CPRS CERTIFIED PEER RECOVERY
SPECIALIST ASSESSMENT ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● How do you treat a cut / gash on a person's arm?
Answer: With clean dressing, put gauze pads on the cut.
Hold for 1 minute and state that you are holding for 1 minute.
If bleeding continues, place more clean gauze pads and hold 1 more
minute with more pressure. Bleeding should subside.
Wrap arm with some kind of bandage to maintain pressure.
●● To preform CPR on an infant the rescuer should do compressions at
a rate of _____.
Answer: at least 100 compressions a minute
●● A young man was standing to close to a fire and the hair caught on
fire. The fire was extinguished quickly but the skin on the forehead is
mildly burned. You should ______.
Answer: Cool the burn with cold but not ice-cold water
●● What are the steps to checking a unconscious person?
Answer: Make sure scene is safe.
,Tap the victim's shoulder while asking "Are you okay?"
Check for breathing and take carotid pulse.
Give 30 compressions.
Check for carotid pulse again.
Begin CPR.
●● What are signs that indicate a medical emergency?
Answer: unusual noise, sight, odor, appearance, or behavior.
●● List some barriers to action.
Answer: - presence of other people
- unsure of victim's condition, type of injury or illness
- fear of catching disease
- fear of doing something wrong
- being unsure when to call 911
●● Name the 3 C's of first aid.
Answer: check, call, care.
●● What do you check for prior to administering care to a victim?
Answer: - scene safety
- other victims
,- bystanders
- signs and clues to what type of injury or condition victim has
- ABC's (airway, breathing, and circulation)
●● Who do you call prior to administering care to a victim?
Answer: 911 or EMS.
●● How long should you check a victim's breathing?
Answer: 10 seconds.
●● Define implied consent.
Answer: the assumption that a victim would give permission to treat
them if he or she were conscious.
●● List some key facts about the transmission of disease.
Answer: - can be airborne, in a fluid, or vector (bite)
- injured person must be infected for transmission to occur
- rescuer has to have a break in skin
- there must be sufficient amount of pathogens
●● Define pathogen.
Answer: a disease causing microorganism.
, ●● Provide care for first 2 minutes under what circumstances?
Answer: - unconscious adult, adolescent, or infant
- witnessed collapse
●● Call FIRST under what circumstances?
Answer: - cardiac emergencies
- drowning victims
- unwitnessed collapse
●● List the respiratory organs.
Answer: - airway (which consists of the pharynx, larynx, trachea, and
bronchi)
- lungs
●● What is the function of the respiratory system?
Answer: supplies body with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide by
breathing.
●● List some common respiratory system problems.
Answer: - asthma
- respiratory distress
- respiratory arrest
SPECIALIST ASSESSMENT ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● How do you treat a cut / gash on a person's arm?
Answer: With clean dressing, put gauze pads on the cut.
Hold for 1 minute and state that you are holding for 1 minute.
If bleeding continues, place more clean gauze pads and hold 1 more
minute with more pressure. Bleeding should subside.
Wrap arm with some kind of bandage to maintain pressure.
●● To preform CPR on an infant the rescuer should do compressions at
a rate of _____.
Answer: at least 100 compressions a minute
●● A young man was standing to close to a fire and the hair caught on
fire. The fire was extinguished quickly but the skin on the forehead is
mildly burned. You should ______.
Answer: Cool the burn with cold but not ice-cold water
●● What are the steps to checking a unconscious person?
Answer: Make sure scene is safe.
,Tap the victim's shoulder while asking "Are you okay?"
Check for breathing and take carotid pulse.
Give 30 compressions.
Check for carotid pulse again.
Begin CPR.
●● What are signs that indicate a medical emergency?
Answer: unusual noise, sight, odor, appearance, or behavior.
●● List some barriers to action.
Answer: - presence of other people
- unsure of victim's condition, type of injury or illness
- fear of catching disease
- fear of doing something wrong
- being unsure when to call 911
●● Name the 3 C's of first aid.
Answer: check, call, care.
●● What do you check for prior to administering care to a victim?
Answer: - scene safety
- other victims
,- bystanders
- signs and clues to what type of injury or condition victim has
- ABC's (airway, breathing, and circulation)
●● Who do you call prior to administering care to a victim?
Answer: 911 or EMS.
●● How long should you check a victim's breathing?
Answer: 10 seconds.
●● Define implied consent.
Answer: the assumption that a victim would give permission to treat
them if he or she were conscious.
●● List some key facts about the transmission of disease.
Answer: - can be airborne, in a fluid, or vector (bite)
- injured person must be infected for transmission to occur
- rescuer has to have a break in skin
- there must be sufficient amount of pathogens
●● Define pathogen.
Answer: a disease causing microorganism.
, ●● Provide care for first 2 minutes under what circumstances?
Answer: - unconscious adult, adolescent, or infant
- witnessed collapse
●● Call FIRST under what circumstances?
Answer: - cardiac emergencies
- drowning victims
- unwitnessed collapse
●● List the respiratory organs.
Answer: - airway (which consists of the pharynx, larynx, trachea, and
bronchi)
- lungs
●● What is the function of the respiratory system?
Answer: supplies body with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide by
breathing.
●● List some common respiratory system problems.
Answer: - asthma
- respiratory distress
- respiratory arrest
