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Visible shortening of a limb is not necessarily a sign of a fracture:
Moderate and deep hypothermia cause very unstable condition, and the patient must be inactive and treated very carefully:
All fires will burn easier and faster in an oxygen-rich environment. Therefore, do not use oxygen bottles near an open fire. Smoking is not allowed.
If a patient has heat exhaustion, the symptoms are weakness, vertigo, headache and nausea. Initially the skin is cool and clammy.
Damage to the spinal cord will always result in immediate neurological malfunction:
Why do people need familiarization training every time they join a new ship?
Because the content of familiarization training will change depending on the type of ship and their job on board.
Because they are liable to have forgotten how to launch lifeboats and operate rescue equipment.
Because it is checked during SIRE inspections.
If they are experienced seafarers, they do not need such a tour.
Which of the following items is essential and should always be kept in stock?
Injuries resulting from slips and falls constitute the largest percentage of accidents that occur in the catering department. What should be done to reduce this high accident rate?
Keep the floors and decks free from fat and grease.
Do not wash off all rubbish to prevent persons slipping.
Install thermostates to avoid water from freezing to ice.
Ensure that slippery substances are not left where several persons are expected to be.
If you need to use a chemical cleaning agent, where can you find complete information about any potential hazards and precautions?
The Safety Data Sheet for the product.
On the label of the product.
In the ship’s SMS procedures.
No special precautions are needed if the correct PPE is worn.
Anyone joining a vessel that they are not familiar with should be given a safety equipment and familiarization tour. According to this module, where does this requirement come from?
SIRE and OCIMF requirements.
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS).
What should not be given to a patient who has diarrhoea?
You discover bugs in the white flour stored in the store room for dry stores. Where would you move the flour to prevent the problem from spreading any further?
In a spare cabin that has air conditioning.
A casualty with burns has less need for fluid:
What is the lowest temperature at which potatoes should be stored?
Symptoms of serious head injury are unconsciousness, low pulse rate and high blood pressure:
A bandage is always applied to an open wound:
What is the most serious damage to the tissue concerning damage by pressure?
Increasing pressure and developing oedema.
Unconscious casualties who are breathing and whose hearts are beating should be placed in the Recovery Position. What is the Recovery Position?
The patient placed in a “face-to-the-floor” position, and with arms and legs arranged in order to stabilize this position.
The patient sitting in a position with the head kept as low as possible.
What is the most important treatment concerning a foreign body in the eye?
Wring the eye-lid to prevent blinking.
To protect a burn injury, we should never remove the patients clothing:
A haematoma can be caused by head injury:
Which of the following actions will most effectively prevent fire in a cabin?
Ensuring that all persons avoid smoking in bed.
Request people to refrain from smoking.
Install fire detecting devices.
If there are signs of tendon damage, the tendon must be sutured by a surgeon before closing the wound. If so, put on a dressing until qualified treatment can be administered:
When an ambulance or more qualified personnel arrives at the scene, there is no need to tell them about the poisonous chemical inhaled since they will find out themselves:
You will be at sea for 45 days with a crew of 30 men. How much tomatoe would you buy?
A patient who is shouting has an open airway:
When loading provisions/stores in a tropical harbour on sunny days, which of the following would you arrange to get out of the sun as soon as possible?
Why shall you never pour water into hot fat?
The water will explode into steam causing hot fat to be thrown far away thus possibly causing severe burns or fire.
The fat will stiffen immediately and need reheating.
The water will turn into steam and cause the fat to explode.
The fat will not be edible anymore.
You are going to be at sea for 30 days with a crew of 30 men. How many eggs would you buy?
Cooling does not reduce pain in a sprain:
R-I-C-E treatment has no effect if postponed more than 4 hours after the injury took place:
A patient who breathes will always have a pulse rate?
How can accidents still happen, even when the correct procedures are followed?
If there are any “holes” or weaknesses in procedures, accidents can still happen in some circumstances.
Accidents can never happen if all the procedures are followed.
There are often a lot of very poor procedures around.
It is not worth trusting in procedures, you should always decide what is best yourself.
What kind of cleaning product would you use to remove burnt food remains?
Strong alkaline solution.
A solution of water and acid vinegar.
A seriously hypothermic patient should as soon as possible be placed in a warm bath (>50 °C) to regain normal body heat:
You should only use double nose catheters when treating two patients on one oxygen bottle:
How will you treat a seasick person?
Leave him in bed or request him to have some fresh air.
Force him to eat any kind of fat food.
Make him swollow seasick pills until he stops vomiting.
Encourage him to drin a lot of lukewarm sea water.
What will you serve seafarers who has been exposed to cold?
Brandy, whisky or other strong drinks.
Fruit and vegetables only.
You can threat a person with heat exhaustion by giving him salt and water:
Why should knives never be left submerged in washing-up water?
Because you may cut your fingers.
Because the blades may be stained and rust coloured.
Because they may be lost when the sink is drained.
Because the knives may be blunt and need resharpening.
