Multiple choice

In case of road accidents, your first step towards helping the injured person should be to

  1. treat cardiac arrest

  2. treat for shock

  3. treat asphyxia

  4. arrest haemorrhage
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Explanation

In case of road accidents, your first step towards helping the injured person should be to treat asphyxia. Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from being unable to breathe normally. An example of asphyxia is choking. Asphyxia causes generalised hypoxia, which primarily affects the tissues and organs.

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