ASHI First Aid Exam questions with
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You are trained to recognize, assess, and prioritize the need for first aid care. - correct answer ✔✔You
are a newly trained first aid provider responding at work to a report of someone who has collapsed.
Which of the following best describes your role in a medical emergency?
The suspected mechanism of injury. - correct answer ✔✔You are finishing up a job in the shop area at
work when you hear a series of loud thumps and then someone yelling out. You cautiously move around
a corner to take a better look and see a coworker sprawled on the ground at the bottom of a flight of
stairs. She is groaning and appears to be in pain. Some blood is visible on her forehead. What leads you
to believe she might be seriously injured?
Pause and assess for hazards before entering the room. - correct answer ✔✔Smoke is coming out of a
utility room where you know a coworker has been working. What should you do?
Stop and help to the best of your ability. EMS should arrive shortly and take over care. - correct answer
✔✔You are a trained first aid provider and you encounter a motor vehicle accident scene while driving
to work. Two cars are involved, and it looks like people are injured. You think about stopping but you
hesitate because it all seems so overwhelming to handle. What should you do?
Wear protective barriers such as gloves, regardless of your relationship with the person you are helping.
- correct answer ✔✔You are attempting to control bleeding on a coworker who has cut himself while
using a hand tool on a job site. How should you best address the possibility of being exposed to an
infectious bloodborne disease?
To encourage bystanders to help those in need by protecting anyone who volunteers assistance. - correct
answer ✔✔What is the basic purpose of Good Samaritan laws?
Emergency action plan for a workplace. - correct answer ✔✔What is NOT considered a part of a
community-wide emergency medical services (EMS) system?
, Leave him where you found him and have others stop any forklift traffic. - correct answer ✔✔You have
responded to an employee fall in the manufacturing plant where you work. Your assessment makes you
suspect the responsive employee may have injured his back. He has fallen into an aisle way that
sometimes has forklift traffic. How should you address that?
Place her in the recovery position to protect her airway. - correct answer ✔✔You respond to a report of
a coworker collapsing in the lunch room. When you arrive she is lying on the floor not moving. Other
employees are looking to you to take charge. You find her to be unresponsive so you direct others to
activate EMS and get the company's AED. During your breathing assessment, you determine she is
breathing normally. What is your next step?
It helps keep fluids and the tongue clear from the airway. - correct answer ✔✔Why is angling the body
and face towards the ground important when placing a person in the recovery position?
He cannot speak or make any sounds. - correct answer ✔✔You are eating lunch in the cafeteria at work
when another employee at a nearby table stands up suddenly and grasps his hands to his throat. You go
to help and ask him if he is choking. How can you tell if the obstruction is severe and requires your help?
Control the bleeding for the injury on her leg. - correct answer ✔✔It is safe for you to help someone
who has been injured by a cutting machine. She is responsive, so you introduce yourself and ask if you
can help. She agrees and you assess she has no difficulty breathing. A quick scan for bleeding reveals a
heavily bleeding wound on her left upper leg. What is your next action?
Apply pressure with a clean pad directly to the bleeding site until bleeding stops. - correct answer
✔✔You have responded as a first aid provider to a coworker who has accidentally cut himself on his
forearm. He is responsive and safe to approach. He has his hand clamped down on the wound, but there
is a pool of blood on the floor and blood is still dripping from beneath his hand. What approach will you
take to control bleeding?
A person who received a forceful blow to the chest or the abdomen. - correct answer ✔✔Because you
cannot clearly see injuries inside the body, internal bleeding can be difficult to detect. Which of the
following would make you suspect the possibility of internal bleeding?
Poor blood flow creates a shortage of oxygen to body tissues. - correct answer ✔✔What is the general
underlying cause of shock?
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You are trained to recognize, assess, and prioritize the need for first aid care. - correct answer ✔✔You
are a newly trained first aid provider responding at work to a report of someone who has collapsed.
Which of the following best describes your role in a medical emergency?
The suspected mechanism of injury. - correct answer ✔✔You are finishing up a job in the shop area at
work when you hear a series of loud thumps and then someone yelling out. You cautiously move around
a corner to take a better look and see a coworker sprawled on the ground at the bottom of a flight of
stairs. She is groaning and appears to be in pain. Some blood is visible on her forehead. What leads you
to believe she might be seriously injured?
Pause and assess for hazards before entering the room. - correct answer ✔✔Smoke is coming out of a
utility room where you know a coworker has been working. What should you do?
Stop and help to the best of your ability. EMS should arrive shortly and take over care. - correct answer
✔✔You are a trained first aid provider and you encounter a motor vehicle accident scene while driving
to work. Two cars are involved, and it looks like people are injured. You think about stopping but you
hesitate because it all seems so overwhelming to handle. What should you do?
Wear protective barriers such as gloves, regardless of your relationship with the person you are helping.
- correct answer ✔✔You are attempting to control bleeding on a coworker who has cut himself while
using a hand tool on a job site. How should you best address the possibility of being exposed to an
infectious bloodborne disease?
To encourage bystanders to help those in need by protecting anyone who volunteers assistance. - correct
answer ✔✔What is the basic purpose of Good Samaritan laws?
Emergency action plan for a workplace. - correct answer ✔✔What is NOT considered a part of a
community-wide emergency medical services (EMS) system?
, Leave him where you found him and have others stop any forklift traffic. - correct answer ✔✔You have
responded to an employee fall in the manufacturing plant where you work. Your assessment makes you
suspect the responsive employee may have injured his back. He has fallen into an aisle way that
sometimes has forklift traffic. How should you address that?
Place her in the recovery position to protect her airway. - correct answer ✔✔You respond to a report of
a coworker collapsing in the lunch room. When you arrive she is lying on the floor not moving. Other
employees are looking to you to take charge. You find her to be unresponsive so you direct others to
activate EMS and get the company's AED. During your breathing assessment, you determine she is
breathing normally. What is your next step?
It helps keep fluids and the tongue clear from the airway. - correct answer ✔✔Why is angling the body
and face towards the ground important when placing a person in the recovery position?
He cannot speak or make any sounds. - correct answer ✔✔You are eating lunch in the cafeteria at work
when another employee at a nearby table stands up suddenly and grasps his hands to his throat. You go
to help and ask him if he is choking. How can you tell if the obstruction is severe and requires your help?
Control the bleeding for the injury on her leg. - correct answer ✔✔It is safe for you to help someone
who has been injured by a cutting machine. She is responsive, so you introduce yourself and ask if you
can help. She agrees and you assess she has no difficulty breathing. A quick scan for bleeding reveals a
heavily bleeding wound on her left upper leg. What is your next action?
Apply pressure with a clean pad directly to the bleeding site until bleeding stops. - correct answer
✔✔You have responded as a first aid provider to a coworker who has accidentally cut himself on his
forearm. He is responsive and safe to approach. He has his hand clamped down on the wound, but there
is a pool of blood on the floor and blood is still dripping from beneath his hand. What approach will you
take to control bleeding?
A person who received a forceful blow to the chest or the abdomen. - correct answer ✔✔Because you
cannot clearly see injuries inside the body, internal bleeding can be difficult to detect. Which of the
following would make you suspect the possibility of internal bleeding?
Poor blood flow creates a shortage of oxygen to body tissues. - correct answer ✔✔What is the general
underlying cause of shock?
