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CPR/AED/First Aid Test-American Red Cross
Exam 2025 | Actual Questions With Answers
You do not reassess signs of life, pulse, breathing during CPR. Continue until exhausted, relieved by EMS, or patient resumes consciousness and tells you to stop. - correct - answer- How long do you do CPR before reassessing pulse or breathing?
- scene is safe
- PPE
- Number of patients?
- Nature of injuries
- Initial impression - correct - answer- How do you size up the scene? Supine
- Head- tilt/chin lift: past neutral position for an adult - correct - answer- How do you assess an airway in an unconscious person?
- Early recognition and early access to EMS system
- Early CPR
- Early defibrillation
- Early advanced medical care - correct - answer- What are the links in the cardiac chain of survival? 5 cycles - correct - answer- How many cycles of CPR can you complete in 2 minutes? Analyzes for arrhythmia, provides shock to stimulate resumption of rhythm - correct - answer- How does an AED work? An AED - correct - answer- What should always be used in combination with CPR? Get consent from parent - correct - answer- What do you have to do before giving care to a child? Encourage coughing - correct - answer- If a person is conscious and appears to have a partially obstructed airway, what should you do?
Facial droop Arm Slurred speech Time - correct - answer- Assessment for stroke
- Assess CMS before and after
- ONLY splint if needed to move pt
- Immobilize joints above and below broken bone
- Don't splint/tie directly over injured bone
- Don't realign
- Try to keep joints in anatomically functional position - correct - answer- Splinting Principles
- Use PPE
- Apply direct pressure over wound
- Control bleeding before positioning for shock
- Assess CMS after bleeding controlled
- Add bangages, don't remove/replace
- Use proximal pressure points
- Elevate to resting position above heart - correct - answer- Controlled Bleeding Principles
When treating minor sprains, strains, injuries: Rest Immobilize Cold Elevate - correct - answer- RICE gain consent - correct - answer- When providing care to a non-critical, conscious person the first thing you should do after checking the scene and donning PPE? Call 911, get the first aid kit, and an AED - correct - answer- If there is a 2nd rescuer on the scene, what do you ask this person as you begin to provide emergency care? Check that the scene is safe - correct - answer- What is the very first thing you do before you give care? Check, call, care - correct - answer- Name the 3 C's You are too exhausted, victim wakes up and asks you to stop, scene becomes unsafe, EMS takes over - correct - answer- You must continue giving care until:
10 seconds - correct - answer- What is the max amount of time you should spend checking for signs of life breathing/pulse? adult-tap shoulder and shout infant-tap foot and shout - correct - answer- How to check consciousness as a first aid responder? When the victim has a pulse but is not breathing - correct - answer- When is rescue breathing done? Adult- one breath every 5 seconds Infant/child-one breath every 3 seconds - correct - answer- How is rescue breathing done? 1 second - correct - answer- When giving a rescue breath/ventilation during CPR or ventilations how long should the breath be delivered? Two minutes, then stop and re-assess - correct - answer- How long do you perform rescue breathing before rechecking for pulse?
1.5 inches in infant 2 inches in adult or child - correct - answer- How deep do you give compressions? Make sure area is clear to prevent injury DO NOT restrain pt or place items in the mouth. Provide for privacy if possible - correct - answer- Care for a seizure Call Poison Control and follow instructions - correct - answer- Treatment for Poisoning 10% - correct - answer- Delay of defibrillation can cause a ____ increase in mortality each minute Automated External Defibrillator - correct - answer- AED First give 2 rescue breaths, then call 911 - correct - answer- In a respiratory emergency (unconscious/not breathing) patient with a pulse
