NPLQ COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔How do you check for casualty response? - ✔✔Shake shoulders and say loudly
"Can you hear me?"
✔✔How do you open casualty's airway? - ✔✔Chin lift head tilt
✔✔How long do you check for normal breathing? - ✔✔No longer than 10s
✔✔What is the ratio for CPR? - ✔✔30:2, 30 compressions: 2 rescue breaths
✔✔What do you ask for before starting CPR? - ✔✔Ambulance and AED
✔✔What depth do you press down on an adult's chest when performing CPR? - ✔✔5-
6cm
✔✔How long should you continue CPR for? - ✔✔Until medical pro tells you to stop, or
you are sure casualty is breathing normally
✔✔What is an infant? - ✔✔First year of life
✔✔What is a child? - ✔✔Up to the age of puberty
✔✔Why do many children not receive CPR? - ✔✔Rescuers fear causing harm
✔✔What is the depth you should press on an infants or child's chest? - ✔✔1/3 of its
depth
✔✔What MUST you ALWAYS do to a child or infant (CPR)? - ✔✔ALWAYS give 5
rescue breaths before starting CPR
,✔✔What do you use to perform CPR on an infant? - ✔✔2 fingers
✔✔What do you use to perform CPR on a child? - ✔✔1 hand
✔✔If alone, how long do you perform CPR for before going for help? - ✔✔1 minute
✔✔State the order of the CPR flow chart - ✔✔Unresponsive and not breathing normally
Call 999 and ask for Ambulance
If casualty is drowning, a child or an infant, perform 5 rescue breaths
30 chest compressions
2 rescue breaths
Continue 30:2 CPR ratio
As soon as AED arrives, use it
✔✔What causes death from drowning? - ✔✔Asphyxia following immersion in water
(head under water)
✔✔Name 6 medical conditions that could cause drowning - ✔✔Stroke
Heart Attack
Hyperventilation
Asthma Attack
Seizures
Hypothermia
✔✔State instances that could cause problems with performing CPR? -
✔✔Tracheostomies
Regurgitation of stomach contents
Air in stomach
Broken ribs
Chest does not rise
Fluid in airway
CPR in confined spaces
✔✔What are tracheostomies? - ✔✔When there is a stoma on the windpipe
✔✔How do you perform CPR on a tracheostomy? - ✔✔Remove stoma cover
WIpe any muchus from stoma
Close casualty's nose and mouth
Place mouth around the opening in the neck
✔✔How do you deal with air in the stomach? - ✔✔Create clear airway (Head tilt, chin
lift) and let air escape gradually
✔✔How do you perform CPR with broken ribs? - ✔✔Perform CPR normally, but be
aware that when casualty will be in pain after recovery
, ✔✔What do you do if chest does not rise during CPR? - ✔✔Check airway is clear
Recheck head tilt, chin lift
✔✔When should you perform mouth to nose resuscitation? - ✔✔When it is deemed that
the casualty has a serious mouth injury
✔✔What is choking? - ✔✔When an object is swallowed but goes down the windpipe
✔✔What are the signs and symptoms of choking? - ✔✔Casualty may have been seen
to be eating
A child may have been seen to be put an object in their mouth
With PARTIAL obstruction the casualty ma be able to speak and cough
With COMPLETE obstruction, the casualty may be unable to speak and cough, they
may not be able to breathe
Casualty may become unconscious
✔✔State the steps of the choking flow chart if severe airway obstruction - ✔✔If
unconscious, start CPR
If conscious Up to 5 back blows, up to 5 abdominal thrusts
✔✔State the steps of the choking flow chart if mild airway obstruction - ✔✔Encourage
coughing and continue to check deterioration
✔✔How do you perform Back blows for an adult? - ✔✔Stand to side an slightly behind
casualty
Support chest with one hand, lean casualty well forward so obstruction becomes
dislodged
Give UP TO 5 sharp blows between shoulder blades with the heel of your hand
✔✔How do perform abdominal thrusts? - ✔✔Stand behind the casualty and put both
arms round the upper part of abdomen
Make sure casualty is bending well forward so object comes out of mouth
Clench fist and put it between the navel (belly button) and breastbone
Pull sharply inwards AND upwards
✔✔What MUST you NEVER do with a choking child/infant? - ✔✔Abdominal Thrusts
✔✔What are chest thrusts? - ✔✔These are similar to chest compressions and applied
in same place, but each thrust is sharper and more vigorous
✔✔What should you use on choking obese or pregnant casualties? - ✔✔Chest thrusts
NOT Abdominal thrusts
✔✔What does PAPP stand for? - ✔✔Preserve life
SET A+
✔✔How do you check for casualty response? - ✔✔Shake shoulders and say loudly
"Can you hear me?"
