ASHI First Aid Exam |Questions and Answers
You are trained to recognize, assess, and prioritize the need for first aid care. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -
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. - -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. - -What is the basic purpose of Good Samaritan laws?
-Emergency action plan for a workplace. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -Why is angling the body and
face towards the ground important when placing a person in the recovery position?
You are trained to recognize, assess, and prioritize the need for first aid care. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -
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. - -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. - -What is the basic purpose of Good Samaritan laws?
-Emergency action plan for a workplace. - -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. - -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. - -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. - -Why is angling the body and
face towards the ground important when placing a person in the recovery position?
