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1. How would you open an airway for an unresponsive patient without a suspected spinal injury?
(Choose 1)
2. Tick all of the answers that you would want to tell the operator when you call 999.
(Tick all that apply)
3. You are doing CPR on a patient when the emergency services arrive. On their arrival, you should:
(Choose 1)
5.
What actions might you use to try and build trust with a casualty?
(Tick all that apply)
6. When treating a child, what might you want to take an extra consideration for?
(Choose 1)
7. When approaching the scene of an incident, what dangers should you be considering and aware of?
(Tick all that apply)
Fire
Glass
Aggressive people
Slippery surfaces
Electrical contacts with patient or surroundings
Road traffic
All of the above
8. You have started assisting a casualty at a scene and are on your own. Some passers by stop and ask if they
can help. You should:
(Choose 1)
10. Thinking about patient assessment, tick all of the options that are true.
(Tick all that apply)
11. Which of these options would you be looking to find out when assessing someone's breathing?
(Tick all that apply)
12. Which part of CPR is the most important in the early stages after a cardiac arrest?
(Tick all that apply)
Compressions
Rescue Breaths
15.
Tick all of the situations that you would stop CPR for:
(Tick all that apply)
17. You have come across a patient and found them to be unresponsive but breathing with no obvious cause.
What is the most appropriate position of the casualty whilst you wait for an ambulance?
(Choose 1)
18. One of the primary purposes of putting an unresponsive person in the recovery position is:
(Choose 1)
19. If you are faced with a patient who is choking and is not able to talk/cough, up to how many back blows
should you carry out before moving on to abdominal thrusts (and then moving back to back blows again)?
(Choose 1)
3
4
5
6
20.
For a choking casualty, you've done your first set of back blows without success. Up to how many
abdominal thrusts would you try before going back to back blows?
(Choose 1)
4
5
6
7
21. If a patient has something around their neck which is constricting their neck, what is the first thing you
should do? (assuming you've already checked for danger etc.)
(Choose 1)
Find out how long the patient has been like this
Put the patient's legs up
Make sure you don't touch the contriction
Remove/loosen the thing around the patient's neck
22. What actions may be appropriate when treating a patient who is hyperventilating?
(Tick all that apply)
Encourage the patient to seek medical advice on preventing panic attacks in future
Advise casualty to breathe in and out of a paper bag
Speak kindly and reassuringly whilst being firm
If possible, guide casualty to a quieter area to regain control of breathing
Help to coach the patient's breathing to be a more normal rate
23. Which of the following are common signs of a patient who is hyperventilating?
(Tick all that apply)
24. Name the common respiratory condition where patients often carry a device called an inhaler?
(Choose 1)
Croup
Emphysema
Asthma
Laryngitis
25. When would you call 999 or 112 for emergency help for a patient having an asthma attack?
(Tick all that apply)
breathing
vomiting
bleeding
dizziness
28. Tick all that might be a sign or symptom of a patient having a heart attack:
(Tick all that apply)
Breathlessness
Extreme anxiety
Collapse
Sudden faintness
Central chest pain
Ashen skin
All of the above
29.
What is often the best comfortable position for a patient who you suspect is having a heart attack?
(Choose 1)
30. Which of the below are appropriate actions for treatment of a severe bleed? (not given in any particular
order)
(Tick all that apply)
31. Tick 3 options that could be present (according to the UK FA manual) in a patient in the initial stages of
shock?
(Tick all that apply)
Sweating
Vomiting
Fast pulse rate
Cold, pale and clammy skin
Unconsciousness
Gasping for air
32. Tick all of the signs and symptoms that might be present as shock develops:
(Tick all that apply)
Thirst
Weakness
Nausea
Grey/blue skin
Weak pulse
Rapid breathing
Dizziness
33. If you come across someone who has been impaled on a fence post, what should you do?
(Choose 1)
Support the casualty's weight and get emergency help on the way
Get someone to help you lift the casualty off the post
Make sure you get them off the post as quick as possible and then get help
Just call for emergency help
34. Tick the primary aims/tasks you should consider when treating minor cuts or grazes:
(Tick all that apply)
fracture
sprain
strain
bang
36. You are treating someone with a closed femur fracture and have immobilised the injury and called for
help. What might you want to be ready to treat if necessary?
(Choose 1)
Head Injury
Stroke
Shock
Low blood sugar levels
37. What signs and symptoms might you expect from a patient who has dislocated their shoulder?
(Tick all that apply)
38. RICE is a common mnemonic to help you remember what to do when treating sprains and strains. What
does the I stand for?
(Choose 1)
Ice
Injuries
Impact
Inconvenience
40. Cramp is a common muscular condition where you get a sudden and painful spasm of the muscle. They
can often be relieved by:
(Choose 1)
Elevating legs
Eating
Not doing exercise
Stretching and massaging affected muscles
41. Which of the following could be a sign or symptom of a serious head injury?
(Tick all that apply)
Increasing drowsiness
Blood or a clear fluid leaking from nose/ear
Visual Disturbances
Confusion
Vomiting since injury
Unusual breathing
Loss of balance
42.
FAST is a useful tool for testing for stroke. What does the S stand for?
(Choose 1)
43. Select all of the options where hospital treatment would be appropriate:
(Tick all that apply)
45. You are assessing a patient and find that they have a headache, feel a bit light-headed, have a dry mouth,
are a little bit confused and have cramp in their legs. What could this potentially be?
(Choose 1)
Heart Attack
Angina
Asthma
Dehydration
47. If a splinter has been easy to remove and your have been able to take it out using some tweezers, what
can you then do?
(Choose 1)
48. If you come across a patient where they have a splinter fully embedded in their finger, you should:
(Choose 1)
Push on the splinter until it is nearer the surface and your can grab it
Get a pin and gently poke the splinter out
Try and protect it using a dressing and then advise further medical assistance
Tell them to go to hospital
where the bone has been fully broken across the whole bone
where the bone is showing through broken skin
where the skin is not broken and the bone can't be seen
where the bone is broken and the patient is still responsive