Red Cross CPR test QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED
The emergency action steps CORRECT ANSWERS: check, call, care
How do you check a victim for consciousness? CORRECT ANSWERS: tap and shout method
How do you check an airway? CORRECT ANSWERS: use the head, tilt chin method
How long do you check for breathing? CORRECT ANSWERS: 10 seconds
When a person is unconscious what do you do? CORRECT ANSWERS: look, listen and feel for
signs of life for no more than 10 seconds
What is a life threatening condition where the body is struggling to meet the demands of oxygen and blood supply? CORRECT ANSWERS: shock
What should you do when someone is in shock? CORRECT ANSWERS: have the person lie down keep them from being chilled or overheated
What should you not give a victim when they are in shock? CORRECT ANSWERS: do not give
anything to eat or drink
What does the cardiac chain of survival include? CORRECT ANSWERS: early recognition and assess
early CPR to EMS
early defibrillation
early advanced medical care
What does CPR do for people? CORRECT ANSWERS: keeps blood containing oxygen going to the brain and other vital organs.
How far do you press the chest of an adult during CPR? CORRECT ANSWERS: 2 inches deep
How many chest compressions do you give in what amount of time? CORRECT ANSWERS: 30 compressions at an even pace at a rate of 100 compressions per minute
Always let the chest ______ _________ CORRECT ANSWERS: completely rise
How long should each breath last when giving CPR? CORRECT ANSWERS: one second
When do you stop CPR? CORRECT ANSWERS: you notice obvious signs of life like breathing
an AED is ready to use
another trained responder or EMS personnel takes over
you are too exhausted to continue the scene becomes unsafe
The emergency action steps CORRECT ANSWERS: check, call, care
How do you check a victim for consciousness? CORRECT ANSWERS: tap and shout method
How do you check an airway? CORRECT ANSWERS: use the head, tilt chin method
How long do you check for breathing? CORRECT ANSWERS: 10 seconds
When a person is unconscious what do you do? CORRECT ANSWERS: look, listen and feel for
signs of life for no more than 10 seconds
What is a life threatening condition where the body is struggling to meet the demands of oxygen and blood supply? CORRECT ANSWERS: shock
What should you do when someone is in shock? CORRECT ANSWERS: have the person lie down keep them from being chilled or overheated
What should you not give a victim when they are in shock? CORRECT ANSWERS: do not give
anything to eat or drink
What does the cardiac chain of survival include? CORRECT ANSWERS: early recognition and assess
early CPR to EMS
early defibrillation
early advanced medical care
What does CPR do for people? CORRECT ANSWERS: keeps blood containing oxygen going to the brain and other vital organs.
How far do you press the chest of an adult during CPR? CORRECT ANSWERS: 2 inches deep
How many chest compressions do you give in what amount of time? CORRECT ANSWERS: 30 compressions at an even pace at a rate of 100 compressions per minute
Always let the chest ______ _________ CORRECT ANSWERS: completely rise
How long should each breath last when giving CPR? CORRECT ANSWERS: one second
When do you stop CPR? CORRECT ANSWERS: you notice obvious signs of life like breathing
an AED is ready to use
another trained responder or EMS personnel takes over
you are too exhausted to continue the scene becomes unsafe
