First Aide Merit Badge Quiz

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Section One: Review Topics.
1. What is First Aid?

True or false (circle “T” for true, “F” for false) for the following conditions and treatments.

T or F 2. A nosebleed: pinch nostrils, tilt head back.

T or F 3. A simple cut: wash, cover with a bandaid.

T or F 4. Poisonous/venomous snakebite: make cuts, suck out venom.

T or F 5. Second Degree burn: put lots of ointment on.

T or F 6. Heat exhaustion: cool victim, give water with salt, put their feet up.

T or F 7. Heat stroke: cool victim, head up, get help!

T or F 8. Internal poisoning: always induce vomiting.

9. How do you obtain emergency help:
A. At home?
What do you tell them?
Who hangs up first?

B. Wilderness camping trip?

C. Open water?

10. List six things in your personal first aid kit.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

11. I do have a personal first aid kit, and will bring it with me to
outdoor activities: Yes or No.

Section Two: “Hurry cases.”
1. What are the (five) most common signs of a heart attack?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

2. What do you do for someone showing signs of a heart attack?

3. The person in 2. does not want you to call anyone. What do
you say?

4. What are the FIVE steps for treating SEVERE bleeding?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

“C.D.E.T.S.”

5. How can you protect yourself from blood (list two)?

6. What are the dangers of a tourniquet?

7. When do you use a tourniquet?

8. What do you also put on a patient with a tourniquet?

9. Do you ever loosen a tourniquet? How often?

10. Circle true or false below for the steps in treating an allergic reaction to a bee sting:

True or False: Call for help.

True or False: Use the person’s emergency kit.

True or False: Place a snug band between the bite and the heart.

True or False: Raise the site of the bite above the heart.

True or False: Place ice or cool wet cloth.

True or False: Treat for shock and/or CPR as needed.

Section Three: Bone and soft tissue injuries.

1. What are three signs of a fracture/broken bone?
1.
2.
3.

In treating a fracture:
2. True or False: straighten the limb before splinting.

3. True or False: treat for shock.

4. True or False: seek medical help.

5. True or False: pad splints like sticks and boards.

6. True or False: a compound fracture has the skin broken over the fracture.

7. True or False: if the bone is back inside the wound, then it is no longer a compound fracture.

8. True or False: try to clean a compound fracture wound.

9. True or False: after a large bone fracture is splinted, you are free to move the patient in non-emergency situations.

10. True or False: the goal is to have splints immobilize a fracture above and below the break.
Head, neck, and back injuries.

11. True or False: Signs are pain, swelling, numbness, weakness/paralysis.

12. True or False: Unconscious patients usually do not have a head, neck, and/or back injury.

13. True or False: If a back injury is suspected, place sandbags, blankets, towels, etc. around the patient.

14.True or False: If a back injury is suspected, place a pillow under the head for comfort.

15.True or False: If a back injury is suspected and the patient must be moved due to fire, get a lot of help, and “Log roll” the patient.

16. True or False: If a back injury is suspected, it is okay to twist the patient, as long as it is just a little bit.

17. True or False: If a back injury is suspected, it is okay to lift their legs to treat for shock.

18: True or False: If a back injury is suspected, you should treat other injuries as well.

Section Four: Grab bag!

Circle “T “ for true, “F” for false.

1. T or F Hypothermia is not a life threatening illness.

2. T or F Hypothermia is only a problem at the North Pole and other very cold areas.

3. T or F Ways of warming a person include liquids, sleeping bags, a car, and removing wet clothes.

4. T or F You should slap someone having a seizure, and stuff a stick in their mouth between their teeth.

5. T or F Warm frostbite areas slowly with warm water and/or warm body parts.

6. T or F Water and small amounts of salt are useful in treating dehydration.

7. T or F A bruise is bleeding under the skin. There may be a fracture under a bruise.

8. T or F Strains and sprains are soft tissue injuries, fractures involve bone injury.

9. T or F Rest, ice, immobilization, and elevation are good for treating sprains and strains. (“R.I.C.E.”).

10.T or F Sprains and fractures are easy to tell apart.

11.T or F If you injure your ankle, you should immediately take your shoe off.

12.T or F Seek medical help for abdominal pain that is severe or lasts more than an hour.

13.T or F Place a tooth or a piece of a tooth that is knocked out in water or milk, and seek medical help.

14. T or F For muscle cramps, cool compresses, massage, liquids, and a small amount of salt is helpful.

15.T or F Remove objects that could hurt a seizure victim, and place them on their side when the seizure is finished to help maintain an open airway.

