NSC First Aid, CPR & AED Questions
and Answers | Latest Version | 2024/2025
| Correct & Verified
How can you tell if a person is experiencing a silent heart attack?
✔✔ They may feel discomfort in the jaw, nausea, or unusual fatigue instead of chest pain.
Why is it important to talk to an unconscious person while providing care?
✔✔ Hearing is often the last sense to go, and it may provide comfort or even help them regain
consciousness.
What should you do if a person is coughing forcefully after choking on food?
✔✔ Encourage them to keep coughing and stay nearby in case they need further help.
Why should you avoid tilting a person’s head back too far when giving rescue breaths?
✔✔ Tilting too far can close the airway instead of opening it.
What is the best way to check if an infant is breathing?
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, ✔✔ Look for chest movement, listen for sounds, and feel for air movement near their nose and
mouth.
How do you know when to stop CPR?
✔✔ When the person shows signs of life, trained help takes over, or you become too exhausted
to continue.
What is a potential danger of giving breaths too forcefully during CPR?
✔✔ Air could enter the stomach, causing vomiting and increasing the risk of choking.
How can you provide warmth to a hypothermic person without shocking their system?
✔✔ Use warm blankets and gradual warming instead of applying direct heat sources.
Why should you avoid touching a person while an AED is analyzing their heart rhythm?
✔✔ It can interfere with the AED’s ability to detect an accurate reading.
What is a common mistake when performing abdominal thrusts on a choking person?
✔✔ Placing hands too high on the chest instead of just above the navel.
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and Answers | Latest Version | 2024/2025
| Correct & Verified
How can you tell if a person is experiencing a silent heart attack?
✔✔ They may feel discomfort in the jaw, nausea, or unusual fatigue instead of chest pain.
Why is it important to talk to an unconscious person while providing care?
✔✔ Hearing is often the last sense to go, and it may provide comfort or even help them regain
consciousness.
What should you do if a person is coughing forcefully after choking on food?
✔✔ Encourage them to keep coughing and stay nearby in case they need further help.
Why should you avoid tilting a person’s head back too far when giving rescue breaths?
✔✔ Tilting too far can close the airway instead of opening it.
What is the best way to check if an infant is breathing?
1
, ✔✔ Look for chest movement, listen for sounds, and feel for air movement near their nose and
mouth.
How do you know when to stop CPR?
✔✔ When the person shows signs of life, trained help takes over, or you become too exhausted
to continue.
What is a potential danger of giving breaths too forcefully during CPR?
✔✔ Air could enter the stomach, causing vomiting and increasing the risk of choking.
How can you provide warmth to a hypothermic person without shocking their system?
✔✔ Use warm blankets and gradual warming instead of applying direct heat sources.
Why should you avoid touching a person while an AED is analyzing their heart rhythm?
✔✔ It can interfere with the AED’s ability to detect an accurate reading.
What is a common mistake when performing abdominal thrusts on a choking person?
✔✔ Placing hands too high on the chest instead of just above the navel.
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