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Question 1 of 6
1. Question
A child has swallowed a household cleaner. They are conscious and breathing normally. Your initial management is to:
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If safe to do so, take the poison container to the telephone. Alternatively, if the poison container is contaminated, note down the product name and any ingredients listed. Take this note with you to the telephone. Call the Poisons Information Centre (P.I.C.) on 13 11 26 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week). If the casualty is not breathing, call 000 for an ambulance and commence CPR using “Mouth-to-Mask” resuscitation using a CPR face shield. -
Question 2 of 6
2. Question
Poisons and toxic substances can be ingested, inhaled, absorbed or injected into the body?
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Absorption through the skin.Ingestion – swallowing.Inhalation – breathing.Injection – drug abuse.Bites via snake and spider. -
Question 3 of 6
3. Question
How would you manage a unconscious person who has taken excess sleeping medication?
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Call 000 for an ambulance. Monitor the casualty, if casualty becomes unconscious follow DRSABCD. -
Question 4 of 6
4. Question
Your neighbour is mowing his lawn in the hot sun, when you see him collapse. He is conscious, sweating profusely, short of breath, complaining of cramps in his hands and feet and a bad headache. You recognise that he is dehydrated. What should you do immediately?
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Cease activity and remove casualty to a cool place to rest. Lay the casualty down with legs slightly elevated. Remove unnecessary clothing. Apply a cold compress to affected muscles. Replace lost fluid with sips of cool water; give slowly if casualty is nauseated. -
Question 5 of 6
5. Question
How should you warm a casualty with hypothermia?
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Call 000 for an ambulance urgently.. Call triple 000 for an ambulance, remove the casualty from the cold environment, remove wet clothing and dry the casualty, apply insulation and give warm drinks. -
Question 6 of 6
6. Question
Infants, the very young and elderly are at greater risk of heat induced illness?
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The normal function of most human body systems and organs requires the body’s temperature to be controlled within the narrow limits of 36.5°C to 37.5°C. As the body’s temperature falls, systems and organs progressively fail until death occurs, usually from cardiac arrest. Infants and elderly are at greater risk of developing hypothermia.
