First Aid Test

What is the general underlying cause of shock? A) Negative pressure in the chest draws outside air into the lungs B) The normal electrical activity of the heart is disrupted, resulting in ventricular fibrillation C)Poor blood flow creates a shortage of oxygen to body tissues. D) The body cannot effectively use sugar for energy

C

You have been called to help a visitor to your workplace who was interacting normally but suddenly became confused, shaky, and pale. The person he is with tells you he is diabetic and a medical alert bracelet confirms that. The man is able to follow simple commands and can swallow without trouble. How should you respond? A) Provide glucose tablets or something that contains dietary sugars. B) Activate EMS and place him in the recovery position to protect and maintain an open airway C) Have him chew and swallow 1 adult (325 mg) aspirin D) Assist him with his own insulin

A

You are a newly trained first aid provider responding at work to a report of someone who has collapsed. Which of the following best describes your role in a medical emergency? A) Only trained providers like yourself are authorized to provide care B) You are trained to recognize, assess, and prioritize the need for first aid care C) You are responsible for the ill or injured person until he or she can get to a hospital D) You are trained to respond to many emergencies, but may have to go beyond your training to manage challenging ones.

B

What is the basic purpose of Good Samaritan laws? A) To protect someone who incorrectly makes the assumption of implied consent B) To encourage people to attempt care beyond their training when it is necessary C) To encourage bystanders to help those in need by protecting anyone who volunteers assistance D) To place the legal liability on the person who consents to receive care

C

You are caring for a person who has fallen and injured her forearm, which is lying at an unnatural angle. You cut away her shirt sleeve to reveal an open wound with exposed bone and minor bleeding. What should you do? A) Push the bone back under the skin to protect it from further damage B) Straighten the limb to return it to a natural angle C) Apply a tourniquet above the injury site D) immobilize the limb as found using padding to fill the gaps around and under the arm

D

You are finishing up a job in the shop area at work when you hear a series of loud thumps and then someone yelling out. You cautiously move around a corner to take a better look and see a coworker sprawled on the ground at the bottom of a flight of stairs. She is groaning and appears to be in pain. Some blood is visible on her forehead. What leads you to believe she might be seriously injured? A) You cannot suspect injury without more information B) She has been injured before C) Your primary assessment D)The suspected mechanism of injury.

D

On a bitterly cold day, you are caring for a fellow logger who of having frostbite on his fingers. A rural EMS service is on the way to your logging site. What general care should you provide? A) Wrap the affected fingers in a clean towel or pad, keeping them still and protected B) Rub or massage the frostbitten area until color returns C) Immerse the frostbitten areas in warm water for 20 to 30 minutes D) Give him warm liquids to drink and place him near a heat source

A

You are caring for a coworker with a nosebleed. What should you do to provide care? A) Rolls up sterile pads and insert them into each nostril to plug bleeding B)Pinch the soft portion of the nose and have him tilt his head forward, chin down. C)Pinch the soft portion of the nose and have him tilt his head backwards, chin down. D) Have the person lie flat on his back to reduce the chance of fainting

B

A coworker thinks she may have accidentally swallowed something poisonous. She is responsive and looks worried but does not look or feel sick. What should you do? A) Immediately activate EMS B) Have her drink milk C) Watch for serious signs or symptoms to develop D) Call the Poison Help Line

D

Because you cannot clearly see injuries inside the body, internal bleeding can be difficult to detect. Which of the following would make you suspect the possibility of internal bleeding? A)A person complaining of shortness of breath B) Someone who has an altered mental status C) A person who is not breathing or not breathing normally D)A person who received a forceful blow to the chest or the abdomen.

