Unit 3 Section 3 Quiz 1

What is the first step in treating burns?

• Apply a dry dressing to the burned area.

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• Get consent from the patient.

• Conduct a thorough size-up

The main treatment for wounds includes:

• Applying a tourniquet

• Control bleeding

• Apply dressing and bandage

• rinse wound off with water

A _____ is applied directly to the wound and a _____ holds it in place.

• dressing; bandage

• bandage; dressing

• dressing; gauze

• bandage; tape

When managing amputated body parts, the CERT volunteer should:

• Keep the severed body part with the patient.

• Discard the severed body part.

• Ignore the severed body part.

• Leave the severed body part at the scene.

When a foreign object is lodged in the patient's body, the best course of action is to find trained medical personnel (EMS) to care for a patient with an impaled object.

• True

• False

If EMS is unavailable and a foreign object has impaled a patient, you should:

• Remove the object

• Control bleeding without placing undue pressure on the foreign object

• Immobilize the affected body part

• Stabilize the impaled object

One of the rules of dressing wounds is if the dressing is soaked with blood, redress over the existing dressing.

• True

• False

When treating a patient with suspected chemical burns, use lots of cool running water to flush the chemical from the skin for at least:

• 10 minutes

• 15 minutes

• 20 minutes

• 30 minutes

It is a best practice to use ice when cooling a full thickness burn.

• True

• False

Match the type burn with the layer of skin affected.

• epidermis

• full thickness

• Complete destruction of epidermis/dermis

• superficial

• partial destruction of the dermis

• partial thickness