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. What is the complete rate when performing ECC?
Complete 15 compressions at the rate of 80 compressions per minute.
Complete 25 compressions at the rate of 75 compressions per minute.
Complete 20 compressions at the rate of 60 compressions per minute.
Which of the following kinds of fish is the most perishable in cold storage?
Which of the following are evidence of a POOR safety culture onboard a ship? Select any options that you think apply:
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?
Oxygen bottles should be handled with care and should be removed if they are exposed to heat:
When treating an injury obtained by falling, it is of great importance to check the motor function in the extremities:
You are going to be at sea for 30 days with a crew of 30 men. How many eggs would you buy?
What is the most serious damage to the tissue concerning damage by pressure?
Increasing pressure and developing oedema.
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.
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?
On the average, how much long life milk would a crew of 30 men use in the course of 30 days?
There are, at least, four distinct signs of fracture:
A fractured spine will always imply unconsciousness:
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.
You can threat a person with heat exhaustion by giving him salt and water:
Which of the following fruits should you use first?
What would you serve at a cocktail party?
Buffet featuring warm dishes.
Buffet featuring warm and cold dishes.
Assorted open-faced sandwiches.
Which of the following items is essential and should always be kept in stock?
Which of the following kinds of fish is least perishable in cold storage?
What is the correct temperature for storing bananas?
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 should not be given to a patient who has diarrhoea?
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 will you do if you are told to operate unknown mechanical equipment?
Ask your superior for advise before attempting to operate it.
As time is money, the trial and error method shall be used.
Ensure that all safety guards and devices are disconnected.
Do not operate the machine, but read the manual before reporting to the head of your department.
Heat-stroke can occur suddenly, causing unconsciousness within minutes. This may be signaled by the casualty feeling uneasy and ill.
Grease and oil must never be used in connection with oxygen bottles, couplings and valves:
Shock and circulation failure are equivalent:
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.
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.
Improvised splints can only be made of solid materials:
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.
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.
The passage of electrical current through the body may result in severe and sometimes fatal injuries. You are witness to man getting electric current through his body and is stuck to the dangerous area. It is impossible to switch off the current by any main switch. How to break the current safely?
Stand on dry insulating material and pull the person away with isolating material.
Apply fish oil on your hands and cut the cords by the use of any metallic pilers.
Just take the casualty in your arms and pull the person away.
Just take the casualty in your arms and pull the person away.
In a lockout-tagout system, what is the main purpose of the lock and tag?
To prevent anyone else making equipment you are working on dangerous by trying to re-start or re-energise it.
To hold valves in the closed position, or isolators and switches in the open position.
So that the duty officer knows you are working on equipment.
To give you permission to work on equipment.
Visible shortening of a limb is not necessarily a sign of a fracture:
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 method NOT usually allowed in cleaning up oil spills in the US waters is:
We have 3 circulatory systems for blood transportation:
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.
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.
Oxygen treatment is most important with injury to the head/neck/spine:
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.
A good splint should prevent adequate blood circulation and compress nerves, so the casualty will not feel any pain:
When there is an electrical burn there is a great danger of internal injuries:
One of the main tasks of the blood is to transport oxygen to body’s cells:
The motor function and circulation distal to the fracture should always be assessed:
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 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.
When performing C-P-R it is advisable to elevate the patient’s legs to secure sufficient blood to the chest and head:
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.
The respiration system, above all, reacts to carbon dioxide levels in the blood:
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.
Cardiac arrest leads to circulation failure:
Your aims are to maintain the airway, breathing and circulation, to remove any contaminated clothing, to identify the poison and to obtain medical aid:
At what number of crew members is it mandatory to have an Protection and Environment Committee on board?
Bleeding will always occur together with a fracture, that breaks the skin:
A haematoma can be caused by head injury:
Cardiac arrest will always lead to unconsciousness:
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:
The training manual shall contain instructions and information in easily understood terms and illustrated whenever possible. Which one of the following objects do not have to be explained in detail in the manual according to present regulations?
The use of onboard communication systems.
With assistance of illustration, the use of radio life-saving appliances.
A limb with an external bleeding should be lowered to maintain circulation in order to supply the cells with oxygen and prevent cell death:
What shall be done with left over food?
It shall be properly stored and prepared for another meal.
It shall be left in crockeries on the table for the next meal.
It shall be thrown over board to avoid any bad smell.
The value of the left over food shall be paid by the cook.
On average, how much filter-ground coffee would you need for a crew of 20 Filipinos and 10 Norwegians for 6 months?
Which of the following items is essential and should always be kept in stock?
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:
Cooling does not reduce pain in a sprain:
In many countries some cleaning products are labelled with warning signs. Why?
The user should be warned that the product contains fluids that may irritate and itch skin.
Contents should not be used in accommodation area.
Because it contains alkaline.
To show that the product contains a special floor polish.
You will be at sea for 45 days with a crew of 30 men. How much tomatoe would you buy?
Anyone of the crew who is assigned to watch duties in ports has a number of important task to carry out. Which one of the listed tasks has to be included in the watchman’s duties?
Checking the mooring for tightness/slack.
Checking the trim of the vessel.
Checking the number of persons entering/leaving the vessel.
Checking the safe and secure handling of cargo.
Which of the following items is essential and should always be kept in stock?
Hindus are not allowed to eat one particular type of meat. Which one?
The main goal of splinting is to render a pulling strain on the fractured bone ends, in order to prevent them from touching each over:
A person under influence of alcohol will suffer from frost injuries quicker than a sober person:
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.
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?
Do not use loose garments, belts, ties or scarfs near winches and moving machinery.
Always use gloves when handling nylon ropes.
Always use gloves when using grinding machines.
Always use protective working shoes when working outdoors.
A patient who is shouting has an open airway:
Parts of the body can be used as splints:
What is the most important treatment concerning a foreign body in the eye?
Wring the eye-lid to prevent blinking.
What is the correct temperature range for the vegetable room where most of the fruits and vegetables are stored?