American Red Cross CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer and First Aid Exam A

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D

1. How can you best protect yourself from possible

bloodborne pathogen transmission when

providing care?

a. Ask the victim first if he or she has any

communicable diseases.

b. Thoroughly wash your hands before

providing care.

c. Use first aid supplies, such as dressings and

bandages, as a barrier when in contact with

the victim.

d. Use personal protective equipment (PPE),

such as disposable gloves and a breathing

barrier, when providing care.

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B

2. A 12-year-old boy at a swim meet grabs his chest

and begins to make wheezing noises. After you

obtain consent to provide care, his mother informs

you that he has a history of asthma, but does not

have his inhaler nearby. What care should

you provide?

a. Give 5 back blows.

b. Summon more advanced medical personnel

and place the victim into a position that

helps breathing.

c. Tell the victim to use an inhaler borrowed

from a bystander.

d. Wait 20 minutes to see if the breathing

difficulty goes away.

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B

you initial impression of a victim is based on.

a. the victims initial vital signs

b. how the victim appears to you as you size up the scene

c.the victims SAMPLE history

d. what you have been told about the victim

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A

4. You and another lifeguard find an unconscious

adult on the floor in the locker room. You activate

your facility's EAP, size-up the scene and perform

a primary assessment. You find the victim is not

moving or breathing, but has a pulse. You should

summon EMS personnel, then:

a. Give 1 rescue breath about every 5 seconds.

b. Give back blows and chest thrusts.

c. Give quick breaths at the rate of 20 to 40

a minute.

d. Perform CPR

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c

5. You come upon a scene where a patron appears to

be injured. Before approaching the victim, which of

the following will you not do as you size-up

the scene?

a. Use all your senses to determine if the scene

is safe.

b. Determine what happened and how many

victims there are.

c. Begin the primary assessment.

d. Put on appropriate PPE.

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c

6. When providing care during an emergency, which

of the following should you do first?

a. Check for responsiveness.

b. Perform a primary assessment.

c. Size-up the scene.

d. Summon more advanced medical personnel

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d

9. As the first lifeguard on the scene, you are

performing CPR on an adult. When performing

chest compressions, how deeply should you

compress the chest?

a. About ½ inch

b. About 1½ inches

c. At least 1 inch

d. At least 2 inches

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c

8. CPR should be performed on which of the

following victims?

a. One who is conscious and has an

airway obstruction

b. One who is experiencing difficulty breathing

c. One who is in cardiac arrest

d. One who responds to painful stimuli

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d

9. What is the first step of the Cardiac Chain

of Survival?

a. Early CPR

b. Early defibrillation

c. Early more advanced medical care

d. Early recognition and access to the emergency

medical services (EMS) system

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d

10. You are providing care to a victim having a heart

attack. Which of the following would you do first?

a. Loosen any tight clothing.

b. Monitor the victim's appearance.

c. Provide comfort to the victim.

d. Summon EMS personnel.

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a

11. Once you have turned on the automated external

defibrillator (AED), you should:

a. Apply the pads and allow the AED to analyze

the heart rhythm.

b. Check for breathing.

c. Give abdominal thrusts.

d. Give chest compressions.

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a

12. To ensure effective chest compressions during

CPR, which of the following is most appropriate?

a. Allowing the chest to fully recoil

between compressions

b. Compressing the chest to a shallow depth

c. Placing the victim on a soft, flat surface

d. Positioning the hands at the upper part of the

victim's chest

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c

13. You are performing CPR on a victim and a second

lifeguard arrives. Which of the following is most

appropriate for the second lifeguard to do first?

a. Begin giving ventilations to the victim.

b. Call for a change in position to assist with CPR.

c. Check to see whether EMS personnel have

been called.

d. Have the first lifeguard stop CPR to allow for

victim reassessment.

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a

14. Which of the following is most essential to use

when giving ventilations to protect you and the

victim from disease transmission?

a. CPR breathing barriers

b. Protective clothing

c. Gowns

d. Protective eye wear

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c

15. You are providing care to a facility maintenance

worker who has fallen off the top of a ladder. The

victim is conscious. Which of the following should

you do first?

a. Ask the victim what happened when he or

she fell.

b. Check the victim's pulse.

c. Obtain consent from the victim to

provide care.

d. Question the victim about any complaints

of pain.

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d

16. For which of the following should you summon

EMS personnel?

a. A victim with a minor cut on the forearm that

is lightly bleeding

b. A victim with an airway obstruction who is

forcefully coughing

c. A victim with intermittent abdominal pressure

d. A victim with an open leg wound with the

bone protruding

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d

17. You pull an unconscious adult from the water who

is taking infrequent gasps. During the primary

assessment you find that the victim has a pulse.

Which of the following should you do next?

a. Begin CPR.

b. Check for severe bleeding.

c. Continue to monitor the victim's

breathing closely.

d. Give 2 initial ventilations.

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a

18. If there is a risk of the AED pads touching each

other, such as with a small child or an infant,

you should:

a. Place one pad in the middle of the chest and

the other on the back.

b. Place one pad on the stomach and one pad on

the chest.

c. Place them as usual. It does not matter if the

pads touch each other.

d. Reverse the pads' position on the chest.

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a

19. You have sized up the scene and determined

the scene is safe. When performing a primary

assessment, which of the following would you

do next?

a. Check for responsiveness.

b. Summon EMS personnel.

c. Open the victim's airway.

d. Check for breathing and a pulse.