✔✔How do you open casualty's airway? - ✔✔Chin lift head tilt
✔✔How long do you check for normal breathing? - ✔✔No longer than 10s
✔✔What is the ratio for CPR? - ✔✔30:2, 30 compressions: 2 rescue breaths
✔✔What do you ask for before starting CPR? - ✔✔Ambulance and AED
✔✔What depth do you press down on an adult's chest when performing CPR? - ✔✔5-
6cm
✔✔How long should you continue CPR for? - ✔✔Until medical pro tells you to stop, or
you are sure casualty is breathing normally
✔✔What is an infant? - ✔✔First year of life
✔✔What is a child? - ✔✔Up to the age of puberty
✔✔Why do many children not receive CPR? - ✔✔Rescuers fear causing harm
✔✔What is the depth you should press on an infants or child's chest? - ✔✔1/3 of its
depth
✔✔What MUST you ALWAYS do to a child or infant (CPR)? - ✔✔ALWAYS give 5
rescue breaths before starting CPR
,✔✔What do you use to perform CPR on an infant? - ✔✔2 fingers
✔✔What do you use to perform CPR on a child? - ✔✔1 hand
✔✔If alone, how long do you perform CPR for before going for help? - ✔✔1 minute
✔✔State the order of the CPR flow chart - ✔✔Unresponsive and not breathing normally
Call 999 and ask for Ambulance
If casualty is drowning, a child or an infant, perform 5 rescue breaths
30 chest compressions
2 rescue breaths
Continue 30:2 CPR ratio
As soon as AED arrives, use it
✔✔What causes death from drowning? - ✔✔Asphyxia following immersion in water
(head under water)
✔✔Name 6 medical conditions that could cause drowning - ✔✔Stroke
Heart Attack
Hyperventilation
Asthma Attack
Seizures
Hypothermia
✔✔State instances that could cause problems with performing CPR? -
✔✔Tracheostomies
Regurgitation of stomach contents
Air in stomach
Broken ribs
Chest does not rise
Fluid in airway
CPR in confined spaces
✔✔What are tracheostomies? - ✔✔When there is a stoma on the windpipe
✔✔How do you perform CPR on a tracheostomy? - ✔✔Remove stoma cover
WIpe any muchus from stoma
Close casualty's nose and mouth
Place mouth around the opening in the neck
✔✔How do you deal with air in the stomach? - ✔✔Create clear airway (Head tilt, chin
lift) and let air escape gradually
✔✔How do you perform CPR with broken ribs? - ✔✔Perform CPR normally, but be
aware that when casualty will be in pain after recovery
, ✔✔What do you do if chest does not rise during CPR? - ✔✔Check airway is clear
Recheck head tilt, chin lift
✔✔When should you perform mouth to nose resuscitation? - ✔✔When it is deemed that
the casualty has a serious mouth injury
✔✔What is choking? - ✔✔When an object is swallowed but goes down the windpipe
✔✔What are the signs and symptoms of choking? - ✔✔Casualty may have been seen
to be eating
A child may have been seen to be put an object in their mouth
With PARTIAL obstruction the casualty ma be able to speak and cough
With COMPLETE obstruction, the casualty may be unable to speak and cough, they
may not be able to breathe
Casualty may become unconscious
✔✔State the steps of the choking flow chart if severe airway obstruction - ✔✔If
unconscious, start CPR
If conscious Up to 5 back blows, up to 5 abdominal thrusts
✔✔State the steps of the choking flow chart if mild airway obstruction - ✔✔Encourage
coughing and continue to check deterioration
✔✔How do you perform Back blows for an adult? - ✔✔Stand to side an slightly behind
casualty
Support chest with one hand, lean casualty well forward so obstruction becomes
dislodged
Give UP TO 5 sharp blows between shoulder blades with the heel of your hand
✔✔How do perform abdominal thrusts? - ✔✔Stand behind the casualty and put both
arms round the upper part of abdomen
Make sure casualty is bending well forward so object comes out of mouth
Clench fist and put it between the navel (belly button) and breastbone
Pull sharply inwards AND upwards
✔✔What MUST you NEVER do with a choking child/infant? - ✔✔Abdominal Thrusts
✔✔What are chest thrusts? - ✔✔These are similar to chest compressions and applied
in same place, but each thrust is sharper and more vigorous
✔✔What should you use on choking obese or pregnant casualties? - ✔✔Chest thrusts
NOT Abdominal thrusts
✔✔What does PAPP stand for? - ✔✔Preserve life
