First Aid/CPR

Why should you wear personal protective equipment?

• To impress people during treatment
• To look important
• To protect yourself from bloodborne diseases.
• To avoid washing your hands.

How long should you wash your hands for?

• 5 seconds
• 20 seconds 
• 1 minute
• At least 5 minutes

Which of the following is NOT considered personal protective equipment?

• Raincoat
• Gloves
• Eye protection
• Mask

If someone with an injury or illness at work refuses care, you should

• take care of the person anyways.
• stay with the person until someone with more advanced training takes over.
• take care of the person because the person is a coworker.
• leave the person alone and go back to work.

In which of the following situations should you suspect that a person is in shock?

• The person has warm, red skin, is hungry, and has a headache
• The person has pale, cold, clammy skin and feels weak, dizzy, and thirsty
• The person has warm, dry skin and is not responding
• The person has cold, dry, red skin and is not responding

When assisting someone who may be having a heart attack, you should do what?

• help the person walk around to help blood flow
• cover the person with a blanket
• keep the person calm and phone 911
• do nothing until the person collapses

Fainting is a short period when someone 

• stops responding for less than a minute and then seems fine
• responds but is confused
• stops responding for long periods of time
• responds but has trouble breathing

Which of these is a sign of stroke?

• sudden trouble seeing
• sudden shortness of breath
• swelling of the tongue
• sweaty, pale skin

Which of the following are signs of severe choking?

• Cannot breathe or talk
• Can make sounds and talk
• Can cough loudly
• Can breathe, talk, or talk

When you help someone with a small burn, you should

• put the burned area in a bucket of ice water until the burn does not hurt
• pack the burned area in ice until it does not hurt, and then cover it with a moist towel
• wear personal protective equipment, cool the burn with cold water until it does not hurt, and then cover it with a nonstick dressing
• cover the burn with burn cream and dress it with elastic dressing