best?

Incase a casulaty rescued from areas containing toxic gases, what method to be used for artificial respiration

In determining the amount of body surface burned, the area of the palm of the hand represents ___ % of the body surface

What is the main reason for having a person positioned immediately outside a confined space whilst work is taking place inside it?

A blood soaked dressing on the arm indicates that bleeding has not yet been controlled. You should now

What position should the head be in during a nosebleed?

When transporting a patient, a shock should be administered;

A boy on the bus goes into diabetic shock, what do you do?

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

What does the AMA recommend untrained bystanders do if they witness a cardiac emergency?

Infant CPR is administered to any child under the age of;

What should you do for a person who shows signs of heat stroke?

Which is not a symptom of heart attack

Can be C

How should you do chest compression on a small child?

The rescuers face should be placed with in how much distance from the patients nose to feel exhaled air

In which fracture, the patient is supported and tried with hard wooden surface?

To prepare a completely amputated part of the body for transportation to hospital with the casualty, you should

What is the first step in using an AED?

At what age is it necessary to use the child AED pads if available?

The body loses heat in a variety of ways including;

When performing chest compressions, where on the casualty’s body do you place your hands?

You have a casualty who is not breathing but has injuries to face that prevent you from performing mouth to mouth. What do you do?

Of the following casualties, which would you care first? The casualty who is;

Someone with frostbite on his feet, what should you do?

It is important that a compress is done correctly. One of the alternative signs, after completed compress bandage, shows that the bandage may be to tight Which one?

Blood serves as a vehicle for oxygen, nutrients, carbondioxide and othe wastes, harmones, antibodies etc.

which of the following best sums up Contusions?

To clear the victim”s airway, you should

The secondary assessment of the patient consists of a head to be examined and a check of the;

If a person receives third degree burns.

Which arteries pressure point is located on front of upper leg just below middle of cross of groin

When caring for someone who has suffered an electrical burn, you would not;

Blood is a vehicle for the human cardiovascular system. Its major subdivision are the plasma& fluid containing – including red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets

Which one of the following changes in vital signs is charateristic of brain injury

Which of the following conditions would indicate that a casualty was dead?

What is more serious

What is the disadvantage of using tourniquet method initially to stop bleeding

When giving care for external bleeding what should you do first?

Which of the following devices provides the highest percentage of O2 delivery

You cannot use an adult AED on an infants

Later signs of death include

How will you examine the patient is shock for paleness if the skin is dark

The heart produces the primary motive force to drive the blood through the arterial system. The heart is located just above the diaphragm, in the middle of the thorax, and extending slightly to the left. It is said that the heart of an average individual is about the size of that individual’s clenched fist.

How should you REACT to an emergency?

Where does the partly digested food (in liquid form) goes after it leaves stomach?

You have someone who is pale, sweating, profusely, trembling and acting aggressively. They appear drunk but do not smell of alcohol. What may be wrong with them?

A lung is an individual organ composed of tubular structures and alveoli bound together by fibrous connective tissue

Pelvic fracture can cause severe and even life threatening bleeding in to the

On an infant, if you are the lone rescurer, you should perform compressions

On an infant where you check the pulse?

A person indicates that he was bitten by a snake what do you do?

What should you do if you think the victim are serious internal bleeding

To treat first degree burn you should ______

What do you do for a victim who has a bleeding injury to the mouth and you are sure about that there is no head neck or spine injury

The accepted treatment for a nose bleed

What treatment does a victim who’s life threatening condition is “not breathing” need?

Shock is a condition where

Internal bleeding can be caused by

Sharp, stabbing twinges of pain in the chest is a sure sign of heart attack

The accepted treatment for a sprained ankle is

Redness in the EYE can be caused by

When performing CPR on a child how deep should the chest compression be?

Which of the following techniques is not suitable for moving an unconscious victim?

The primary symptom of the advanced stages of hypothermia requiring immediate medical attention is violent shivering

Which of the following correctly describes the CPR techniques for an adult

You come upon an unconscious victim with a pilse. They do not appear to be breathing. You are unable to deliver the first breath. What is the next step?

what should be first checked in an unconscious patient?

If Mouth – to – Mouth (M-T-M) ventilation by itself is unsuccessful and the casulaty’s heart stops, or has stopped beating, you must perform External Chest Compression (ECC) in conjuction with M-T-M. What is the complete rate when performing ECC?

_____________ is a condition when injured persons vital organs slow down due to a bad injury

You are taking blood pressure by palpation. A radial pulse indicates a blood pressure of at least

if an infant victim has pulse but is not breathing, you may decide to do rescue breathing only. For this infant victim, you should provide a breath

A shipmate touches some live electrical wires and collapses unconscious. What’s the first thing you should do?

An unconscious seaman is lying on his back and is not breathing. What’s the first thing you should do?

You are treating a pediatric cardiac arrest patient. Where do you place the AED pads on an infant

Eye injuries that include lacerations

Splint an injury to a muscle, bone, or joint only when….

What should you do if you think someone has a broken leg?

To prevent further contamination and infection of a wound, you should cleanse the surrounding skin by:

If a stroke is suspected you need to do the F.A.S.T test, What do these letters stand for?

Why is CPR important?

The simple pick-a-back method is useful only where the casualty is _______

Which of the following cannot be treated as minor injury?

What is the CPR procedure for a six-year-old boy?

What should you do for a person with an object like a knife, stuck in their leg?

Which one of the following factors increases the risk of life -threatening injury

What would you do for a victim who has internal bleeding?

The Pulse rate of a normal individual averages about:

For an infant who is choking, you would perform….

What is the most common reason an infant’s heart stops?

The two types of bone marrow are red bone marrow and yellow bone marrow. Yellow bone marrow is mostly yellow fat tissue. Red bone marrow is the only site in adults for the formation of red blood cells

A faint is a brief loss of consciousness of no more than momentary duration caused by a temporary reduction in the flow of blood to the brain.How to prevent anyone from fainting?

A crew with frostbite on his feet, what should you do?

The number of cycles of CPR that should be performed for an adult in 2 minutes is

When performing adult CPR you give….

Where are the blood vessels found that supply the skin?

If the throat is covered with a grey layer that is a sign for

One of the most difficult things to assess in infants and young children is:

When an unconscious patient is lying in recovery position, no pillow should be used under

The emergency responder should assume a head/spinal injury in any is unwitnessed situation where the patient

Which First Aid record must be kept by law in the workplace?

Which of the following behaviors reduces your risk for injury?

Tissues make up organs. An organ is a structure performing a particular function

Your role in making the EMS system work effectively includes four steps.

The most immediate serious complication associated with burns is:

To treat a nosebleed, hold pressure on the bridge of the nose and have the person:

A strain occurs when a muscle or group of muscles is over- stretched and possibly torn, by violent or sudden movement. Strain can be caused by lifting heavy weights incorrectly. The treatment of strain may be remembered as the word RICE.What is RICE an abbreviation for?

In cases of behavioural disorders, the responder should:

A man is having a heart attack, he has medication with him, what should You do?

you are eating in a restaurant when a woman cries out. her six-month-old child is turning blue around the mouth. He appears to be gagging but is not able to cry or take a breath. An older child had just given him some marbles to play with. What is the next step?

Irrigate eyes with:

Signs and symptoms of intense light burns to the eyes include:

First Aid must be administered immediately to: