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First Aid and Emergency Response Flashcards

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  1. A facility protocol requires officers to document emergency medical interventions. Which piece of information is MOST critical to record when documenting a bleeding control intervention?

    Answer: The time the tourniquet was applied

    Tourniquet application time is critical because prolonged use beyond 2 hours significantly increases risk of limb loss.

  2. When an inmate is choking and cannot cough, speak, or breathe, the recommended intervention for a conscious adult is:

    Answer: Abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver)

    Abdominal thrusts create sudden upward pressure that can dislodge a foreign body airway obstruction in a conscious adult.

  3. A corrections officer finds an inmate with pinpoint pupils, slow respirations of 6/min, and cyanosis. This presentation is most consistent with:

    Answer: Opioid overdose

    The opioid overdose triad includes pinpoint pupils, respiratory depression, and altered consciousness or cyanosis.

  4. Universal precautions in a correctional setting require officers to treat ALL blood and body fluids as if they are:

    Answer: Potentially infectious regardless of the inmate's known medical status

    Universal precautions assume all blood and body fluids are potentially infectious with bloodborne pathogens such as HIV or hepatitis.

  5. An officer is performing CPR on an inmate when the AED analyzes the rhythm and advises 'No shock recommended.' The officer should:

    Answer: Immediately resume CPR

    When the AED advises no shock, it means the rhythm is non-shockable — CPR must be resumed immediately to maintain perfusion.

  6. During a facility lockdown, an officer cannot immediately access EMS. An inmate has a partial-thickness burn covering the forearm. The first aid priority is to:

    Answer: Cool the burn with cool (not cold/iced) running water for 10–20 minutes

    Cool running water for 10–20 minutes reduces tissue temperature and limits the depth of burn injury.

  7. An inmate is struck in the eye with a foreign object and the object remains embedded. The officer should:

    Answer: Stabilize the object in place and cover both eyes with loose dressings

    Embedded eye objects must be stabilized, not removed; covering both eyes reduces sympathetic eye movement that could worsen injury.