1st AID/CPR/AED

Question 1

Before you provide first aid, it’s important to:

Answer 1

Ask the ill or injured person if you can help

Question 2

What do you do if the person responds?

Answer 2

Introduce yourself as a first aid provider before you touch them and ask if you can help

Question 3

What do you do if the person refuses your help?

Answer 3

Phone your emergency response yourself and stay with them until someone with more advanced training arrives and takes over

Question 4

What do you do if the person cannot answer?

Answer 4

Assume they want your help

Question 5

As you approach the scene consider:

Answer 5

Are they in danger?
Who can phone for help?
Who/how many are injured?
Where are you?

Question 6

What is the point of universal precautions?

Answer 6

To protect you and your co-workers

Question 7

What carries diseases sometimes?

Answer 7

Blood, saliva, and urine

Question 8

What protects you?

Answer 8

PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)

Question 9

What are three examples of bloodborne diseases?

Answer 9

Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Question 10

What is the chain of survival?

Answer 10

Phone for help
Early CPR (compressions)
Rapid AED use
Effective advanced care 
Coordinated care afterward

Question 11

What are the steps for phoning for help if you are alone?

Answer 11

1. Yell for help while you start to check the ill or injured person
2. If no one answers and immediate care isn’t needed leave for a moment to phone for help and get the first aid kid and AED if possible

Question 12

How do you remove gloves?

Answer 12

First grip one glove on the outside of the cuff and peel it off, inside out. Then cup the inside out glove with the gloved hand and use two fingers of the bare hand to peel the second glove off with the first inside. Finally out the gloves in a biohazard waste bag.

Question 13

What are the steps to finding the problem?

Answer 13

1. Make sure the scene is safe
2. Verbalize putting on gloves
3. Check for response- tap and shout
4. Tell someone to phone 911 and get an AED
5. Check for breathing or gasping for 5-10 seconds
6. Look for obvious signs of injury
7. Verbalize checking for medical ID

Question 14

What are the steps for using an epi pen?

Answer 14

1. Make sure the scene is safe
2. Take off safety cap
3. Press the epi pen firmly against the outer side of the person’s thigh, halfway between the hip and knee and hold it there for 10 seconds
4. Remove the pen by pulling the pen straight out from leg

Question 15

What are the symptoms of breathing problems?

Answer 15

Breathing very fast or very slow, having trouble with every breath, noisy breathing, can only make sounds or few words in between breaths

Question 16

What are the symptoms of choking?

Answer 16

Cannot breathe, falls, makes sounds, has a soundless cough, and make choking sign

Question 17

What are the symptoms of a heart attack?

Answer 17

Chest discomfort (uncomfortable squeezing, pressure, fullness) shortness of breath, cold sweat, nausea

Question 18

What are the symptoms of diabetes/low blood sugar?

Answer 18

Sweating, sleepy, hungry, thirsty, weak, confused

Question 19

What are the symptoms of a head, neck, or spine injury?

Answer 19

Does not reposed or only moans, acts sleepy or confused, vomits, has trouble seeing, walking, or moving, has a seizure

Question 20

What are the symptoms of an electrical injury?

Answer 20

Burns on the outside of body and wounds or marks where electricity has entered/left body

Question 21

What actions should be taken for breathing problems?

Answer 21

Help assemble and use inhalers

Question 22

What actions should be taken for choking?

Answer 22

Heimlich maneuver (upward abdominal thrusts)

Question 23

What actions should be taken for a heart attack?

Answer 23

Be prepared for CPR and have them chew 1-2 aspirins if able

Question 24

What actions should be taken for diabetes/ low blood sugar?

Answer 24

Have them eat something high in sugar and sit or lay down

Question 25

What actions should be taken for bleeding?

Answer 25

Put on PPE, apply direct pressure to the wound using the flat part of your fingers or palm, apply dressing and if bleeding doesn’t stop apply second dressing. Keep pressure on wound until it stops.

Question 26

What actions should be taken for a tooth injury?

Answer 26

Check mouth for any missing loose teeth or parts of teeth. If tooth is loose, have person bite down on gauze and call dentist. If tooth comes out hold it by the crown too and place in milk

Question 27

What actions should be taken for a head, neck, or spine injury?

Answer 27

Has person remain as still as possible and wait for someone with advanced training to take over. Do not twist or turn head/neck unless absolutely necessary

Question 28

What actions should be taken for an electrical injury?

Answer 28

Give CPR if needed when it is safe to touch victim