- How should a casualty with an open abdominal wound be positioned while the wound is being dressed and bandaged?
Your answer:
On his side with the injured side down.
On his back with his head and shoulders raised.
Flat on his back.
On his back with his feet elevated higher than the level of his heart.
On his back with his knees raised
- A casualty has both an entry and exit wound in his abdominal region. Which wound should you treat first?
Your answer:
The exit wound
The entry wound
The more serious wound
- You are giving buddy-aid to a casualty with an open abdominal wound. A loop of intestine has come out of the wound and is lying on the ground. The casualty is lying on his back. What should you do?
Your answer:
Use a clean dressing or cloth to gently place the loop of intestine on the casualty's abdomen.
Use your bare hands to gently place the loop of intestine on the casualty's abdomen.
Use your bare hands to gently push the loop of intestine back into the abdominal cavity.
Use a clearn dressing or cloth to gently push the loop of intestine back into the abdominal cavity.
- When securing the dressing over an open abdominal wound, the tails should be tied:
Your answer:
over the casualty's spine
on the casualty's side away from the wound
over the wound
- When securing the dressing, the bandages should be tied:
Your answer:
loose enough to avoid putting pressure on the wound but tight enough to keep the dressing in place.
Tight enough to control the bleeding but not tight enough to stop blood circulation
As tightly as possible.
- If you reinforce the abdominal dressings, where should you tie the knots of the reinforcing bandages?
Your answer:
On the casualty's side opposite the side that the field dressing tails were tied.
Directly over the wound
At the same place the tails of the field dressing was tied.
- You have dressed and bandaged an open abdominal wound. The casualty says that he is hungry and thirst. What should you do?
Your answer:
Give the casualty something to eat and drink
Give the casualty something to drink, but nothing to eat
Give the casualty nothing to eat or drink, but you can wet the casualty's lips with water.