Question

On Saturday afternoon, just as you are finishing lunch, you and your partner are dispatched to a local park. When you arrive, you find an 11-year-old girl who was skateboarding and has fallen. She is crying, scared and in pain. Her right wrist is noticeably deformed, and she has some blood seeping from scrapes on her right arm and right leg. When you ask her about her parents, she says she does not know where they are.

What should be your first action?

a. Send your partner to locate her parents.
b. Call for help in locating her parents.
c. Treat the girl to the best of your ability.
d. Withhold your treatment until her parents have been located.

Answer 1

Answer: c. Treat the girl to the best of your ability.

Step-by-step explanation:

The first action will be to treat the girl to the best of ones ability. Since the girl is in pain and her right wrist is noticeably deformed, and she has some blood seeping from scrapes on her right arm and right leg, the girl should be assessed and attended to.

She needs urgent attention first and that should be the first thing. After she's been treated and her sound cleaned up, then the parents can be looked for.