D

What is not considered a community-wide emergency medical services (EMS) system? A) Trained EMS providers who can respond B) Emergency number to call, such as 911 C) Specialized emergency communication equipment D) Emergency action plan for a workplace

D

You respond to a report of coworker collapsing in the lunch room. When you arrive she is lying on the floor not moving. Other employees are looking to you to take charge. You find her to be unresponsive so you direct other the activate EMS and get the company's AED. During your breathing assessment, you determine she is breathing normally. What is your next step? A) place her in the recovery position to protect her airway B) Wait for the EMS as there is nothing you can do to help C) Wait for the AED to arrive and use it immediately D) If you are able to, perform compression-only CPR

A

It is safe for you to help someone who has been injured by a cutting machine. She is responsive, so you introduce yourself and ask if you can help. She agrees and you assess she has no difficulty breathing. A quick scan for bleeding reveals a heavily bleeding wound on her left upper leg. What is your next action? A) Control the bleeding for the injury on her leg. B) Check skin temperature on the forehead C) Look at her face ti assess tissue color D) Place her into a recovery position

A

Smoke is coming out of a utility room where you know a coworker has been working. What should you do? A) Pause and assess for hazards before entering the room. B) Enter the room quickly to rescue your coworker or alert her to the possible danger C) Wait until another trained provider is available before you enter the room D) Wait to see if the situation gets worse

A

What tool can you use to help reduce the time it takes to get a person with a suspected stroke treated at a hospital? A) FAST assessment B) Recovery position C) Primary assessment D) Chain of survival

A

You are attempting to control bleeding on a coworker who has cut himself while using a hand tool on a job site. How should you best address the possibility of being exposed to an infectious bloodborne disease? A) Wear protective barriers such as gloves, regardless of your relationship with the person you are helping. B) Avoid touching the person's blood with your bare hands to minimize your chance of exposure C) Wash your hands with soap and water before and after care D) Only use PPE if required by your employer's occupational exposure control plan

A

You are caring for a person who has fallen onto a concrete floor from a high ladder. He is responsive and has a small bruise on his forehead. What should you do? A) have someone activate EMS while you manually stabilize his head B) Roll him into the recovery position to maintain and protect an open airway C) Allow him to return to normal activity if you think he does not have a spinal injury D) gently help him into a sitting position to see how he feels

A

You have been called to assess a person who accidentally struck his head on a low-hanging steel beam. Witnesses tell you he was initially stunned and slow to respond, but seems much better now. He seems normal to you, but is still a bit confused about what happened. What should you do? A) Have him seek evaluation by a healthcare provider or EMS personnel as soon as possible B) Allow him to return to normal activity now that he is responding much better C) Ask him to sit down for a few minutes to see if his condition gets worse D) Conduct a FAST assessment to see if a stoke may have occurred as a result

A

A coworker of yours is complaining of not feeling well. He says he has a severe pressure and discomfort in his chest. His skin is pale, and he is sweating. He asks you not to make a fuss over him, but you know he has problems with his heart. What should you do? A) Transport him to the emergency room at the hospital yourself instead of activating EMS B) Have someone activate the EMS and get an AED, if one is available C) Lay him on the floor and elevate his feet 6 to 12 inches D) Place him in the recovery position to protect and maintain an open airway

B

You are caring for a person who has difficulty breathing. A bystander tells you she has asthma but does not have her medication with her. Her breathing is fast, weak, and taking significant effort. Her lips look bluish-purple and she appears exhausted. What should you prepare for? A) a sudden general seizure B) breathing failure C) A stroke due to an aneurysm D) Sudden cardiac arrest

B

You are the first aid provider on scene for a responsive person whose shirt sleeve caught fire while he was welding. The scene is safe and you have removed his burning shirt. He has a burn on his forearm about the size of your palm that has damaged the skin. What will be your initial treatment for the burn? A) apply butter, ointment, lotion, or antiseptic to the burn B) Cool a burn with a cool or cold water as quickly as possible C) Use ice or a frozen compress to cool the burn D) Expose the burn to the open air to promote healing

B

You are treating someone who has sustained a significant blow to the head. He is awake but clearly confused and unable to understand you. A bloody fluid is flowing from one of his ears. What should you do? A) Roll him into the recovery position to maintain and protect the airway B)Activate EMS immediately and manually stabilize the head with your hands. C) Control the bleeding in the ear by applying direct pressure with a clean pad D) Conduct a FAST stroke assessment