16. In choosing a method of moving an injured person, what THREE things do
you consider?
1.
2.
3.

17. I taught _____________________ (name of person) the following first aid skill: ___________________________________________________________.

Section Five: C.P.R.

1. “C.C.C.” means:

2. “A.B.C.” means:

3. The rate of rescue breaths given to an adult victim is __________ per minute, or one every _________seconds.

4. Never give chest compressions to a patient who has a ______________.

5. The rate of chest compressions in an adult is ______________ per minute, done on the lower third of the ______________, and at a depth of ________________ inches.

6. Abdominal thrusts to a choking victim are given _________________________ the belly button using two hands.

7. The most common obstruction to the airway in an unconscious person is the ________________________.

8. In an adult, the ratio of rescue breaths to chest compressions is _____________breaths to ______________compressions.

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Answer key. . .this is not an exhaustive key, as the class time at the Troop Meetings is the most important time for learning! If there are questions or comments, please contact Scoutmaster
Dr. Bryon Solberg, M.D.

For page numbers, see: The Boy Scout Handbook.

Section One: Review.
1. Immediate care! True answers are 3, 6, and 7.

2. Pinch nostrils, lean forward, cool cloth (p. 306.)

3. p.304.

4. pp. 312-313.

5. p. 306.

6. p. 319.

7. p. 320.

8. p. 302.

9.
A. Call 911. Who, what, where, when, how. Let the operator hang up first, so any questions they have are answered.

B. Signal (whistle, cell phone, mirror, fire—>careful!). Send for help (buddies!!!!!).

C. Radio, flare, whistle, cell phone, mirror.

10. pp. 289-290. Include antiseptic wipes, 2-3 bandaids, tape (i.e. duct tape rolled around a pencil!), 2 gauze pads, a bandana or triangular bandage, small tweezers, small tube of antibiotic ointment. I keep mine in a small baggy in my daypack. I also have disposable gloves, matches, an
elastic bandage, safety pins, flashlight, splint, anti-sting lotion, and a breathing barrier in my kit.

11. Sign name.

Section Two: “Hurry cases.”
1. p. 298.

2. Keep them calm, still, and partly reclining/sitting. Call 911. CPR if indicated (see later).

3. We need to call them now.It is the right thing to do.THEN CALL!

4. and 5.
pp. 299-301. “C.D.E.T.S!.” Call for help, Direct pressure, limb Elevation, Tourniquet if needed, Shock treatment. Goggle, gloves, remove stained clothing, wash body, tell a physician.

6. Loss of limb.

7. When it is a matter of losing the life from bleeding (the bleeding will not stop by the other three techniques) vs. losing the limb.

8. A note attached to the patient with the time/location of the tourniquet. I prefer up around the shoulder/neck area, as this is not covered up, and is an area assessed early by the secondary care teams (EMT’s, physicians).

9. Yes, after five minutes to see if the tourniquet is still necessary. If severe bleeding is still present, retighten the tourniquet, and recheck every five minutes.

10. Use the person’s emergency kit. Call for help, place a snug band between the bite and the heart, lower the site of the bite below the heart, place ice or cool wet cloth. Treat for shock and/or CPR as needed.

Section Three: Bone and soft tissue injuries.

1. Pain, swelling, deformity (shape change), inability to move the area, a grating sound or feeling are all signs of a fracture/broken bone.

2. False (“Splint it where it lies.”).

3,4,5,6 are true.

7. False (any wound over the break makes it a compound fracture; the bone never has to penetrate the skin, as a blow from an object can cause the wound and break).

8. False (cover with a sterile dressing, but attempts at cleaning may deepen foreign bodies/increase the risk of infection.

9. False (only move a severely injured patient if you absolutely have to!)

10. True.

11, 13, 15, and 18 are true.

Section Four: Grab bag!

True statements are: 3,5,6,7,8,9,12,13, 14, 15.

16. How fast you must move the person (if at all!).
How severely injured the person is.
How much help you have to move the person.

Section Five: C.P.R.
1. Check (area and patient), Call (first and fast, 911), Care.

2. Airway, Breathing, Circulation. (This is what one checks in the patient, and provides care for.).

3. 12 breaths per minute, one every 5 seconds.

4. Pulse.

5. 100, sternum, 1.5-2 inches.

6. Just above.

7. Tongue.

8. Two breaths to 30 compressions.