First Aid training reading assignment

The following reading assignment has been developed to ensure you

have read and understand the content of the First Aid training manual.
It is suggested that you work in peer groups and go through the
questions together after having read the training manual.
1. What are the three rescue
phases?
2.
3. What is CIS?
4.
5. What is scene assessment?
6.
7. What letters make up the
primary assessment and what
do the stand for?
8.
9. What is the recovery position
and when would you use it?
10.
11. What is a DNR order?
12.
13. How does the responder
prevent contacting a disease or
infecting the patient?
14.
15. What is shock and how do we
treat it?
16.
17. What does CPR stand for and
what it the rate for all age
groups?
18.
19. Is it acceptable to move a
patient? If so give examples of
when and how?
20.
21. With CPR what is the age of an
infant, child and adult?
22.
23. What action is taken to assist a
coughing obstructing teenager?
24.
25. With hyperventilation, is there
too much or too little, oxygen or
carbon dioxide, from over
breathing?
26.
27. Is it recommended that
bystander help with an
emergency? If so, how?
28.

29. What is the difference between

Angina and a Heart Attack?
30.
31. Where does a stroke occur and
what is the cause(s)? If the
symptoms disappear (less than
20 minutes), what is it called?
32.
33. With an obstructed conscious
infant, how is the object
dislodged?
34.
35. With a non-breathing person,
breathing in exhaled air is not
as effective as breathing in
room air. What is the
difference?
36.
37. What are the causes of a
seizure?
38.
39. What are the 5 rights?
40.
41. What is the name of severe
allergic reaction and how is it
treated?
42.
43. What are the three parts of the
Secondary Assessment?
44.
45. What does Insulin do? When
and how do people take it? Do
first aiders administer it?
46.
47. Major, life-threatening bleeding
is when the body loses 1/3 of its
blood volume or the patient has
significant arterial bleeding.
How much body does the body
hold?
48.
49. What causes fainting?
50.
51. What are the two types of
external bleeding and what do
we use on a wound to clean it?
52.

53. With spinal injuries, when is it

necessary to move the victim?
54.
55. What is the difference between
a bandage and a dressing?
56.
57. Why do we use reef knots?
58.
59. What are the areas of the spinal
column?
60.
61. How is a nosebleed treated?
62.
63. When is a tetanus infection
more likely?
64.
65. What is a sucking chest wound
and how is it treated?
66.
67. For someone to be considered
hypothermic, what part of the
body must be affected? What
are the three types of
hypothermia?
68.
69. What is frostbite and how is it
treated?
70.
71. What is the difference between
a fracture, dislocation, sprain
and strain?
72.
73. What are the four types of
poisoning? How do you get
advice on providing assistance?
74.
75. What is the difference between
heat cramps, heat exhaustion
and heat stroke?
76.
77. What does AED stand for?
78.

79. Where are the electrode pads or

patches placed?
80.
81. What does RICE stand for?
82.
83. List the causes of burns and
describe the degrees of burn?
84.
85. If the person is in cardiac arrest,
will a shock always be
administered by the AED?
86.
87. What rhythms does an AED
shock or defibrillate?
88.
89. What other considerations
could affect or interfere with
the application of an AED?
90.
91. What is the device inserted to
prevent the tongue from
blocking the airway?
92.
93. What is triage and give an
example of when and how it
would be used?
94.
95. After a shock is administered
what must be done
immediately?
96.
97. Oxygen can be administered at
what liter flow when using a
inhalation or simple face mask
(patient is breathing
effectively)? At what liter flow
when breathing into the patient
with a ventilation or pocket
mask?
98.
99. How many pounds in a full
oxygen tank?

100.