Firefighter Emergency Medical Care 4

Question 1

What is the best initial method to control most external bleeding?

Accepted Answer

Apply direct pressure to the wound

Answer

Direct pressure is the first and most effective method to control most external bleeding.

Question 2

When is a tourniquet indicated for an extremity injury?

Accepted Answer

When direct pressure fails to control life-threatening hemorrhage

Answer

A tourniquet is used when direct pressure cannot stop severe, life-threatening extremity bleeding.

Question 3

Which signs are most characteristic of hypovolemic shock?

Accepted Answer

Pale, cool, clammy skin with rapid weak pulse

Answer

Shock from blood loss causes pale, cool, clammy skin with a rapid, weak pulse.

Question 4

How should you position a patient showing signs of shock who has no spinal injury?

Accepted Answer

Supine and kept warm

Answer

Lay the shock patient supine, keep them warm, and treat the underlying cause.

Question 5

A patient has an object impaled in the abdomen. What is the correct care?

Accepted Answer

Stabilize the object in place and bandage around it

Answer

Leave an impaled object in place and stabilize it to avoid further internal damage and bleeding.

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