B

You have responded to an employee fall in the manufacturing plant where you work. Your assessment makes you suspect the responsive employee may have injured his back. He has fallen into an aisle way that sometimes has forklift traffic. How should you address that? A) Use a clothing drag to pull the person along the long axis of the body B) Place the person on a blanket and drag him to the side of the aisle. C) Place the person on a blanket and drag him to the side of the aisle D) Only move him if a forklift needs to come down the aisle

B

You are sitting outside with a coworker when he is stung by a bee. He becomes very anxious and tells you he is allergic to bee stings. Within minutes, his face and lips are swollen and his effort to breathe becomes more difficult. What should you do? A) Attach an AED if one is available and analyze the heart rhythm B) If he can swallow without trouble, give him glucose tablets, or something with dietary sugar C) Help to find his prescribed epinephrine auto-injector and assist him in self-administering it. D) Place him into recovery position to maintain and protect his airway

C

You are talking with a group of coworkers when one of them suddenly collapses to the ground. Her whole body is jerking and convulsing. What is you immediate care? A) Tightly restrain her arms to prevent her from further injury B) Put a soft object, such as a belt strap or rolled towel, into her mouth to keep her from swallowing her tongue C) Protect her from further injury by moving away from her any object she might bump into D) Assess for normal breathing and begin CPR if breathing is absent or not normal

C

You are waiting for EMS to arrive while caring for a person with an altered mental status. If the person's level of responsiveness becomes severely diminished, what should you do? A) Loosen his clothing and allow him to find a position of comfort B) Perform CPR, staring with compressions C) Place him in a recovery position to maintain and protect the airway. D) Move things he may bump into away from him

C

You are a trained first aid provider and you encounter a motor vehicle accident scene while driving to work. Two cars are involved, and it looks like people are injured. You think about stopping but you hesitate because it all seems so overwhelming to handle. What should you do? A) Stop and do not attempt to help if you are unsure of your abilities B) Keep going because other with more confidence will stop to help C) Stop and help to the best of you ability. EMS should arrive shortly and take over care D) Keep going. Your hesitation indicates a lack of knowledge about what to do

C

You are caring for a person whose tooth has been accidentally knocked out. She has no other issues you are concerned about. Proper care for the knocked out tooth includes: A) Wrapping it in a clean, dry pad B) Keeping the tooth moist, in water C) Keeping the tooth moist, in saliva D) Carefully holding it by the root

C

You have responded as a first aid provider to a coworker who has accidentally cut himself on his forearm. He is responsive and safe to approach. He has his hand clamped down on the wound, but there is a pool of blood on the floor and blood is still dripping from beneath his hand. What approach will you take to control bleeding? A) initially apply and twist down a commercial tourniquet until bleeding stops. B) Pack a hemostatic dressing into the wound and apply direct pressure over the dressing C) Apply pressure with a clean pad directly to the bleeding site until bleeding stops D) Leave the injured person's hand clamped down on the wound

C

Why is angling the body and face towards the ground important when placing a person in the recovery position? A) It stabilizes the head and body, with no pressure on chest B) It allows you to roll the person toward you in a single motion C) It aligns the head on the extended arm D) It helps keep fluids and the tongue clear from the airway.

D

You approach an ill employee who works near the furnaces in the glass blowing shop. She is responsive but confused. Her skin is dry and very warm, almost hot to your touch. What care should you provide for her? A) Encourage her to drink a sports drink or water B) Have her lie down and elevate her legs 6 to 12 inches C) Fan her and give her a sports drink D) Get her to a cooler place and begin immediate cooling.

D

You are eating lunch in the cafeteria at work when another employee at a nearby table stands up suddenly and grasps his hands to his throat. You go to help and ask him if he is choking. How can you tell if the obstruction is severe and requires your help? A) he is coughing forcibly to try and get the object out B) He spits out a big mass of food on the floor C) He has to speak in single words to tell you he is choking D) He cannot speak or make any sounds

D

Your coworker who has been standing in place a long time while monitoring a production line tells you that he suddenly feels light-headed and warm. How should you respond? A) Conduct a FAST assessment to see if he may be having a stoke B) Give him something to eat with dietary sugar such as orange juice or candy C) Place him in a recovery position to maintain and protect the airway D) Quickly lay him flat on his back, and elevate his feet 6 to 12 inches

D