2012 National Metal and Nonmetal

Mine Rescue Contest

First Aid Competition

Written Test

Directions:

  1. Find the correct answer to each of the questions.
  2. Select only one answer per question.
  3. Then, fill in the corresponding circle on the answer sheet for each numbered question.

Good Luck!

July 31, 2012

2012 Metal/Nonmetal National Mine Rescue Contest

First Aid Competition – Written Test

Please do not write on this test. Use the answer sheet provided.

  1. The body cavity that houses the lungs, part of the windpipe and part of the esophagus is?
  2. Abdominal Cavity
  3. Upper cavity
  4. Pelvic Cavity
  5. Thoracic Cavity
  6. The gallbladder is located in the:
  7. Right upper quadrant
  8. Right lower quadrant
  9. Left upper quadrant
  10. Left lower quadrant
  11. The Bronciole is located in which body system?
  12. Circulatory System
  13. Respiratory System
  14. Digestive System
  15. Nervous System
  16. The body system that includes the pulmonary valve, ventricles, and aortic valve is the:
  17. Respiratory system
  18. Circulatory system
  19. Musculoskeletal system
  20. Nervous system
  21. When conducting a one rescuer emergency move called an “incline drag” the patient is:
  22. Dragged using a blanket
  23. Dragged by the feet and ankles
  24. Always dragged head first
  25. None of the above
  26. The ______is used to transport patients over rough terrain:
  27. Basket stretcher
  28. Pneumatic lift stretcher
  29. Scoop stretcher
  30. Flexible stretcher
  31. Once a cervical collar is in place on a patient with a suspected spine injury you should:
  32. Conduct and head to toe examination
  33. Maintain manual stabilization of the head
  34. Prepare the spine board to immobilize the patient
  35. Assess the airway, breathing and circulation
  36. The trachea is:
  37. Formed by tubes that branch from the throat and take air to the lungs
  38. An air passage to the lungs
  39. A leaf-shaped structure that covers the larynx
  40. A food passage with carries food and fluid to the stomach
  41. When there is an airway obstruction, only attempt finger sweeps when:
  42. There is a gag reflex
  43. The patient is alert but cannot cough
  44. The patient is unconscious and you can see an object
  45. The patient is vomiting
  46. When performing the steps for removal of a foreign body airway obstruction, the first step is to:
  47. Remove the object from the mouth
  48. Determine if there is a complete obstruction or partial and ask “are you choking?”
  49. Begin ventilating the patient with a pocket mask
  50. Place the index finger of one hand and grasp the fist of the other and give up to five abdominal thrusts
  51. The first thing a rescuer should do when inserting a Oropharyngeal airway is:
  52. Insert the airway so the tip is positioned towards the roof of the mouth
  53. Ventilate the patient with the most appropriate technique
  54. Take BSI precautions
  55. Manually open the airway using the head tilt, chin lift
  56. Determining the total number of patients at a scene is part of the:
  57. Initial assessment
  58. Focused history
  59. Patient assessment
  60. Scene size-up
  61. Scene size up begins______:
  62. By taking BSI precautions
  63. With determining scene safety
  64. With the information you receive from dispatch before you arrive on site
  65. By identifying the mechanism of injury or nature of illness
  66. Categorization of the patient as trauma is based primarily on what two factors?
  67. Scene size up and the patients vital signs
  68. Immediate assessment of the scene and initial assessment
  69. Assessment of the scene and mechanism of injury
  70. Immediate assessment of the scene and the patients mental status
  71. When determining your patient’s responsiveness during your initial assessment using the AVPU Scale, the P in the acronym means:
  72. Prior medical history
  73. Painful
  74. Partially alert
  75. Patient
  76. In an unresponsive medical patient you should:
  77. Perform a rapid physical exam, take vital signs, gather patient history
  78. Perform a focused physical exam, gather patient history, take vital signs
  79. Perform a focused trauma assessment, take vital signs, gather patient history
  80. Gather patient history, Perform CPR, take vital signs
  81. When assessing skin color, yellow skin indicates:
  82. Lack of oxygen in blood cells
  83. Heat exposure, high blood pressure
  84. Constricted blood vessels possible resulting from blood loss
  85. Liver abnormalities
  86. The type of AED that requires a rescuer to press a button to deliver a shock is called a:
  87. Fully automated
  88. Semi automated
  89. Manual
  90. None of the above
  91. An AED will NOT be effective on the following heart rhythm:
  92. Ventricular-fibrillation
  93. Ventricular-tachycardia
  94. Bradycardia
  95. Asystole
  96. You are alone when you discover and remove a four year old child from a public pool. When should you call 911?
  97. After providing two minutes of CPR
  98. Immediately after removing him from the pool
  99. After 5 minutes of CPR with no response
  100. After rescue breaths but before compressions
  101. Adequate breathing is:
  102. Depth of respirations that is either too deep or too shallow
  103. Breathing that will not sustain life
  104. Easy and effortless
  105. All of the above
  106. When a blood vessel in the brain ruptures, the patient is said to have:
  107. Heart attack
  108. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  109. Cerebrovascular accident
  110. Seizure
  111. A diabetic who has taken too much insulin, has eaten too little sugar, or who is overexerted may develop:
  112. Hypoglycemia
  113. Hypogenimia
  114. Hyperglaucomic
  115. Hyperendema
  116. Your patient is bleeding from a laceration to the forearm. The artery or pressure point that should be used to control bleeding is the:
  117. Ulna artery
  118. Radial artery
  119. Femoral artery
  120. Brachial artery
  121. When dealing with injuries to the nose, when there are no suspected skull fractures or spine injuries, you will have two duties:
  122. Utilize a pressure point and maintain manual stabilization
  123. Maintain an open airway and control bleeding
  124. Apply direct pressure over the wound a prepare a pressure dressing
  125. Monitor the airway and apply a moist sterile gauze
  126. A fracture is defined by:
  127. Bone that is broken, chipped, cracked or splintered
  128. Occurs when one end of a bone that is part of a joint is pulled or pushed
  129. Ligaments or tendons that stretch or tear
  130. Overexerting, overworking, overstretching or tearing of a muscle
  131. When splinting an injury to the extremity you should:
  132. Check distal circulation, sensation and motor function before splinting
  133. Check distal circulation, sensation and motor function after splinting
  134. Firmly secure the splint, leaving fingertips or toes exposed
  135. All of the above
  136. When treating a patient with a flail chest you should apply a bulky pad or dressings, several inches thick, over the site;
  137. True
  138. False
  139. Burn injuries are defined and superficial, partial thickness or full thickness. ______should be considered serious:
  140. Any burn that encircles a body part.
  141. Burns to the hands
  142. Burns estimated at greater than 15% of the patient’s body
  143. All of the above
  144. Routes of exposure to poisons are:
  145. Ingestion, inhalation, absorption, injection
  146. Ingestion, inspiration, injection, absorption
  147. Absorption, conduction, ingestion, injection
  148. Inhalation, digestion, injection, absorption

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