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What is the purpose of First Aid?
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To save a life, reduce pain, prevent injury and reduce permanent disability.
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What is a responsibility of an EMD (Emergency Medical Dispatcher)?
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Answer emergency calls, obtain info from the caller and send personnel and equipment.
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What should be performed when providing emergency care?
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Obtain info as to what happened, follow OSHA standards and not moving the patient unnecessarily.
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What is the term that describes a progressive lung disorder in which there is a loss of elasticity of the alveoli of the lungs?
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Emphysema
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What is another name for a stroke?
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CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident)
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What is the name of the type of shock caused by a reaction of the body to a substance to which an individual is highly allergic?
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Anaphylactic
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What is the name of the type of bleeding in which there is a slow and steady flow of blood that is dark red in color?
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Venous
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What are symptoms of a fracture?
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Pain, deformity & swelling and loss of function.
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What is the name of the type of fracture in which the broken ends of the bone are forcefully jammed together?
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Impacted
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What is the name of the type of fracture in which the bone is splintered or shattered into three or more fragments?
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Comminuted
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What is the name of the type of seizure in which the abnormal electrical activity is localized into very specific areas of the brain?
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Partial
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What is an example of an ingested poison?
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Aspirin overdose
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What snakes are poisonous?
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Rattlesnake, copperhead, cottonmouth and coral snake.
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What animal tends to have a high incidence of rabies?
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Raccoons
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What may result in insulin shock?
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Skipping meals
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What emergency situation should be managed first?
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Occluded airway
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What is the initial step in giving first aid to a patient with a second-degree chemical burn?
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Flood the affected area with water.
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What should you administer for the first treatment of a patient having insulin shock?
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Glucose (sugar)
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What is the appropriate step for the MA to take to protect the patient having a grand mal seizure?
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Loosen clothing around the patient's neck.
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What is used to control hemorrhage and shock aka Adrenaline?
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Epinephrine
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What is used for Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), helps make the heart beat stronger and with a more regular rhythm?
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Lanoxin
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What is the term for the inability to control your bowels and bladder?
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Incontinence
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What is the term when a foreign material like vomit, food or liquid is accidently inhaled or blown into the trachea or lungs?
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Aspiration
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What is used to induce vomiting?
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Syrup of Ipecac
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What is used to control seizures?
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Valium
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What is used as a topical anesthetic?
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Lidocaine
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What is an AED (Automated External Defibrilator) used for?
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Heart Rhythms
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What is another word for CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident)?
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Stroke
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What is a sprain?
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Ligament injury
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What is a strain?
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Muscle Injury
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What is another name for epistaxis?
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Nosebleed
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What does a person suffer from when he or she excretes more water than is taken in?
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Dehydration
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What is the medical term for high blood sugar?
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Hyperglycemia
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What is caused by severe hypoglycemia, which occurs when the patient has taken too much insulin, has not eaten enough or has exercised an unusual amount?
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Insulin Shock
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What results from hyperglycemia, which develops because the body is not producing enough insulin, the patient ate too much food or is stressed or the patient has an infection?
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Diabetic Coma
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What is the name of the actual freezing of tissue; it occurs when the skin temperature falls to a range of 14 to 25 degrees F?
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Frost Bite
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What does a patient have when they have red, hot, dry skin; altered levels of consciousness; tachycardia; and rapid, shallow breathing?
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Heat Stroke
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What is the medical term for nosebleed?
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Epistaxis
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Using this you can estimate the percentage of the body surface are burned.
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Rule of Nines
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What is the condition in which blood is present in the urine?
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Hematuria
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What is transient and occurs with a rapid rise in fever over 101.8 degrees F (38.8 degrees C)?
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Febrile Seizure
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What artery should you put pressure on if a patient is bleeding profusely from an arm laceration?
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Brachial
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What can you get if you are bitten by a tick?
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Lyme Disease
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What kind of overdose can a patient get with diabetes and may go into shock?
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Insulin
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What is an example of an open wound?
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Laceration
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Heat stroke is what kind of an emergency?
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Life-threatening
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What enables glucose to enter the body's cells and be converted to energy?
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Insulin
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What is a progressive lung disorder in which there is a loss of elasticity of the alveoli of the lungs?
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Emphysema
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Symptoms that include rapid and deep respirations and tachycardia is called what?
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Hyperventilation
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What is the first priority for hypovolemic shock?
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To control bleeding
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What is the name of the type of fracture in which the bone is intact on one side, but broken on the other?
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Greenstick Fracture
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What is the name of the type of fracture in which the break occurs perpendicular to the long axis of the bone?
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Transverse Fracture
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What is the name of the type of fracture in which the break occurs diagonally across the bone?
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Oblique Fracture
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What emergency care should you give a patient for insulin shock?
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Give sugar immediately
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What does OPIM mean?
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Other Potentially Infectious Materials
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What must you look for on a persons wrist or neck when they are unable to speak?
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Medical Alert Tag
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When a patient is breathing but is having great difficulty is called?
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Respiratory Distress
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A term meaning having difficulty breathing.
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Dyspnea
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During an asthma attack, what constricts and can become clogged with mucus?
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Bronchioles
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If Asthma is not treated what serious complication can occur?
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Lung damage
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A yeast infection that develops in the mouth and throat and on the tongue.
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Thrush
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A severe, prolonged asthmatic attack that is life threatening and can only move a small amount of air.
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Status asthmaticus
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Fluid in the lungs.
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Pulmonary Edema
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Blood clot.
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Pulmonary Embolism
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What is also known as Myocardial Infarction (MI)?
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Heart Attack
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When given Nitroglycerin for a heart attack, how many tablets must you give under the tongue?
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Three
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When someone is having a stroke how many hours (window time) do you have to get them to the ER?
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Three hours
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Failure of cardiovascular system to deliver enough blood to vital organs.
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Shock
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What is the meaning for Pallor?
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Discoloration or paleness.
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During shock, the organs are irreparably damaged in how many minutes?
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4-6 minutes
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What can cause fluid in the lungs?
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Sever Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
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If you place a patient in a supine position with their legs elevated, how are they positioned?
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Laying on their back
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What artery should you use to control severe bleeding in the leg?
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Femoral Artery
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What can you do to stop a nosebleed?
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Apply direct pressure by pinching your nostrils together.
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Who is most likely to have Diabetes 1?
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Children
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Who is most likely to have Diabetes 2?
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Adults
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What known spider has a bite that can result in a life-threatening reaction?
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Black widow
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What is the most popular dressing or gauze used on a patient?
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Window
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