First Aid and CPR

1. What should you do when you phone emergency responses number (or 9-1-1)?

• a. Answer all the dispatcher’s questions

• Quickly tell the dispatcher where the accident occurred

• a. Tell the dispatcher to call you back

• a. Give the dispatcher only the victim’s information

1. What actions result in the best chance of survival if someone is not breathing (or is only gasping) and isn’t responding?

• a. Shout for help, and stay with the victim until someone with more advanced training arrives

• a. Perform CPR only, and leave the AED for someone with more advanced training to use

• Start CPR, and use an AED if one is available

• a. Send someone to get the AED, to minimize the number of people involved

1. You come across an adult laying on the ground. You tap and shout, but he is unresponsive. What do you do next?

• Continue tapping and shouting until the person becomes responsive

• Shout for help. Phone or have someone else phone the emergency response number (or 9-1-1) and get an AED if one is available

• Check for breathing for at least 10 seconds

• slap the person on the back to see if an object is lodged in the throat

1. How deep should you push the chest of an adult victim when giving chest compressions?

• a. One half the depth of the chest

• One third the depth of the chest

• Only 1 inch

• At least 2 inches

1. When performing CPR, when should you switch positions and allow someone else to take over compressions and breaths?

• After each set of 30 compressions and 30 breaths

• About every 2 minutes

• After each set of 100 compressions and 2 breaths

• Every 5 minutes

1. What should you do if a chocking adult stops responding?

• Continue stomach thrusts until the object is removed

• Start CPR

• Give 5 compressions and 5 back slaps

• Give forceful breaths to push the object down

1. How should you give breaths with a mask?

• Tilt the head, and cover the face completely with the mask

• Tilt the chin, and press the mask against the person’s nose

• Tilt the head back far enough to open the person’s mount, and gently place the mask on the person’s face

• Tilt the head and lift the chin, and press the mask against the person’s face to make an airtight seal

1. How deep should you push the chest of an infant (baby) victim when giving chest compressions?

• Only 1inch

• One half the depth of the chest

• Only 2 inches

• None of the above

1. Which is a sign of a severely blocked airway?

• Cannot breathe or talk

• Can make sounds and talk

• Can cough loudly

• Can breathe, talk, or cough

1. What is the correct rate and depth for providing compressions during high-quality adult CPR to improve survival?

• Rate of 80 to 100 compressions per minute and depth of at least 2 inches.

• Rate of no more than 60 compressions per minute and depth of at least 1 inch.

• Rate of 100 to 120 compressions per minute and depth of at least 2 inches.

• Rate of 100 to 120 compressions per minute and depth of at least 1 inch