CPR & First Aid Practice Quiz & Answers

1. 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

2. You come upon a person who has lost a significant amount of blood, has a very pale skin color, and is confused. What do you suspect the cause to be?*

Seizure
Stroke
Low blood sugar
Shock

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. How long should you check for breathing while performing CPR?*

Do not check for breathing, continue chest compressions
2 seconds
5 seconds
No longer than 10 seconds

7. 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

8. 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

9. After finding someone who is unresponsive, has a pulse but does not appear to be breathing, you find you are unable to give them CPR, what do you do next?*

Begin CPR
Repeat the head tilt/chin lift maneuver and attempt the breath again
Abdominal thrusts
Heimlich maneuver

10. 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

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