There is nothing more you can do to prevent food poisoning, than ensure that frozen poultry and meat are fully defrosted before it is cooked. Cook meat, poultry, fish, and eggs thoroughly to kill harmful bacteria. Never keep food lukewarm for long periods; bacteria can multiply without obvious signs of spoilage:
Where would you store a 6 month supply of margarine?
In the dry stores room at +20 °C.
An internal abdominal bleeding is not dangerous as it will stop bleeding by itself due to the increased pressure in the abdomen:
Cardiac arrest leads to circulation failure:
Bleeding will always occur together with a fracture, that breaks the skin:
A good splint should prevent adequate blood circulation and compress nerves, so the casualty will not feel any pain:
Do not touch anything that is sticking to, or embedded in, the eyeball, or over the coloured part of the eye, when treating a person with a foreign body in the eye:
Once a bandage is in place it should be left alone:
What is the first sign and symptom of a Cardiac Infarction?
Sudden crushing, vice-like pain in the centre of the chest.
Possible frothing at the mouth.
Skin may be red and loss of movements in the right arm may occur.
Strong and painful pulse.
What does “general daily cleaning” mean?
Removing trash, dusting and light cleaning cabins, messrooms and WC.
Cleaning floors in cabins and messrooms.
Washing floors, chemical cleaning of furniture and carpets, polishing.
Dishwashing and laundry service.
Improvised splints can only be made of solid materials:
Parts of the body can be used as splints:
Which of the following meats is most perishable in cold storage?
If Mouth-to-Mouth (M-T-M) ventilation by itself is unsuccessful and the casualty’s heart stops, or has stopped beating, you must perform External Chest Compression (ECC) in conjunction with M-T-M. When performing ECC, where do you place your hand on the casualty’s body?
Place the heel of one hand, two finger breadths above the bottom of breastbone. Cover the hand with the heel of the other hand.
The correct position of your hands are of no importance.
Place the heel of your two hands on the top of the breastbone.
Cardiac arrest will always lead to unconsciousness:
When you are taking out provisions for the next day, you notice that the temperature in the meat freezer is only -8 °C. How would you react to such a situation?
Report it immediately to the Chief Engineer.
Wait until the next day to report it.
Report it immediately to the Chief Officer.
It is the increased pressure in the head that is fatal, not the bleeding itself:
Which of the following fruits should you use first?
Heat-stroke can occur suddenly, causing unconsciousness within minutes. This may be signaled by the casualty feeling uneasy and ill.
On the average, how much long life milk would a crew of 30 men use in the course of 30 days?
The position and direction of entry and exit wounds will alert you to the likely extent of hidden injury, and to the degree of shock that may ensue:
Why should “near miss incidents” be reported?
To avoid accidents and injuries in the future.
To comply with the regulations.
To find the person who was to blame.
It is best not to report them; it makes the company look like they are having too many incidents.
What does the abbreviation ABC mean in first aid?
Air, Breathing, Circulation.
Air, Breath, Concentration.
Abandon, Balance, Circulation.
Heat cramps seldom occurs after excessive sweating precipitated by strenuous exercise:
Abdominal thrust is applied to remove foreign objects in the airway:
Welding and burning are among the factors which give the highest risk of fire on board ships. Precautions has to be taken to avoid this risk. Which of the following safety rules may be regarded as the most important?
The welder shall have been instructed in the use of the ship’s welding plant.
Electric welding plants shall be controlled by a responsible engineer before use.
Only holders of welding certificates shall be allowed to carry out welding on board ships.
Only use electrodes from a well-known manufacturer.
A spine/neck injury will always have priority over every other injury due to the risk of paralysis:
It may be difficult to tell if there is a fracture or a sprain:
According to this module, why is the Galley a potentially dangerous place?
Because there is a greater risk of slips, trips and falls, and there are many other additional hazards.
Because galley staff do not usually wear the correct PPE.
Because galley staff are less aware of safety.
Because galley staff are not trained about safety in the same way as deck and engine room staff.
Your aims are to maintain the airway, breathing and circulation, to remove any contaminated clothing, to identify the poison and to obtain medical aid:
When working on electrical equipment, we need to have it isolated. What does this mean?
We have created a physical separation between the electricity supply and the item to be worked on.
The equipment is switched off.
The equipment has a tag on it, where possible.
We have roped off the area around the equipment.
What is the correct temperature for storing bananas?
Food poisoning may be caused by eating food, that is contaminated by bacteria or by toxins produced by bacteria, that were already in the food:
According to the International Chamber of Shipping, what are the THREE key components to developing an effective safety culture? Select the THREE correct answers:
Which of the following items is essential and should always be kept in stock?
Which of the following items is essential and should always be kept in stock?
What should NOT be given to a patient suffering from diarrhea?
Any major bleeding must be stopped before treating a wound:
What does “periodic cleaning” mean?
Washing and polishing floors, chemical cleaning of furniture and carpets in cabin and other common rooms.
Clearing all showers and WC.
Removing trash, dusting and light cleaning in cabins and common rooms.
A chemical burn from fluid must be bandaged firmly to prevent fluid from covering greater parts of the skin: