CPR/AED & First Aid

What are the correct rate and depth for providing compressions during CPR?

• Rate of 80-100 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.

What should you do when you phone 911?

• Answer all the dispatcher’s questions

• Quickly tell the dispatcher where the accident occurred

• Tell the dispatcher to call you back

• Give the dispatcher only the victim’s information

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

• Shout for help and stay with victim

• Call 911 and leave the person

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

• Check for medical jewelry

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

• Continue tapping and shouting until the person responds

• Shout for help. Phone or have someone else phone the emergency response number or 911 and get an AED if one is available.

• Check for breathing for at least 10 seconds.

• Start the Heimlich maneuver

How deep should you push the chest of an adult victim when given chest compressions?

• One half the depth of the chest

• One third the depth of the chest

• Only 1 inch

• At least 2 inches

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

• About every 5 minutes

• After 10 rounds of CPR

• About every 2 minutes

• After 30 compressions

How should you give breaths with a mask?

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

• 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 mouth, and gently place the mask on the person’s face

If a person arrives with an AED, when should you use it?

• After 5 minutes

• When the person starts to respond

• Immediately use the AED

• Do not use it until EMS arrives

What should you do if a choking adult stops responding?

• Start CPR

• Give 5 compressions

• Forcefully hit their back

• Continue stomach thrusts until the object is removed

What should you do if someone is confused and needs first aid?

• Assume the person wouldn’t want help and walk away

• Shout at the person until the person makes eye contact

• Assume the person would want help

• Pretend not to see the person and walk away