HSI YMCA FIRST AID CORE MAIN EXAMS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What are benefits to early defibrillator? - ✔✔increases chance of survival
✔✔What does AED stand for? - ✔✔Automated External Defibrillator
✔✔What is an AED and what does it do? - ✔✔a portable device that checks the heart
rhythm and can send an electric shock to the heart to try to restore a normal rhythm
✔✔What should you do before the AED analyzes the rhythm? - ✔✔1. Turn on AED
2. Expose persons chest and wipe the bare chest dry with small towel or guaze pads
3. Apply the AED pads- one on upper right chest and other on left side of chest
4. Plug AED into connector
✔✔When you see a medication patch on a persons chest what should you do? -
✔✔Remove patches with gloved hands and do mot waste time trying to identify patches
NEVER apply AED on top of med patches
✔✔Where should the AED patches go on an adult? - ✔✔One on upper right and one on
left side
, ✔✔Where should you place the AED patches on an child? - ✔✔One on upper right and
one on left side
NEVER let the patches touch. If they do place one on middle of chest and the other pad
on back.
✔✔What AED precautions should you take when giving care? - ✔✔-AEDs around water
-pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
-hypothermia
-transdermal medication patches
-chest hair
-metal surfaces
-jewelry and body jewelry
✔✔What is the Good Samaritan Law? - ✔✔A law that protects people from against
claims of negligence when they give emergency care in good faith without accepting
anything in return
✔✔What is the difference between expressed and implied consent? - ✔✔Implied means
the person is passed out and they automatically give consent and expressed is when
the person is conscious and able to say they want help
✔✔What is a wound? - ✔✔An injury to soft tissue classifies as either open or closed
✔✔What is the difference between avulsion and puncture? - ✔✔-Avulsion is when a
portion of the skin is partially or completely torn away
-puncture occurs due to a pointed object ex: gunshot or nail
✔✔What signals should you look for to determine if a person is bleeding internally? -
✔✔-Tender, swollen or bruised areas on abdomen
-rapid, weak pulse
-vomiting blood or coughing blood
- excessive thirst
- alter mental state
✔✔How do you prevent minor infection? - ✔✔Clean the area with soap and run injury
under fresh water to eliminate germs
✔✔What are signals for infection? - ✔✔-fever
-painful swelling
-red area
-warm and throbbing
-pus
✔✔What should you do if a open wound bleeds through a dressing? - ✔✔Do not
remove the bleeding bandages and apply additional clean bandages
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What are benefits to early defibrillator? - ✔✔increases chance of survival
✔✔What does AED stand for? - ✔✔Automated External Defibrillator
✔✔What is an AED and what does it do? - ✔✔a portable device that checks the heart
rhythm and can send an electric shock to the heart to try to restore a normal rhythm
✔✔What should you do before the AED analyzes the rhythm? - ✔✔1. Turn on AED
2. Expose persons chest and wipe the bare chest dry with small towel or guaze pads
3. Apply the AED pads- one on upper right chest and other on left side of chest
4. Plug AED into connector
✔✔When you see a medication patch on a persons chest what should you do? -
✔✔Remove patches with gloved hands and do mot waste time trying to identify patches
NEVER apply AED on top of med patches
✔✔Where should the AED patches go on an adult? - ✔✔One on upper right and one on
left side
, ✔✔Where should you place the AED patches on an child? - ✔✔One on upper right and
one on left side
NEVER let the patches touch. If they do place one on middle of chest and the other pad
on back.
✔✔What AED precautions should you take when giving care? - ✔✔-AEDs around water
-pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
-hypothermia
-transdermal medication patches
-chest hair
-metal surfaces
-jewelry and body jewelry
✔✔What is the Good Samaritan Law? - ✔✔A law that protects people from against
claims of negligence when they give emergency care in good faith without accepting
anything in return
✔✔What is the difference between expressed and implied consent? - ✔✔Implied means
the person is passed out and they automatically give consent and expressed is when
the person is conscious and able to say they want help
✔✔What is a wound? - ✔✔An injury to soft tissue classifies as either open or closed
✔✔What is the difference between avulsion and puncture? - ✔✔-Avulsion is when a
portion of the skin is partially or completely torn away
-puncture occurs due to a pointed object ex: gunshot or nail
✔✔What signals should you look for to determine if a person is bleeding internally? -
✔✔-Tender, swollen or bruised areas on abdomen
-rapid, weak pulse
-vomiting blood or coughing blood
- excessive thirst
- alter mental state
✔✔How do you prevent minor infection? - ✔✔Clean the area with soap and run injury
under fresh water to eliminate germs
✔✔What are signals for infection? - ✔✔-fever
-painful swelling
-red area
-warm and throbbing
-pus
✔✔What should you do if a open wound bleeds through a dressing? - ✔✔Do not
remove the bleeding bandages and apply additional clean bandages
