2009 South West Regional Mine Rescue Contest

Ruidoso New Mexico

Team Name: ______

Team Number: ______

Member Name: ______

1)To prevent cross infection when giving first aid, you should …

  1. Never treat a causality without gloves
  2. Avoid direct contact with bodily fluid
  3. Both a and b
  4. Stay clear of casualties who are bleeding

2)When carrying out a top to toe survey you listen for what sound?

  1. The ambulance
  2. Other first aiders
  3. Advice from onlookers
  4. Crepitus

3)The average pulse of an adultis between:

  1. 60-100 beats/min.
  2. 70-90 beats/min.
  3. 60-80 beats/min.
  4. 60-90 beats/min.

4)Circulatory shock is caused by …

  1. witnessing an accident
  2. being involved in an accident
  3. blood or fluid loss
  4. none of the above

5)Air is a mixture of gasses containing…

  1. 21% nitrogen and 79% oxygen
  2. 21% oxygen and 79%nitrogen
  3. 16% oxygen, 79%nitrogen and 5% other gasses
  4. 70% oxygen, 16% nitrogen and 5% other gasses

6)Hypoxia is

  1. Too much oxygen in the body
  2. An illness due to smoke inhalation
  3. An injury to the lungs
  4. The depletion of oxygen to the body

7)Angina pectoris can be controlled by using

  1. Paracetamol
  2. nitroglycerin
  3. Exercise
  4. Hypothermia

8)A contusion is another name for

  1. Concussion
  2. A head injury
  3. A bruise
  4. A graze

9)If a part of the intestine is protruding you should:

  1. push it back in
  2. pull it out
  3. cover it with plastic or kitchen film
  4. ignore it

10)After putting an arm sling on a casualty you should:

  1. Check for an ambulance
  2. Clean the wound and wait for an ambulance
  3. Check their breathing
  4. Check their circulation

11)The skin is made up of what layers

  1. The upper and lower epidermis
  2. The outer epidermis and inner dermis
  3. The upper and lower dermis
  4. The outer dermis and inner epidermis

12)One percent of the body area burned is measured using?

  1. Rule of burns
  2. Extent of burns rule
  3. The palm of your hand
  4. The palm of your casualties hand

13)The depth of a burn can be classified as either

  1. Superficial
  2. Partial thickness burn
  3. Full thickness burn
  4. One or more of the above

14)For a chemical burn the injured part of the body should be run under cold water for how long?

  1. 5min.
  2. 10min.
  3. 15 min.
  4. 20 min.

15)Hyperglycemia is caused ?

  1. When the blood sugar level is to high
  2. When the blood sugar level is to low
  3. When a diabetic takes to much insulin
  4. When a diabetic takes to much sugar

16)Where would cerebrospinal fluid leak from?

  1. Scalp
  2. Lower back
  3. Ear
  4. E.A.R.

17)Which of the following would not be expected as an additional injury accompanying a dislocation:

  1. Tearing of the ligaments
  2. A fracture
  3. Damage to the joint capsule
  4. Severe bleeding

18)To treat a soft tissue injury you would follow which f the following sequences?

  1. RICE
  2. DRABC
  3. PCFATS
  4. AVPU

19)When three or more consecutive ribs on the same side of the chest are broken you expect to see:

  1. A depression in the area
  2. A condition called “flail chest
  3. A ragging bull
  4. Hyperventilation

20)Absorbed poisons:

  1. Are usually detected because of skin reactions
  2. Manifest with skin reactions
  3. May show no skin reaction
  4. Both a and c

21)Meperidine is an example of:

  1. A small north eastern college
  2. A hallucinogenic
  3. A narcotic
  4. A drug used to treat rashes

22)During the focused history and physical exam

  1. The carotid pulse is checked
  2. The distal pulse is checked
  3. The capillary refill test is used
  4. The radial pulse is checked

23)DCAP-BTLS is an acronym used :

  1. To tell dispatch of a decapitation
  2. During the physical examination
  3. During mental assessment
  4. During patient evacuation

24)When handing off to the EMTs

  1. Report patients mental status
  2. Chief complaint
  3. SAMPLE history
  4. Relay your assessment of patient prognosis

25)A partial complex seizure is

  1. Loss of concentration with no dramatic body movements
  2. Loss of concentration with dramatic body movements
  3. Short term memory loss associated with slight muscle movement
  4. An inability to control body movement