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Red Cross CPR/AED/ First Aid Certification
Test Questions With Verified Answers.
What are the good samaritan laws? - answer✔protect the responder from financial liability,
developed to encourage people to help others in an emergency situation.
What is consent, and how do you get it? - answer✔permission from the injured or ill person or
their parent or guardian if the person is a minor. To obtain; start with your name, state type
and level of training you have, explain what you think is wrong, explain what you plan to do, ask
if you may help.
What are the emergency action steps? - answer✔Check, Call, Care
When is it time to call 911? - answer✔when the situation has become one of the emergency
situations or you recognize emergency conditions in play
What are the clues that an emergency has happened? - answer✔unusual sounds, sights, odors,
and behaviors.
What are PPE's? - answer✔Personal Protective Equipment, such as gloves, breathing barriers,
hand washing, etc.
If a victim is responsive what 2 skills do you do? - answer✔Interview the person and do a head
to toe check. Roll the person into the recovery position.
How long and how do you check for breathing? - answer✔No more than 5-10 seconds. Head tilt
chin lift, ear to mouth look towards sternum.
How do you give rescue breaths? - answer✔Head tilt chin left, breath in until you see chest
plate rise. In intervals of 2.
What leads to cardiac issues in infants & children? - answer✔
What is cycle for CPR and how long do you do it? - answer✔2 rescue breaths for every 30 Chest
compressions. Continue until exhaustion, more trained professional takes over, scene becomes
unsafe, or person shows obvious signs of life.
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What if a responsive, child, infant, or adult is choking? - answer✔5 abdominal thrusts and 5
back blows for adults and children. For an infant, put the infant in a secure position alternating
between legs to rest the infant on and do 5 chest thrusts and 5 back blows
How do we know somebody is having a breathing emergency? - answer✔Panicked, surprised,
or confused facial expression, holding throat with both hands, trying to forcibly cough, initially
flushed skin but turning pale rapidly.
Where do you place hands during CPR for an adult, a child, and an infant? - answer✔Child and
adult: two hands interlocked w/ one on top of the other in the center of the chest, infant: two
fingers on center of chest just below the nipple line.
What are effective compressions? - answer✔Forcible compressions of at least 2 inches for an
adult, about 2 inches for a child and about 1 1/2 inches for an infant.
What do we do if air does not go in an unresponsive adult, child, or infant? - answer✔Give CPR
with one modification: after each set of compressions and before giving rescue breaths, open
the mouth, look for an object in the person's mouth, and if you see it, remove it.
What are the signs and symptoms of a heart attack for a male, and for a female? -
answer✔Men usually experience the more "classic" signs and symptoms such as: chest pain,
pressure, squeezing, tightness, aching or heaviness that lasts longer than 3-5 minutes or goes
away and comes back. Relating pain to arms, neck or shoulder. Secondary signs for men may
include dizziness, loss of consciousness, sweating, nausea, or unusual shortness of breath.
Women may experience the "classic" signs but often milder and may be accompanied by more
general signs and symptoms such as: shortness of breath, nausea or diarrhea, fatigue, dizziness,
sweating, and back or jaw pain.
What are the 2 types of cardiac chain of survival? - answer✔Adult and Pediatric.
For an adult the chain is as follows: Recognize and call 911, Early CPR, Early Defibrillation, Early
advanced life support, and Integrated Post-cardiac arrest care.
For pediatric: Injury prevention and safety, Early CPR, Early emergency care, Pediatric advanced
life support, and Integrated Post-Cardiac arrest care.
What is an AED? - answer✔Automated External Defibrillator
When is an AED used? - answer✔Whenever it is available and as soon as possible when it is
available.
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