CPR/AED & FIRST AID 2023 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED AND VERIFIED

How can you best protect yourself from possible blood borne pathogen transmission when providing care? - CORRECT ANSWER Use personal protective equipment (PPE), such as disposable gloves and a breathing barrier, when providing care. A 12-year-old child at a swim meet grabs their chest and begins to make wheezing noises. After you obtain consent to provide care, the child's parent informs you that the child has a history of asthma, but does not have an inhaler nearby. What care should you provide? - CORRECT ANSWER Summon more advanced medical personnel and place the victim into a position that helps breathing. Your initial impression of a victim is based on: - CORRECT ANSWER How the victim appears to you as you size up the scene. You and another lifeguard find an unresponsive adult on the floor in the locker room. You activate your facility's EAP, size-up the scene, form an initial impression and perform a primary assessment. You find the victim is not moving or breathing, but has a pulse. You should summon EMS personnel, then: - CORRECT ANSWER Give ventilations at a rate of about 1 every 5-6 seconds You arrive on the 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? - CORRECT ANSWER Begin performing the primary assessment. When providing care during an emergency, which of the following should you do first? - CORRECT ANSWER Size-up the scene while forming an initial impression. 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? - CORRECT ANSWER At least 2 inches but no more than 2.4 CPR Should be performed on a victim who is... - CORRECT ANSWER in cardiac arrest What is the first step of the Adult Cardiac Chain of Survival? - CORRECT ANSWER Recognition of a cardiac emergency and activation of the emergency response system. You are providing care for a victim having a heart attack. What should you do first? - CORRECT ANSWER Summon EMS personnel