Health Test

You are performing CPR on a six-year-old child. Your compression depth should be about:

1/3 the depth of the chest or about 2 inches

The speed, or rate, of chest compressions when performing CPR on an infant is _________ times per minute.

100-120

The ratio of chest compressions to rescue breaths when performing CPR on a 7-year-old-child is:

30:2

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 person who has received a forceful blow to the chest or abdomen.

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?

Activate EMS immediately and manually stabilize the head with your hands.

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 the bleeding?

Apply pressure with a clean pad directly to the site until bleeding stops

You are caring for a 5-month-old infant who was accidentally electrocuted by an exposed wire. The scene is safe and you have been performing CPR. Someone has brought you an AED which does not have a pediatric setting or pads. What do you do?

Attach the AED and use it

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?

Breathing failure

You have responded to a coworker who has collapsed at her work station. As you begin your assess- ment, a friend she works with insists her collapse is the result of taking too many opioid pills. If true, what could the underlying problem be?

Breathing failure.

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?

Call the Poison Help line.

Which is the best recommendation for performing high-quality chest compressions?

Compress at least 2 inches and 100 to 120 times per minute. Avoid leaning.

What is the combined primary function of the respiratory and circulatory systems?

Continuously supply body tissues and cells with oxygen

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?

Control the bleeding for the injury on her leg

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?

Cool a burn with cool or cold water as quickly as possible.

You have responded to a four-year-old child who was found submerged in a pool. You found the child unresponsive and not breathing, so you initiated CPR. How do you perform high-quality rescue breaths as part of your CPR?

Deliver each breath over one second and create a visible chest rise but no more.

You are performing CPR on an infant who was carried out of a house that was on fire. The infant's face is covered in soot and you suspect the infant's condition is the result of inhaling smoke. What part of your CPR performance do you most want to emphasize?

Effective rescue breaths

What is not considered a part of a community-wide emergency medical services (EMS) system?

Emergency action plan for a workplace

You are in a restaurant eating lunch. At a nearby table a child starts coughing loudly and forcefully. Someone yells, "Please help her, she's choking!" You should:

Encourage her to cough

What tool can you use to help reduce the time it takes to get a person with a suspected stroke treated at a hospital?

FAST assessment

What is the recommended placement for the two defibrillation pads when attaching an AED to a small child?

Front chest below clavicles and back between shoulder blades

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?

Get her to a cooler place and begin immediate cooling.

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 he seems much better now. He seems normal to you, but is still a bit confused about what happened. What should you do?

Have him seek evaluation by a healthcare provider or EMS personnel as soon as possible.

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?

Have someone activate EMS and get an AED if one is available.

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?

Have someone activate EMS while you manually stabilize his head.

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?

He cannot speak or make any sounds

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?

Help him to find his prescribed epinephrine auto-injector and assist him in self-administering it.

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?

Immobilize the limb as found using padding to fill the gaps around under the arm.

When more than one trained provider is available to help manage cardiac arrest, they can work together to:

Improve quality and minimize interruption

Why is angling the body and face towards the ground important when placing a person in the recovery position?

It helps keep fluids and the tongue clear from the airway.

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:

Keeping to tooth moist in saliva

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?

Leave him where you found him and have others stop any forklift traffic.

You have attached an AED to someone you suspect of being in cardiac arrest. The AED has analyzed the heart rhythm and advises a shock be delivered. What should you do next?

Make sure no one, including you, is in contact with the person before delivering the shock.

What is the best description for the volume of air provided in a high-quality rescue breath?

Only enough air to create a visible rise of the chest.

Smoke is coming out of a utility room where you know a coworker has been working. What should you do?

Pause and assess for hazards before entering the room.

You respond to a report of a 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 others to activate EMS and get the company's AED. During your breathing assessment, she takes a weak gasp but makes no other attempt to breathe. What is your next step?

Perform CPR, starting with chest compressions

Which best describes the initial care provided for someone who is unresponsive and not breathing or not breathing normally?

Perform ongoing cycles of 30 chest compressions and 2 rescue breaths.

What is the most likely indication that someone has experienced a sudden cardiac arrest?

Person collapses; breathing is abnormal or stops completely

You are caring for a coworker with a nosebleed. What should you do to provide care?

Pinch the soft portion of the nose and have him tilt his head forward, chin down

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?

Place him in recovery position to maintain and protect the airway.

What is the underlying cause of shock?

Poor blood flow creates a shortage of oxygen to body tissues.

Which of the following is not a link in the chain of survival?

Prevention of the typical causes of cardiac arrest.

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 your immediate care?

Protect her from further injury by moving away from her any objects she might bump into.

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?

Provide glucose tablets or something that contains dietary sugars

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?

Quickly lay him flat on his back, and elevate his feet 6 to 12 inches.

You suspect an 8-month-old infant has a severe foreign body obstruction of the airway. What care do you provide?

Repeated 5 back blows and 5 chest thrusts

You encounter a person who has been pulled from a swimming pool unresponsive and not breathing. What is the best description for what you suspect has occurred?

Secondary cardiac arrest due to drowning.

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 hesi- tate because it all seems so overwhelming to handle. What should you do?

Stop and help to the best of your ability. EMS should arrive shortly and take over care.

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?

The suspected mechanism of injury.

What is the basic purpose of Good Samaritan laws?

To encourage bystanders to help those in need by protecting anyone who volunteers assistance.

Chest compressions for an infant are performed using:

Two fingers

You are attempting to control bleeding on a coworker who has cut himself while using a hand tool on a jobsite. How should you best address the possibility of being exposed to an infectious bloodborne dis- ease?

Wear protective barriers such as gloves, regardless of your relationship with the person you are helping.

On a bitterly cold day, you are caring for a fellow logger whom you suspect of having frostbite on his fin- gers. A rural EMS service is on the way to your logging site. What general care should you provide?

Wrap the affected fingers in a clean towel or pad, keeping them still and protected.

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?

You are trained to recognize, assess, and prioritize the need for first aid care.