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c

20. Which of the following statements about

bag-valve-mask resuscitators (BVMs) is

most accurate?

a. BVMs are readily available at all

emergency scenes.

b. Monitoring the victim for full exhalation is

not required.

c. Two rescuers need to operate the BVM.

d. When used by a single rescuer, BVMs allow

easy coordination with chest compressions

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c

21. You are preparing to give ventilations to a

5-year-old boy using a resuscitation mask. You

should give 1 ventilation about every:

a. 1 second.

b. 2 seconds.

c. 3 seconds.

d. 5 seconds.

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b

22. When compressing a child's chest during CPR, you

should compress at a rate of at least how many

compressions per minute?

a. 80

b. 100

c. 120

d. 140

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d

23. An AED has advised that a shock should be given.

Which of the following is appropriate?

a. Apply new AED pads to the victim's chest.

b. Begin chest compressions immediately.

c. Cover the AED pads with a blanket.

d. Tell everyone to stand clear of the victim.

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a

24. You are about to apply AED pads to a victim's chest

when you notice that the victim has several body

piercings with jewelry on his chest. Which of the

following should you do?

a.Apply the pads to the chest, making sure to

avoid the jewelry.

b. Remove the jewelry before applying the pads.

c. Use one pad, applying it directly over

the jewelry.

d. Wipe the chest, including the jewelry,

with alcohol.

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b

25. The cycle of chest compressions and ventilations in

two-rescuer CPR for an infant is:

a. 15 chest compressions and 1 ventilation.

b. 15 chest compressions and 2 ventilations.

c. 30 chest compressions and 1 ventilation.

d. 30 chest compressions and 2 ventilations.

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d

26. You are positioned above the child's head and are

using a resuscitation mask to give ventilations.

After you position the mask, which of the following

should you do next?

a. Blow into the mask.

b. Lower the mask over the mouth.

c. Open the airway.

d. Seal the mask

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b

27. You are providing care to a patron who started

choking on some food. The victim becomes

unconscious. Which of the following should you

do first?

a. Attempt to give ventilations to the victim.

b. Lower the victim carefully to the ground and

open his airway.

c. Give 5 chest compressions.

d. Look inside the victim's mouth.

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d

28. Where should you place your hands when giving

chest compressions to an infant during CPR?

a. One hand on the chin and one hand on

the chest

b. One hand on the chin and two or three fingers

on the center of the chest

c. One hand on the forehead and one hand on

the chest

d. One hand on the forehead and two or three

fingers on the center of the chest

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b

29. When giving abdominal thrusts to an adult, where

should you position your fist?

a. In the center of the breastbone

b. In the middle of the abdomen, just above

the navel

c. In the middle of the abdomen, just below

the navel

d. On the rib cage

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b

30. When providing care to a conscious infant

who is choking, which of the following is

most appropriate?

a. Giving 10 chest thrusts then 10 back blows

b. Positioning the infant so the head is lower than

the chest

c. Standing slightly behind the infant with one

arm around the chest

d. Using the heel of your hand to give the

chest thrusts

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b

31. A person has been injured and is conscious.

You should:

a. Have the victim walk with you to the first

aid station so you can obtain consent and

provide care.

b. Obtain consent, check the victim for

life-threatening conditions and speak with

the victim to find out what happened.

c. Provide care immediately based on the

victim's condition.

d. Speak with the victim to find out

what happened and check for

non-life-threatening conditions.

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b

32. The purpose of the secondary assessment is to:

a. Determine if the victim is bleeding severely.

b. Identify and care for conditions that are not

life threatening.

c. Look for other victims you may not have

noticed at first.

d. Verify the victim has medical insurance.

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d

33. An injured patron is conscious and bleeding

severely. After summoning EMS personnel,

obtaining consent and putting on disposable

gloves, what is your next care step?

a. Treat the victim for shock by lying the

victim down.

b. Elevate the wound if you can do so without

causing further pain.

c. Let the wound bleed until it stops on its own.

d. Press firmly against the wound with a sterile

dressing and bandage.

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b

34. A way to remember the questions to ask when

taking a brief history is to use the acronym

SAMPLE. What does the A in SAMPLE stand for?

a. Age

b. Airway

c. Allergies

d. Ankle

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b

35. What is the first step you should take in caring for

a victim with burns?

a. Cool the burned area to stop the burning.

b. Keep the victim comfortable.

c. Remove the victim from the source of

the burn.

d. Take steps to minimize shock.

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d

36. If a victim is having a seizure in the water:

a. Immediately get him or her out of the water.

b. Immediately move the victim to shallow

water until the seizure ends, if the victim is in

deep water.

c. Secure the victim onto a backboard.

d. Support the victim with his or her head above

water until the seizure ends

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b

37. During a swim meet, the bleachers behind your

guard station suddenly collapse. As you check

the scene, you notice several people who appear

injured. Who should you approach first?

a. A mother holding a crying infant.

b. A man who appears unconscious.

c. A woman who is bleeding lightly from an

injury on her leg.

d. A child who is holding his arm, which appears

to be injured.

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a

38. When caring for musculoskeletal injuries, what

does RICE stand for?

a. Rest, immobilize, cold, elevate

b. Remove, immobilize, care, elevate

c. Rest, ice, care, evaluate

d. Remove, ice, care, evaluate

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c

39. Signs and symptoms of sudden illness do

not include:

a. Nausea or vomiting.

b. Loss of vision or blurred vision.

c. Bruising or rigidness of the abdomen.

d. Changes in skin condition.

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c

40. When checking a victim during a secondary

assessment you notice changes in her LOC. What

does the C stand for in LOC?

a. Condition.

b. Comprehension.

c. Consciousness.

d. Complication.