Mini First Aid and CPR Quiz

Due to the essential nature of washing your hands, how much time is recommended to wash your hands?

• 10 seconds

• 20 seconds

• 1 minute

• 4 minutes

What should you do if an adult appears to be choking on a piece of food and is coughing?

• Let the person continue coughing

• Use abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver) to expel the food

• Vigorously pat the person on the back

• Reach inside the person’s mouth and attempt to clear the airway 

While dining out in a restaurant you hear a mother cry out that her six-month-old child, who was given some marbles by an older child, is gagging. His mouth area is turning blue and he’s unable to take a breath or cry out. What would you do first in this scenario?

• Begin CPR

• Attempt rescue breaths then compressions

• Deliver back blows and chest thrusts

• Blind finger Sweep

While performing CPR on an infant, another rescuer appears on the scene, what do you do next?

• Immediately transport the patient

• Wait until exhausted, then switch

• Have the second rescuer help with CPR, to minimize fatigue

• Have the second rescuer begin ventilations; ratio 30:2

Where should you place the AED pads when treating an infant for pediatric cardiac arrest?

• Chest and back

• Do not use an AED on an infant

• Upper chest and mid abdomen

• Wherever they fit

How long should you check for breathing while performing CPR?

• Do not check for breathing, continue chest compressions

• No longer than 10 seconds

• 5 seconds

• 2 seconds

After finding an unresponsive child, yelling for help, and confirming the child isn't breathing what would be your next course of action?

• 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

When you try to give an unresponsive adult a rescue breath and the chest does not appear to rise, what would you do next?

• Perform abdominal thrusts

• Begin CPR

• Go call 911

• Repeat the head tilt/chin lift maneuver and attempt the breath again

Which of these statements about applying a tourniquet is correct?

• A tourniquet will not cause the victim pain

• A tourniquet should be placed directly on the wound

• You can remove a tourniquet after 10 minutes and apply it again if the bleeding continues

• Before applying a tourniquet, try to stop the bleeding by applying pressure to the wound

Arriving first to the scene, you find an unresponsive person with no pulse that has thrown up. You feel CPR is not something you are comfortable giving them. What would be the next best thing for you to do?

• Wipe off the face or cover with a shirt

• Compression only CPR

• Go and get help

• Do not initiate resuscitation