Once a bandage is in place it should be left alone:
What should NOT be given to a patient suffering from diarrhea?
According to this module, where does the ship’s safety culture begin?
The safety and familiarization tour when joining the ship.
With the correct procedures being written.
With regular Safety Management Team meetings.
The motor function and circulation distal to the fracture should always be assessed:
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.
A casualty with burns has less need for fluid:
What is most important to take with you in a lifeboat if the ship is abandoned?
Warm clothes, blankets and lifevests.
As much biscuit and canned food as possible.
All valuables like money, jewelry etc.
When performing C-P-R it is advisable to elevate the patient’s legs to secure sufficient blood to the chest and head:
A seriously hypothermic patient should as soon as possible be placed in a warm bath (>50 °C) to regain normal body heat:
It may be difficult to tell if there is a fracture or a sprain:
A method NOT usually allowed in cleaning up oil spills in the US waters is:
What is the most important treatment concerning a foreign body in the eye?
Wring the eye-lid to prevent blinking.
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.
What is the correct temperature for storing bananas?
Which of the following kinds of fish is the most perishable in cold storage?
Cooling does not reduce pain in a sprain:
Which of the following tinned products should be kept in cold storage?
When using cleaning equipment, what is important before starting?
Knowing exactly how the equipments are working.
That the electric cord is long enough.
Conferring with the working-plan.
Shock and circulation failure are equivalent:
A patient who breathes will always have a pulse rate?
When we deal with food poisoning your aims are to encourage the casualty to rest, to seek medical advice or aid, and to give the casualty plenty of bland fluids to drink:
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.
What would you serve at a cocktail party?
Buffet featuring warm dishes.
Buffet featuring warm and cold dishes.
Assorted open-faced sandwiches.
A good splint should prevent adequate blood circulation and compress nerves, so the casualty will not feel any pain:
Open weave roller bandages are used to support joints:
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 a patient has heat exhaustion, the symptoms are weakness, vertigo, headache and nausea. Initially the skin is cool and clammy.
A person suffering from a moderate to hard blow to the head, should always be under close observation in the early hours after the accident, considering possible development of edema in the head:
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.
R-I-C-E treatment has no effect if postponed more than 4 hours after the injury took place:
What kind of cleaning product would you use to remove spilled oil and fat in the galley and pantry?
Neutral to Alkaline solution.
Neutral to acid solution.
Whitespirit or other fat removers.
The respiration system, above all, reacts to carbon dioxide levels in the blood:
Shock is a manifestation of changes in which the circulation fails because either pressure or volume of circulating blood has fallen to a dangerous level. What is the skin colour of a pasient in shock?
Heat cramps seldom occurs after excessive sweating precipitated by strenuous exercise:
How shall you treat the dishwashing machine?
It shall be cleaned daily and oiled and inspected regularly.
It shall only be used for prewashing the crockery and cutlery.
It shall be treated with care and cleaned once a week.
What operations does the ISM Code cover?
Operations which could affect safety or cause pollution.
Only operations that affect safety.
Only operations conducted at the management level.
Operations by ship management companies.
Dressing should always be larger than the wound they cover:
A spine/neck injury will always have priority over every other injury due to the risk of paralysis:
During mooring operations, which is the safe position to be in?
Outside the colored zone.
Between the “point of break” and the “fairlead”.
Behind the point of restraint, but inside the zone.
Behind the fairlead, but inside the zone.
Bandages must be sterile before use:
You can threat a person with heat exhaustion by giving him salt and water:
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.
A sudden fall in blood pressure does not normally lead to circulation failure:
Anyone joining a vessel that they are not familiar with should be given a safety equipment and familiarization tour. Which of the following should this include? Select any answers that you think apply:
Head injury will lead to circulation failure:
A bandage is always applied to an open wound:
To render correct first aid one should be certain that there is a fracture before treating the patient:
Which of the following items is essential and should always be kept in stock?
A person under influence of alcohol will suffer from frost injuries quicker than a sober person:
Treatment of burns and scalds depends on the severity of the injury. What is the correct thing to do for minor burns and scalds?
Place the injured part under slowly running cold water for at least 10 minutes, but preferably until the pain is gone. If no water is available, use any cold, harmless liquid.
Remove all sticky clothing from the casualty.
Break blisters, remove any loose skin or foreign objects from the injured area.
Apply lotions, ointments or fat to the injury.
Breathing is controlled by the respiratory centre in the brain:
You should always wash your hands before preparing food. Wear protective gloves or waterproof plasters if you have cuts on your hands:
What does the abbreviation ABC mean in first aid?
Air, Breathing, Circulation.
Air, Breath, Concentration.
Abandon, Balance, Circulation.
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.
Grease and oil must never be used in connection with oxygen bottles, couplings and valves:
At what number of crew members is it mandatory to have an Protection and Environment Committee on board?
Heat-stroke can occur suddenly, causing unconsciousness within minutes. This may be signaled by the casualty feeling uneasy and ill.
Spillage of corrosive chemicals is poisonous and can also result in burns:
What is a contingency plan for ships?
Plan for safety preparedness.
Plan for maintenance and repair.
Loading plan for general cargo.
None of the tissue cells will die, only damaged when the casualty has a crush injury:
To protect a burn injury, we should never remove the patients clothing:
The brain of hypothermic patients will consume less oxygen than usual:
The walls in the blood vessels are completely resistant to diffusion:
You will be at sea for 45 days with a crew of 30 men. How much tomatoe would you buy?
The training manual shall contain instructions and information in easily understood terms and illustrated whenever possible. Which of the following objects do not have to be explained in detail in the manual according to present regulations?
Donning of fire protection clothing.
Muster of assigned stations.
Donning of lifejackets and immersion suits.
What IMO conventions take care of the human safety at sea?
It is the SOLAS conventions.
It is the MARPOL conventions.
What should not be given to a patient who has diarrhoea?
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.
The respiration system of a person suffering from flame burns is very exposed to damage:
There are, at least, four distinct signs of fracture:
In general cleaning it is recommended and suitable to use cleaning products which are:
On the average, how much long life milk would a crew of 30 men use in the course of 30 days?
You should terminate resuscitation after 15 minutes:
A limb with an external bleeding should be lowered to maintain circulation in order to supply the cells with oxygen and prevent cell death:
You should only use double nose catheters when treating two patients on one oxygen bottle:
What is the correct temperature range for the vegetable room where most of the fruits and vegetables are stored?
The responsibility for safety and security rests with everybody on board the vessel. General house-keeping rules should be followed. Which of the listed rules is the most important?
Keep your working area clean and tidy.
Always use gloves when using grinding machines.
Do not carry lighters or matches when working outdoors.
Keep tools within easy reach during work.
If you are unable to give a patient with an increased circulation failure due to bleeding, intravenous treatment, he should promptly be given plenty to drink to replace lost fluid:
Which of the following items is essential and should always be kept in stock?
Normal resting rate of pulse in a healthy adult is about 2-3 beats per second: