American Red Cross First Aid CPR AED Instructor IT
Recertification Assessment Exam (Latest
Update) Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct |
Grade A+
1. How can you best protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogen transmission when
providing care?
a. Ask the victim first if he or she has any
communicable diseases.
b. Thoroughly wash your hands before
providing care.
c. Use first aid supplies, such as dressings and
bandages, as a barrier when in contact with
the victim.
d. Use personal protective equipment (PPE),
such as disposable gloves and a breathing
barrier, when providing care. -SELECTED ANSWER 👀 **** D. Use personal protective
equipment (PPE),
such as disposable gloves and a breathing
barrier, when providing care.
2. A 12-year-old boy at a swim meet grabs his chest and begins to make wheezing noises.
After you obtain consent to provide care, his mother informs you that he has a history of
asthma, but does not have his inhaler nearby. What care should
you provide?
a. Give 5 back blows.
,b. Summon more advanced medical personnel
and place the victim into a position that
helps breathing.
c. Tell the victim to use an inhaler borrowed
from a bystander.
d. Wait 20 minutes to see if the breathing
difficulty goes away. -SELECTED ANSWER 👀 **** B. Summon more advanced medical
personnel
and place the victim into a position that
helps breathing.
Your initial impression of a victim is based on.
a. the victims initial vital signs
b. how the victim appears to you as you size up the scene
c.the victims SAMPLE history
d. what you have been told about the victim -SELECTED ANSWER 👀 **** B. how the
victim appears to you as you size up the scene
4. You and another lifeguard find an unconscious
adult on the floor in the locker room. You activate
your facility's EAP, size-up the scene and perform
a primary assessment. You find the victim is not
moving or breathing, but has a pulse. You should
summon EMS personnel, then:
a. Give 1 rescue breath about every 5 seconds.
b. Give back blows and chest thrusts.
, c. Give quick breaths at the rate of 20 to 40
a minute.
d. Perform CPR -SELECTED ANSWER 👀 **** A. Give 1 rescue breath about every 5
seconds.
5. You come upon a scene where a patron appears to be injured. Before approaching the
victim, which of the following will you not do as you size-up the scene?
a. Use all your senses to determine if the scene
is safe.
b. Determine what happened and how many
victims there are.
c. Begin the primary assessment.
d. Put on appropriate PPE. -SELECTED ANSWER 👀 **** c. Begin the primary
assessment.
6. When providing care during an emergency, which of the following should you do first?
a. Check for responsiveness.
b. Perform a primary assessment.
c. Size-up the scene.
d. Summon more advanced medical personnel -SELECTED ANSWER 👀 **** c. Size-up
the scene.
9. As the first lifeguard on the scene, you are
performing CPR on an adult. When performing
chest compressions, how deeply should you
compress the chest?
Recertification Assessment Exam (Latest
Update) Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct |
Grade A+
1. How can you best protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogen transmission when
providing care?
a. Ask the victim first if he or she has any
communicable diseases.
b. Thoroughly wash your hands before
providing care.
c. Use first aid supplies, such as dressings and
bandages, as a barrier when in contact with
the victim.
d. Use personal protective equipment (PPE),
such as disposable gloves and a breathing
barrier, when providing care. -SELECTED ANSWER 👀 **** D. Use personal protective
equipment (PPE),
such as disposable gloves and a breathing
barrier, when providing care.
2. A 12-year-old boy at a swim meet grabs his chest and begins to make wheezing noises.
After you obtain consent to provide care, his mother informs you that he has a history of
asthma, but does not have his inhaler nearby. What care should
you provide?
a. Give 5 back blows.
,b. Summon more advanced medical personnel
and place the victim into a position that
helps breathing.
c. Tell the victim to use an inhaler borrowed
from a bystander.
d. Wait 20 minutes to see if the breathing
difficulty goes away. -SELECTED ANSWER 👀 **** B. Summon more advanced medical
personnel
and place the victim into a position that
helps breathing.
Your initial impression of a victim is based on.
a. the victims initial vital signs
b. how the victim appears to you as you size up the scene
c.the victims SAMPLE history
d. what you have been told about the victim -SELECTED ANSWER 👀 **** B. how the
victim appears to you as you size up the scene
4. You and another lifeguard find an unconscious
adult on the floor in the locker room. You activate
your facility's EAP, size-up the scene and perform
a primary assessment. You find the victim is not
moving or breathing, but has a pulse. You should
summon EMS personnel, then:
a. Give 1 rescue breath about every 5 seconds.
b. Give back blows and chest thrusts.
, c. Give quick breaths at the rate of 20 to 40
a minute.
d. Perform CPR -SELECTED ANSWER 👀 **** A. Give 1 rescue breath about every 5
seconds.
5. You come upon a scene where a patron appears to be injured. Before approaching the
victim, which of the following will you not do as you size-up the scene?
a. Use all your senses to determine if the scene
is safe.
b. Determine what happened and how many
victims there are.
c. Begin the primary assessment.
d. Put on appropriate PPE. -SELECTED ANSWER 👀 **** c. Begin the primary
assessment.
6. When providing care during an emergency, which of the following should you do first?
a. Check for responsiveness.
b. Perform a primary assessment.
c. Size-up the scene.
d. Summon more advanced medical personnel -SELECTED ANSWER 👀 **** c. Size-up
the scene.
9. As the first lifeguard on the scene, you are
performing CPR on an adult. When performing
chest compressions, how deeply should you
compress the chest?
