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Question 1

What is the purpose of Good Samaritan Laws?

Answer 1

To help protect people who voluntarily give care without accepting anything in return.

Question 2

A person is responsive and showing signs and symptoms of a life-threatening condition but does not consent to care. What should you do?

Answer 2

Do not give care but instead call 9-1-1 or the designated emergency number.

Question 3

The steps to follow in an emergency are:

Answer 3

Check - Call - Care

Question 4

In which situation should you call 9-1-1 or the designated emergency number?

1. The person is having trouble breathing.
2. The person is having persistent chest pain.
3. The person is unresponsive.

Answer 4

All of these

Question 5

Which of the following could signal an emergency?

Unusual behavior
An unusual odor
An unusual sound

Answer 5

all of these

Question 6

When wearing latex-free disposable gloves, you should:

1. Change gloves after providing care for one person and before providing care for the next.
2. Avoid touching other surfaces unnecessarily while you are wearing the gloves.
3. Wash your hands after removing the gloves.

Answer 6

All of these

Question 7

You are conducting a head-to-toe check on a responsive person who is complaining of a leg injury. What should you do first?

• All of these
• Check the person’s injured leg first.
• Check to see if the person can bend the knee of the injured leg without pain.
• Get consent to give care before beginning the head-to-toe exam.

Answer 7

Get consent to give care before beginning the head-to-toe exam.

Question 8

About how many seconds should you check for breathing?

Answer 8

At least 5 seconds but no more than 10 seconds.

Question 9

You see a woman collapse in front of you while entering the lobby of your office building. You check her for responsiveness, but she does not respond and she is not breathing. What should you do next?

1. Put the woman in the recovery position
2. Give two rescue breaths
3. Size up the scene
4. Have someone else call 9-1-1 or the designated emergency number and get an AED and a first aid kit while you begin CPR.

Answer 9

Have someone else call 9-1-1 or the designated emergency number and get an AED and a first aid kit while you begin CPR.

Question 10

When conducting a SAMPLE interview, ask the person about all of the following except:

• Whether the person has any allergies or medical conditions
• What was happening and what the person was doing just prior to when he or she began to feel ill or was injured
• What the person’s age is
• When the person last had something to eat or drink

Answer 10

What the person’s age is

Question 11

About how many seconds should you check for breathing?

Answer 11

At least 5 seconds but no more than 10 seconds.

Question 12

Causes of cardiac arrest in children and infants include:

• drowning
• all of these
• congenital heart disorders
• traumatic injuries

Answer 12

all of these

Question 13

A cycle of chest compressions and rescue breaths in CPR is:

Answer 13

30 chest compressions to 2 rescue breaths

Question 14

What care should you give to a responsive adult or child who is choking and cannot cough, speak, or breathe?

Answer 14

Give back blows and abdominal thrusts.

Question 15

You should continue CPR until:

• the person shows an obvious sign of life
• you are too exhausted to continue
• all of these
• another trained responder of EMS personnel take over

Answer 15

all of these

Question 16

You should continue CPR until:

Answer 16

prevention

Question 17

How should you care for a responsive infant who is choking and cannot cough, cry, or breathe?

Answer 17

Give back blows and chest thrusts to clear the airway.

Question 18

To give chest compressions to an adult, your hands should be placed:

Answer 18

In the middle of the chest along the breastbone.

Question 19

Which of the following could be a sign or symptom of a heart attack?

• nausea or vomiting
• profuse sweating
• all of these
• persistent chest pain or discomfort

Answer 19

all of these

Question 20

Effective chest compressions:

• Are smooth, regular, and given straight up and down.
• Are delivered fast at a rate of 100 to 120 compressions per minute.
• Allow the chest to return to its normal position.
• all of these

Answer 20

all of these

Question 21

Care for a person who is unresponsive and has a blocked airway include:

Answer 21

Looking for an object between compressions and breaths.