YMCA FIRST AID questions with verified solutions 2023/2024

YMCA FIRST AID It's a hot day, and you are waiting to check out at the grocery store when the woman standing behind you in line suddenly collapses to the floor. She is unresponsive and doesn't seem to be breathing. You should: - correct answer Have someone activate EMS and get an AED, if one is available, then check for a carotid pulse To "observe universal precautions" means: - correct answer Managing all blood and other body substances as if they are infectious. Air blown into the stomach while giving rescue breaths: - correct answer Can limit lung movement, cause vomiting, and reduce the effectiveness of rescue breathing. For proper chest compression's, a patient should be positioned: - correct answer Face-up on a firm, flat surface. The proper depth of chest compression in a 3-year-old child is at least: - correct answer 1/3 the depth of the chest or about 2 inches. You are attending to a patient who is unresponsive and is breathing normally. You are alone and need to activate EMS. You should: - correct answer Place the person in a recovery position and then activate EMS. The links in the "chain of survival" in adults are: - correct answer Early recognition and activation of EMS, early CPR, early defibrillation, early advanced life support, and integrated post-cardiac arrest care. During CPR, you are opening the airway of a person who you suspect has had significant trauma to the head, neck, and back. You should: - correct answer Place your palms and thumbs on both sides of a CPR mask, hook your fingers underneath the angles of the jaw, and displace the jaw with your fingers, moving it upward without lifting the head. You are providing care to a 23-year-old found unresponsive at a party. She is breathing normally and has a pulse. You should immediately: - correct answer Place the patient in the recovery position. A roofer was electrocuted when his aluminum ladder contacted an energized power line. The scene has been made safe. An AED has been attached to the patient. The AED has analyzed the heart and a shock is advised. You should: - correct answer clear the patient and deliver the shock During CPR, if a child's chest does not rise with the first rescue breath you need to? - correct answer Reposition the airway and give a second rescue breath. You are performing CPR on an adult man who has collapsed. EMS has been activated and another provider shows up with an AED. She turns on the device and the voice prompts begin. What is the next step? - correct answer Cut open or tear away the patient's shirt to allow for the application of the defibrillation pads to a bare chest. The proper hand position for chest compression on a 7-year-old child is: - correct answer Lower half of the breastbone, 1 or 2 hands. You are attending to an adult who has fallen off a ladder from the roof of a nearby house. She is unresponsive, does not appear to be breathing, and has no palpable carotid pulse. To open the airway to give rescue breaths during CPR you should: - correct answer Use a jaw-thrust without head-tilt. The links in the "chain of survival" in children are: - correct answer Prevention, early CPR, early activation of EMS, early pediatric advanced life support, and integrated post-cardiac arrest care. Chest compression's during CPR should be: - correct answer Hard and fast, interrupted as little as possible. You are attending to a child who is unresponsive and not breathing after being struck by an automobile. To initially open the airway to give rescue breaths use the: - correct answer Jaw thrust without head-tilt You and another provider are attending to a 17-year-old found unresponsive with occasional gasps. After checking for a pulse, you are not certain if a pulse is present or not. You should: - correct answer Start CPR; 30:2 compression's to ventilation's