First Aid Study Guide 6

People having a heart attack can experience chest pain

True

You can help the person with chest pain take their nitroglycerin

True

A responsive person having a stroke having a stroke should lie down with their head slightly raised

True

People with asthma may have a prescribed inhaler

True

A person who is breathing fast (hyperventilation) should be encouraged to breathe slowly by holding inhaled air for several seconds and then exhaling slowly

True

Immobilize the spine of a person having a seizure

False

Some people having seizure display a rigid arching of the back

True

A person having seizures always requires medical attention

False

If in doubt about the type of diabetic emergency a person is experiencing, give sugar to a responsive person who can swallow

False

Nitroglycerin can relieve chest pain associated with angina

True

Swallowing a poison can produce nausea

True

Milk should be given to all people who ingest poison

False

A person with alcohol intoxication does not require professional medical care

False

Carbon monoxide has a unique smell

False

Everyone who touches who touches a poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac plant will have some type of skin reaction

True

Causing a person who is poisoned to vomit is a recommended first aid practice

False

Some cases of poison ivy, poison oak, or poison sumac require professional medical care

True

Calamine lotion can help relieve itching caused by poison ivy, poison oak, or poison sumac

True

If a person who is intoxicated or drugged becomes violent, leave the area

True

All opioid overdoses require professional medical care

True

Severe abdominal pain is a sign of a black widow spider bite

True

Apply an ice or cold pack over a snake bite

False

Use the cut-and-suck method for a snake bite

False

Remove a bee’s stinger by using tweezers to pull it out

True

Apply an ice or cold pack over an insect sting or a suspected spider bite

True

A baking soda paste can help reduce the itching and swelling from an insect sting

True

A person’s prescribed epinephrine auto-injector might have to be used if the person has a life-threatening reaction to an insect sting

True

Care for stings from marine animals (eg, jellyfish) by pouring hydrogen peroxide on the affected area

False

Covering an embedded tick with petroleum jelly causes the tick to back out because of the lack of oxygen

False

Ticks can transmit disease

True

Shivering is a signal that clothing and shelter are inadequate to protect the body from the cold

True

Up to 100% of the body's total heat production can be lost by radiation through a person's unprotected head

False

Physically unfit people are more susceptible to cold injury

True

Frostnip is caused when water on the skin surface freezes

True

Shivering produces body heat

True

Rub a frostbitten part to rewarm it

False

Rewarm a person with hypothermia quickly in a hot shower or with small chemical heat packs

False

Replace any wet clothing with dry clothing for a person with hypothermia

True

Seek medical care for a person with severe hypothermia

True

Below-freezing temperatures are required for hypothermia to occur

False