Emergencies Quiz

1. Two signs of frostbite are:

a) Dizziness and drunken feeling

b) Headache and sweating

c) Skin becoming numb and a burning sensation

d) All of the above

2. The loss of body heat to a point that the body can no longer generate its own heat, or that heat escapes faster than the body can generate it is:

a) Wind Chill

b) Shock

c) Hyperthermia

d) Hypothermia

3. Wind chill is:

a) A warning that you should stay in the truck

b) The cooling effect and feeling of cold on your skin due to wind and cold

c) Generated by riding a snowmachine in the cold weather, thus creating your own wind

d) b and c

4. With any snowmachine crash resulting in injury, in assessing the most damaging possible situation, you must consider that the victim might have:

a) Frostbite

b) Spinal injury

c) Broken bones

d) Broken his cell phone

5. If you get your snowmachine stuck in the snow:

a) Max out the throttle and power out

b) Clear the track of snow

c) Jump up and down on the snowmachine

d) Rock the snowmachine side to side and gently apply power

6. The best thing you can do in an emergency is:

a) Review your map and plans

b) Ride as fast as you can to the nearest phone

c) To remain calm so that you can think clearly

d) To have a compass and GPS with you

7. Which answer below is a way to treat a person for shock?

a) Keep the victim calm

b) Keep the victim warm

c) Raise the victim’s legs

d) Seek help immediately

e) All of the above

8. Which of the following is NOT a good means of communication in case of emergency?

a) Cell phone

b) Satellite phone

c) Incredibly loud yell

d) Radios

e) Smoke signals

f) c and e

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