If Not You Who?

​ (a)   ​ ​ are two types of emergencies that require first aid.​

• injury and sudden illness
• cancer and heart disease
• chronic illness and fatigue

The emergency medical responder's role in the emergency medical services (EMS) system is the same as the role of the trained lay responder.

• True

• False

The trained lay responder's first step in an emergency is to:

• Give first aid

• Activate the emergency medical services (EMS) system

• Recognize that an emergency exists

• Decide to act.

You are visiting with a friend. The friend's toddler is playing in the living room when you hear a crash and all the lights in the house go out. You enter the living room and see the toddler lying face-down on the floor. A broken lamp is nearby, and there is the smell of burnt carpeting near the lamp.

Match the situations in this scenario with the appropriate common indicator of an emergency.

• Crash

• Unusual Sight

• Broken lamp

• Unusual Behavior

• Burnt carpet odor

• Unusual Odor

• Toddler lying face-down on the floor

• Unusual Sound

List four common indicators of an emergency.

Answer explanation

Unusual sight

Unusual behavior

Unusual odor

Unusual sounds

You work in a laboratory facility. Someone is conducting experiments in the next lab. You hear a noise that sounds like 'pop,' followed by the crash of glass. As you approach the lab door, you notice a foul smell coming from under the door. You shout through the closed door but get no answer. You call 9-1-1 or the designated emergency number. What should you do next?

• Give first aid until help arrives.

• Clean up any broken glass you might find on the floor.

• Wait for emergency medical services (EMS) personnel to arrive. Do not enter the room because the fumes might be harmful to you.

• Enter the room to check for the origin of the foul odor

The most important thing you can do in an emergency is give first aid or CPR.

• True

• False

Once you have recognized that an emergency exists and you decide to act, which action would be most important for you to perform as a trained lay responder?

• Keeping bystanders from getting injured

• Giving first aid until help arrives

• Interviewing bystanders about what happened

• Calling 9-1-1 or the designated emergency number

What is the worst thing you can do in an emergency?

• Activate the emergency medical services (EMS) system too quickly

• Do nothing

• Be afraid of doing something wrong

• Ask bystanders for help with the person's care

You are caring for a person involved in a crash when that person suddenly becomes uncooperative and threatens to hurt you. What should you do?

• Calm the person using your voice and a gentle touch

• Order the person to cooperate until emergency medical services (EMS) personnel arrive

• Restrain the person until EMS personnel arrive

• Withdraw and wait for EMS personnel to arrive