Heartsaver First Aid Part 1 Quiz

When you are providing first aid, you should:

• Wear PPE

• Only wear PPE if you do not know the person

• Not be concerned about PPE if you wash your hands

• Use cloth gloves to protect your hands

After giving first aid at your workplace, you:

• Can talk about what happened with anyone you want

• Cannot discuss anything with coworkers; you must keep private things private

• Can speak to a reporter about the incident

• Can discuss the incident with your immediate coworkers only

When assessing the scene, you should consider which of the following?

• Danger to yourself and others

• How many people are injured or ill

• Where the nearest telephone is

• All of the above

It is important to properly remove your gloves after giving first aid so that:

• Contaminants on the gloves can be analyzed later

• You don't touch the body fluids of the person you are helping

• The body fluids on the gloves don't touch the person you are helping

• You touch the person you are helping with other contaminants

True or False:

You should replace any supplies you use from the first aid kit.

• True

• False

If an infant is still choking after you've given five back slaps and five chest thrusts, you should:

• Repeat back slaps and chest thrusts until the infant can breathe or stops responding

• Put a finger in the infant's mouth and attempt to remove the blockage

• Pat the infant on the back and tell the infant it will all be okay

• Lay the infant down and run to get help

When you phone 9-1-1, you should

• Answer all the dispatcher's questions

• Tell the dispatcher to call you back

• Give the dispatcher only the victim's information

• Tell the dispatcher you have an emergency then hang up

When giving abdominal thrusts to an adult who is choking, you should:

• Place your hands near the throat

• Place your hands near the left side of the lower abdomen

• Put the thumb side of your first slightly above their navel and well below the breastbone

• Wrap your arms around their waist