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- State the 3 objectives of first aid.
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To save lives
Prevent further injury
Prevent or minimize infection - State 3 methods of controling bleeding.
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Direct pressure
Pressure points
Tourniquet - Identify an example of a pressure point.
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11 total
temporal
facial
common carotid
brachial upper
brachial lower
lliac
radial ulnar
femoral
popliteal
anterior and posterior tibial
subclavian - Describe the symptoms and treatment for shock.
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Symptoms - weak pulse, shallow breathing, cool pale skin, weak and dizzy.
Treatment - lay on back elevate feet and keep warm. - Describe the 3 classisfications of burns.
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First degree - mildest, red minor pain
Second degree - Redden blister severe pain
Third degree - destroys the skin less pain due to nerve dammage. - State the symptoms and treatmeant for heat exaustion.
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Symptom - usually caused by working or exercising in hot enviornment.Serious distrubance in blood flow to the brain heart and lungs.
Treatment - Move to cool quite place, loosen clothing, lay down, feet elevated give electrolites. - State the symptoms and treatmeant for heat stroke.
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Symptoms - Break down in the sweating mechanisim, body overheats.
Treatment - reduce heat immediatly, cool with cold wet towls, place on back keeping shoulders reaised. - State the diffrence btween "OPEN" and "CLOSED" fracture.
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Open (compound) Open wound
Closed (simple) Wound is interal. Not pertruding the skin. - How do you save a person from eectrical shock?
- SECURE POWER, if not possible use non conducting item to remove person from area.
- How do you treat a person for electrical shock?
- Check airway breathing and circulation, If needed begin CPR right away. Call for medical and treat burn sight.
- Describe the methods for clearing obstructed airway.
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abdominal thrust (Heimlich Manuever)
Head tilt - repositioning the head
Jaw thrust - readjusting jawline area, used if neck injusry is susspected.
Chest thrust - for obese or pregnant victims. - Describe cold weather injuries.
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Hypothermia - coolong of whole body death by 80 degrees.
Superficial frostbite - skin will feel hard tissue will be soft.
Deep frostbite - deep tissues layers are frozen. - Define the purpose of the Naval Aviation Saftey Program.
- Preserve human and material resources.
- Explain the saftey responsiblity of the CO.
- Overall responsible for the safety of command.
- Explain the saftey responsiblity of the Aviation Safety Officer (LT Kingsly)
- Acts as principle advisor to the CO on all aviation saftey matters. Keeps the saftey program vital and visible to the command.
- Explain the saftey responsiblity of the Ground Saftey Officer. (LT Kingsly)
- Responsible to CO for ground saftey program based on OPNAVINST 3120.32
- Explain the saftey responsiblity of the Department Head.
- Keep the CO advised of the units saftey program within thier department. Maintain a record of accident and saftey hazard reports.
- Explain the saftey responsiblity of the DIVO.
- Keep departmental saftey officer advised of the saftey within thier division.
- Explain the saftey responsiblity of the Saftey Petty Officer.
- Keep work areas hazard free, training, Assist in mishaps and reports, complete correct PQS.
- Explain the saftey responsiblity of ALL HANDS.
- Familiraize themsleves with saftey regulations and apply them in day to day use.
- Explain the functions of the safety council.
- set goals, manage assets and review saftey related recommondations.
- Explain the functions of the enlisted safety committee.
- makes recommendations to the saftey council concerning units saftey program.
- What are the five factors that contribute sviation mishaps?
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* Human Error - 50 -75%
Maintance and support factors
Admin and supervisory factors
Material failures or malfunction.
Enviornmental factors. - Define a Class A mishap
- 1,000,000 or more any injury or work related illness resulting in death or permanent disability.
- Define a Class B mishap
- 200,000 - 1,000,000. Resulting in permanent, partial disability or hospilization of five or more people.
- Define a Class C mishap
- 10,000 - 200,000. results in loss of scheduled duty or work.
- Define a Class D mishap
- No longer a Class D mishap.
- State the objective of the Avaition Gas Free Engineering Program.
- Provide qualified pesonnel with the knowledge and expierence level to safely perform gas free engineer duties on a naval station.
- Explain the hazards associated with Radio Frequency (RF) energy.
- Damage to cerain body tissue, biological changes and RF can produce electrical currents that can cause shock and burns.
- State the purpose of the Laser Safety Hazard Contol Program
- Commands shall have classIII or ClassIV and establish a laser saftey progam.
- Explain the purpose of a safety standdown.
- Provides didicated time for safety training, awarness and enhancement of the command saftey climate.
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Discuss the concept of operational risk management
(ORM) - To optimize operational cpability and readiness.
- Explain (I AM IS) as they apply to ORM.
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I - Identify hazards
A - Assess hazards
M - Make risk decisions
I - Implement controls
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Discuss the dual chain of command for operating forces.
Administrative and Operational -
Operational - president-SECDEF-to commander of unified or specified command then to operational forces
Admin - SECNAV- CNO - then to operating forces. - State the diffrence between Unified and Specified as they apply to the operational chain of command.
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Unified- composed of elements of two or more services, has a broad contuning mission and a single commander.
Specified - Also has a broad continuuing mission but is composed of forces from one service. - Discuss how Fleet Commanders as they apply to the operational chain of command.
- Responsible to the CNO for proper operation of the fleets under their comman.
- How many Fleet Commanders are there.
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3 CINCPACFLT - Pacific Fleet
CINCLANTFLT - Atlantic Fleet
CINCUDNAVEUR - Naval Forces Europe - Discuss how Task Force Commanders as they apply to the operational chain of command.
- Responsible to the Fleet Commander for the operation of a specific task force with the fleet.
- Discuss how Task Unit Commander as they apply to the operational chain of command.
- Responsible to the Task Group Commander for the operation of specific units within the group.
- Discuss the SECNAV as they apply to the administrative chain of command.
- Secratary of the Navy - Civilian in charge of DON. Under the direction authority and control of the SECDEF.
- Discuss the CNO as they apply to the administrative chain of command.
- Takes all precidence over all other officers, Is the navy's Joint Chief of Staff rep. Responsible to SECNAV for the admin and operation of all Naval forces.
- Discuss the CINC as they apply to the administrative chain of command.
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Fleet Commander in Chief -
Responsible to CNO for the proper adminstration of policy with ther respective fleets.