1. You are helping a victim who has cut his leg with a chainsaw. It is spurting blood with each heartbeat. What should you do first?
a. Apply a pressure bandage.
b. Apply direct pressure to the wound and consider applying a pressure bandage.
c. Lower the wound below heart level and wrap a pressure bandage around it.
d. Apply a tourniquet.
2. In which way is the sequence of basic life support in an infant different from that of a child aged 1 and older?
a. Activation of the emergency response system occurs later in the sequence.
b. Compression depth is one-third of the depth of the chest.
c. The compression-ventilation ratio is different for infants.
d. The manner of delivering compressions to an infant is with 2 fingers for a single rescuer.
1.When a person is bleeding which is spurting in every heartbeat ,it means the arteries are injured and that is the reason for spurting.To stop bleed apply pressure directly on the wound and apply a pressure bandage
Just applyinga pressure bandage will not stop bleed until a direct pressure is applied
Lowering the wound below the heart level will increase the bleedingdue to gravitational effect ,Always the injured or bleeding sure should be raised above the chest level to minimize bleeding
Application of tourniquet will increased the bleeding rather than stopping
Ans :b.Apply direct pressure to the wound and consider applying a pressure bandage
2.CPR is a life saving procedure which differes for different age group broadly divided as infant,children and adults. The ratio of compression and breath rate remains same in all except for the depth and use of the entire hand (Palm intelocked) to fingers in infants.Usually the infants are given a compression of 30 for 2 breaths and the depth of compression should be 1 1/2 inch only with two fingers (index and middle finger )
Ans:d.The manner of delivering compressions to an infant is with 2 fingers for a single rescuer
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