EXERCISES, LESSON 6
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following exercises by marking the lettered response
that best answers the question or best completes the sentence or by writing the
answer in the space provided.
After you have answered all of the exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises" at
the end of the lesson and check your answers. For each exercise answered
incorrectly, reread the lesson material referenced with the solution.
1.
A dry chemical has blown into a soldier's left eye and he is in pain from the
burning sensation. What should you do?
a. Turn his head so his left eye is lower than the right eye and flush the left eye
with water.
b. Turn his head so his left eye is higher than the right eye and flush the left eye
with water.
c.
Turn his head so his left eye is lower than the right eye and flush both eyes
with water.
d. Turn his head so his left eye is higher than the right eye and flush both eyes
with water.
2.
A soldier has second-degree and third-degree burns covering one complete leg
(front and back of lower leg and thigh) and his abdomen (lower half of the
anterior trunk). Approximately how much of his body surface area has second-
and third-degree burns?
a. 18 percent.
b. 27 percent.
c.
36 percent.
d
54 percent.
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