Vfa-122 Eaws-First Aid

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WHAT ARE THE 3 OBJECTIVES OF

FIRST AID?

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TO SAVE LIFE, PREVENT FURTHER INJURY, AND PREVENT INFECTION.

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HOW MANY METHODS EXIST TO CONTROL BLEEDING?

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FOUR.

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LIST THE METHODS FOR CONTROLLING BLEEDING.

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DIRECT PRESSURE, ELEVATION, PRESSURE POINTS, AND TOURNIQUET.

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WHAT METHOD OF CONTROLLING BLEEDING IS USED AS A LAST RESORT?

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TOURNIQUET

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HOW MANY PRESSURE POINTS ARE ON EACH SIDE OF THE BODY?

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ELEVEN

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HOW MANY TOTAL PRESSURE POINTS ARE ON THE BODY?

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TWENTY TWO

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LIST FOUR PRESSURE POINTS.

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SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL, FACIAL, COMMON CAROTID, SUBCLAVIAN, BRACHIAL, RADIAL, FEMORAL, ILIAC, POPLITEAL, ANTERIOR.

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HOW MANY CLASSIFICATIONS OF BURNS ARE THERE?

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THREE

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LIST THE NAMES OF THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF BURNS.

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FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD DEGREE.

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DESCRIBE A FIRST DEGREE BURN.

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REDNESS, WARMTH, AND MILD PAIN

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DESCRIBE A SECOND DEGREE BURN.

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RED AND BLISTERED SKIN WITH SEVERE

PAIN

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DESCRIBE A THIRD DEGREE BURN

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DESTROYED TISSUE, IN SOME CASES

DAMAGED BONES, AND PAIN MAY BE

ABSENT DUE TO DESTROYED NERVE

ENDINGS

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WHICH DEGREE OF BURN IS MOST PAINFUL

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SECOND DEGREE

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WHICH BURN IS CHARACTARIZED BY

A POSSIBLE LACK OF PAIN?

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THIRD DEGREE

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WHICH DEGREE OF BURN IS

CHARACTERIZED BY SEVERE PAIN?

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SECOND DEGREE

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WHICH DEGREE OF BURN IS

CHARACTERIZED BY REDNESS AND

WARMTH?

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FIRST DEGREE

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HOW MANY TYPES OF FRACTURES

EXIST?

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TWO

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NAME THE TWO TYPES OF FRATURE

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OPEN/COMPOUND AND CLOSED/SIMPLE

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A SIMPLE FRACTURE IS ALSO KNOWN AS

WHAT KIND OF FRACTURE?

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CLOSED FRACTURE

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AN OPEN FRACTURE IS ALSO KNOWN AS

WHAT KIND OF FRACTURE?

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COMPOUND FRACTURE

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LIST 3 INDICATORS OF AN OBSTRUCTED

AIRWAY.

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INABILITY TO TALK

GRASPING AT THROAT

EXAGGERATED BREATHING

TURNING BLUE

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HOW MANY TYPES OF HEAT RELATED

INJURIES ARE THERE?

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TWO

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WHAT ARE THE TWO HEAT RELATED

INJURIES?

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HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE

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DESCRIBE HEAT EXHAUSTION

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IT IS A DISTURBANCE OF BLOOD FLOW TO THE BRAIN, HEART, AND LUNGS. COOL MOIST SKIN, AND PUPILS DILATED. PROFUSE SWEATING.

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DESCRIBE HEAT STROKE

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A BREAKDOWN OF THE BODIES SWEATING MECHANISM. HOT DRY SKIN, UNEVEN PUPIL DILATION, AND A WEAK AND RAPID PULSE.

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HOW MANY COLD WEATHER INJURIES ARE THERE?

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THREE

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LIST THE THREE COLD WEATHER INJURIES

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HYPOTHERMIA, SUPERFICIAL FROSTBITE, DEEP FROSTBITE.

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DESCRIBE HYPOTHERMIA

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A GENERAL COOLING OF THE BODY DUE TO AN EXPOSURE TO LOW TEMPERATURES.

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LIST THREE SYMPTOMS OF HYPOTHERMIA

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PALENESS

UNCONSCIOUSNESS

SLOW AND SHALLOW BREATHING

FAINT OR UNDETECTABLE PULSE

MAY FEEL RIGID

MAY BE TAKEN FOR DEAD

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DESCRIBE SUPERFICIAL FROSTBITE

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ICE CRYSTALS FORMING ON THE UPPER LAYERS OF THE SKIN

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DESCRIBE DEEP FROSTBITE

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THE FREEZING OF THE DEEPER TISSUES IN THE BODY

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AT WHAT TEMPERATURE CAN SUPERFICIAL OR DEEP FROSTBITE TAKE PLACE?

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32 DEGREES

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HOW MANY TYPES OF SHOCK ARE THERE?

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FIVE

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LIST ALL OF THE TYPES OF SHOCK

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SEPTIC

ANAPHYLACTIC

CARDIOGENIC

HYPOVOLEMIC

NEUROGENIC

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WHAT IS SEPTIC SHOCK?

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IT IS THE RESULT OF BACTERIA MULTIPLYING IN THE BLOOD AND RELEASING TOXINS.

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WHAT IS ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK?

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AN EXTREME ALLERGIC REACTION

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WHAT IS CARDIOGENIC SHOCK?

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THIS OCCURS WHEN THE HEART IS DAMAGED AND CAN NO LONGER SUPPLY BLOOD TO THE BODY.

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WHAT IS HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK?

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THIS IS CAUSED BY SEVERE BLOOD AND FLUID LOSS. BLEEDING OUT.

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WHAT CAUSES NEUROGENIC SHOCK?

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SPINAL CORD UNJURY.

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BACTERIA MULTIPLYING IN THE BLOOD CAUSES WHAT KIND OF SHOCK?

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SEPTIC SHOCK

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A SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTION CAUSES WHAT KIND OF SHOCK?

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ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK

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WHAT SHOCK IS CAUSED BY DAMAGE TO THE HEART?

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CARDIOGENIC SHOCK

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WHAT SHOCK IS CAUSED BY SEVERE BLOOD OR FLUID LOSS?

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HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK

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WHAT SHOCK IS CAUSED BY SPINAL CORD DAMAGE?

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NEUROGENIC SHOCK