Severe Emergencies Quiz

If you started to choke on some food and you were alone, what should you do?

• Stick your finger down your throat and try to remove the food

• Lean forward over a railing or chair and thrust yourself down until you dislodge the obstruction

• Lay down flat and try to cough

• Bend over until your head is upside-down and try to cough

The symptoms are cool, pale, clammy skin, and enlarged pupils—staring off into space. What is the emergency?

• Stroke

• Heart attack

• Shock

The symptoms are paralysis on one side and dizziness. What is the emergency?

• Stroke

• Heart attack

• Shock

The symptoms are nausea or indigestion and pain in the arm and neck. What is the emergency?

• Stroke

• Heart attack

• Shock

If you entered a room and saw this scene, what would you think is happening?

• He is trying to fix the chair back

• He is choking and trying to dislodge the obstruction

• He is having a stroke and is falling over

If a person’s leg is bleeding severely, you should __________.

• have them stand up

• have them lay down and put a pillow under their leg

• have them lay down and put a pillow under their head and chest

T or F: In hands-only CPR, you perform 30 chest compressions in 100 seconds.

• True

• False

T or F: If you think someone is having a heart attack, but is breathing normally and responsive in every other way, you should perform CPR or hands-only CPR.

• True

• False

Untrained bystanders can perform __________.

• CPR and use an AED

• the Heimlich maneuver and treat stroke

• hands-only CPR and use an AED

• hands-only CPR and treat shock

If someone is not breathing for about _____ minutes, they will have brain damage. Brain cells deprived of oxygen begin to die after that time.

• two

• three

• four