First Aid - General Knowledge

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First Aid - General Knowledge - Study #28 Online Dictionary

Q1) First aid for a snake bite is?

1) place causalty at rest, movement only stimulates circulation.
2) flush the affected area with soap water.
3) apply constricting band and immobilize limb.
4) immediately send to hospital.

Q2) Do not give alcohol to a snakebite casuality; it could make their condition worse. True or False?

True

Q3) Should a first aider suck out venom out of a snakbite?

No: it will be absorbed into your blood through the mucous membrane of your mouth.

Q4) Snakebites: make a cut and let bleed. True or False?

False: it only causes unnecessary tissue damage and infection.

Q5) With a serious bite or sting, apply a constricting band between the bite and the heart. True or False?

True

Q6) For a snakebite or sting place the constricting band __?_ centimeters/inches above the wound. You should be able slip two fingers under the constricting band.

1) 10 centimeters
2) 4 inches
3) and immediately transfer to hospital.

Q7) First aid for a sting or bite?

1) apply a paste of baking soda and water
2) upon removing the sting avoid squeezing more poison into the body.
3) monitor breathing and for allergic reaction.

Q8) First aid for leech attachment?

1) do not break or scrape off
2) apply salt
2) burn off
3) to prevent infection, cleanse applying baking soda/water paste, mouthwash, or hydrogen peroxide.

Q9) Ticks have transmisble diseases. True or False?

True: use tweezers, plastic gloves, or tissue upon removing them.

Q10) Define drowning and near-drowning?

1) Drowning: death by suffocation in water.
2) Near-drowning: there is survival after temporary suffocation by water.