Leertaak 2.6 Trauma

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Medical Emergencies

What should you do before you start compressions?

How deeply should you compress the chest and how many compressions a minute?

Warning signs

What is not a breathing problem?

1. smoke inhalation
2. shortness of breath
3. chest pains
4. congestion

A person loses consciousness when she

1. has fainted
2. suffers a dizzy spell
3. has drowned
4. lapses into a coma

After how many minutes of applying direct pressure to a wound, should you try to apply pressure between the wound and the heart?

1. 10 minutes
2. 15 minutes
3. 5 minutes
4. 2 minutes

For how long should you apply pressure with an ice pack to the wound after you have bandaged it?

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

Where can you feel the neck pulse?

1. directly over the heart
2. next to the Adam's apple
3. in the hollow of the elbow
4. on the inside of the wrist