MRMS First Aid & CPR

What is the recommended amount of time to wash your hands?

• 10 seconds
• 20 seconds
• 1 minute
• 4 minutes

You notice a person has experienced a significant amount of blood loss, has pale skin color, and is becoming confused. What is most likely the cause

• Seizure
• Stroke
• Low Blood Sugar
• Shock

You are performing CPR on an infant when a second rescuer appears. What is the next step in Management?

• Immediately transport the patient
• Wait until exhausted, then switch
• Have the second rescuer help with CPR, to minimize fatigue
• Have the second rescuer begin ventilation: ratio 30:2

you are eating in a restaurant when a woman cries out. her six-month-old child is turning blue around the mouth. He appears to be gagging but is not able to cry or take a breath. An older child had just given him some marbles to play with. What is the next step?

• Begin CPR
• Attempt rescue breaths then compressions
• Deliver back blows and chest thrusts
• Blind finger sweep

You are treating a pediatric cardiac arrest patient. Where do you place the AED pads on an infant

• Chest and Back
• Do not use an AED on an infant
• Upper chest and mid abdomen
• Wherever they fit

When performing CPR you check for breathing. How long should this check last?

• Do not check for breathing, continue chest compressions
• 2 seconds
• 5 seconds
• No longer than 10 seconds

You find a child that is unresponsive. After yelling for help, you check and find the child is not breathing. What is the next step?

• Leave the child and search for an AED
• Deliver rescue breaths as most cardiac arrest occur due to breathing problems
• Begin back blows and chest thrusts
• Deliver 30 chest compressions

You attempt to deliver a rescue breath to an unconscious adult. The breath does not go in. What is the next step in managing the case?

• Perform abdominal thrusts
• Begin CPR
• Go call 911
• Repeat the head tilt/chin lift maneuver and attempt the breath again.

You come upon an unconscious victim with a pulse. They do not appear to be breathing. You are unable to deliver the first breath. What is the next step?

• Begin CPR
• Repeat the head tilt/chin lift maneuver and attempt the breath again
• Abdominal Thrusts
• Heimlich maneuver

You are first on scene and the victim is unresponsive, pulse-less and has vomited. You do not feel comfortable performing mouth-to-mouth ventilation. What is the best approach?

• Wipe off the face or cover with a shirt
• Compression only CPR
• Go and get help
• Do not initiate resuscitation