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First Aid Exam Questions and Answers: Essential Concepts and Procedures, Exams of Advanced Education

DeVry University - FloridaAdvanced Education

A concise overview of essential first aid concepts, focusing on barriers to action, personal protective equipment (ppe), consent (informed and expressed), negligence, and legal consequences. It outlines the roles of a citizen responder, emergency action steps (check, call, care), and detailed checks including scene assessment and victim examination. Key elements such as sample history taking, laf (look and feel), dots (deformities, open wounds, tenderness, swelling), csf (cerebral spinal fluid) testing, pearl (pupils equal and react to light), and csm (circulation sensation movement) are explained to guide effective first aid response. Useful for students and practitioners in healthcare and emergency response fields, offering a structured approach to understanding and applying first aid principles in various scenarios. (438 characters)

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PEWS 222 Chapter one Exam Questions And
Answers Latest Update
Barriers to action
1. Bystander effect
2. Fear of not knowing what to do
3. Uncertainty about the victim
4. Fear of disease transmission
5. Fear of being sued
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
1. Gloves
2. Breathing barriers
3. Protective glasses
4. Surgical gowns
Consent
- Before you start First Aid on a victim you must get consent from them.
- Every person has the right to refuse care
There are two kinds of consent that need to occur:
1. Informed consent: Identify yourself by name, level of training, and brief description of
what you plan to do. (Graciously ask permission at the end Ex."May I do that?")
2. Expressed consent: Yes or no affirmative head nod (or verbal yes/no)
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PEWS 222 Chapter one Exam Questions And

Answers Latest Update

Barriers to action

  1. Bystander effect
  2. Fear of not knowing what to do
  3. Uncertainty about the victim
  4. Fear of disease transmission
  5. Fear of being sued Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  6. Gloves
  7. Breathing barriers
  8. Protective glasses
  9. Surgical gowns Consent
  • Before you start First Aid on a victim you must get consent from them.
  • Every person has the right to refuse care

There are two kinds of consent that need to occur:

  1. Informed consent: Identify yourself by name, level of training, and brief description of what you plan to do. (Graciously ask permission at the end Ex."May I do that?")
  2. Expressed consent: Yes or no affirmative head nod (or verbal yes/no)

Unconscious victim: consent is implied

  • on the case of a minor without a parent/ legal guardian around, implied consent
  • in the case of mentally incompetent adult, implied consent Negligence
  1. Failure to act when there is a legal duty to act
  2. Giving substandard care
  3. Abandonment Reasons to stop First Aid that are not abandonment
  4. The person wakes up/recovers
  5. Someone more trained comes and takes over
  6. AED arrives and is ready to use
  7. Scene is not safe
  8. If you are to exhausted to continue (or have passed out) Legal Consequences

A person cannot be sued if you act in good faith and without gross negligence First Aid

The immediate care given to a victim of injury of sudden illness until more qualified help arrives and takes over or the victims recovery is assured Roles of Citizen Responder

  1. Recognize an emergency exists-this will be a test question
  2. Decide to act
  3. Call for help-usually 911

SAMPLE

Signs and Symptoms Allergies Medications Pertinent past illness Last oral intake Events leading up to emergency LAF Look and Feel DOTS Deformities Open wounds Tenderness Swelling CSF Cerebral Spinal Fluid

  • When checking ears and nostrils
  • Ring test: take a whit cloth and if fluid leaves a ring it is CSF PEARL Pupils Equal and React to Light CSM Circulation Sensation Movement (Hands and Feet)