CPR and First Aid

After an AED delivers a shock, you should:

• take a 5 minute break

• stop CPR

• call for more help

• continue CPR

You know enough about CPR that you could help a victim until the ambulance arrives.

• True

• False

Chest compression's are performed at a rate of ____________per minute.

Check all that would be found in a First Aid kit.

• Gloves

• Sterile bandages

• Scissors

• Antibiotic Ointment

• AED

The correct technique to apply a tourniquet on a massive bleeding is in about __________ inch (5 cm) above the bleeding site.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

A person has an archery arrow impaled in their left hand. Which of the following is the best option?

• Stabilize the arrow in place.

• Remove the arrow and apply direct pressure.

• Apply tourniquet and then remove the arrow.

• Push the arrow through the other side of the hand and remove.

When performing the first aid on a person with suspected ______________ injury, avoid bending, flexing or twisting the person's head or neck.

• upper limb

• lower limb

• pelvis

• spine

What type of open wound is this?

• Avulsion

• Incision

• Punctured

• Laceration

You are giving first aid to a person with a muscle, bone or joint injury. Emergency medical services (EMS) has been called. What should you do until they arrive?

• a. Bandage the injured body part.

• b. Apply cold if the person can tolerate it, and watch the person for signs and symptoms of shock.

• c. Splint the injury to immobilize it.

• d. All of the above

When using direct pressure to control non-life-threatening bleeding from an open wound,
you should:

• a. Lift the dressing every minute to see if the bleeding has stopped.

• b. Remove and replace dressings as they become saturated with blood.

• c. Use a hemostatic dressing.

• d. Add additional dressings and continue to apply direct pressure until the bleeding stops, and then bandage the wound.