Chapter 1
1. The leading cause of death in children and young adults is:
a. unintentional injuries
b. suicide
c. heart disease
d. homicide
2. Who primarily benefits from first aid training?
a. other people
b. Oneself
c. emergency medical technician
d. paramedics
3. First aid is intended to:
a. takes the place of medical treatment
b. ensures the victim’s confidence
c. only take care of injuries for which medical care is not needed
d. Provide temporary assistance until proper medical care, if needed,
is obtained
4. Properly applied, first aid may mean the difference between:
a. life and death
b. rapid recovery and long hospitalization
c. temporary disability and permanent injury
d. All of the above
5. Consent to give first aid must be obtained from every victim who is:
a. responsive
b. mentally competent
c. an adult
d. All of the above
6. If the victim is unresponsive, permission to give first aid is known as:
a. actual consent
b. expressed consent
c. Implied consent
d. legal consent
7. Which of the following is a true statement regarding obtaining consent to give first
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,aid?
a. Consent should be obtained from every responsive, mentally
competent adult
b. consent should be obtained in writing
c. a first aider cannot care for an unconscious victim since consent cannot be obtained
d. A first aider cannot give first aid to a minor unless consent is obtained from the parent or
guardian
8. In cases of psychiatric emergencies, who has authority to restrain and transport a
person against the person's will?
a. a medical physician
b. a paramedic
c. a first aider
d. A police officer
9. A first aider must stay with the victim until another equally or better trained person
takes over. Failure to do so would be considered:
a. negligence
b. Abandonment
c. breach of duty
d. assault
10. Deviating from accepted standards of care that result in further injury to the victim
is known as:
a. abandonment
b. Negligence
c. carelessness
d. battery
11. Duty to act, breach of duty (substandard care), and injury and damages inflicted
are all factors involved in:
a. Negligence
b. abandonment
c. breach of duty
d. assault or battery
12. Which statement concerning duty to act is correct?
a. duty to act occurs when employment requires it
b. duty to act occurs when a preexisting relationship exists
c. duty to act following guidelines for standards of care
d. All of the above
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,13. Which occupation has a job description designating the person to give first aid?
a. law enforcement officer
b. park ranger
c. lifeguard
d. All of the above
14. A first aider who breaks his or her responsibility to a victim by failing to provide the
type of care that another person with similar training would provide, commits:
a. breach of action
b. breach of confidence
c. Breach of duty
d. breach of confidentiality
15. Failure to do what a reasonably prudent person with the same or similar training
would do in the same or similar circumstances is known as:
a. An act of omission
b. an act of commission
c. abandonment
d. assault or battery
16. Good Samaritan laws granting immunity are generally applicable when the rescuer
is?
a. acting in good faith
b. acting during an emergency
c. not guilty of malicious conduct
d. All of the above
17. Doing something that a reasonably prudent person would not do under the same
or similar circumstances is known as:
a. Battery
b. Act of Commission
c. Consent
d. Implied Consent
18. Touching a person or providing first aid without consent is known as:
a. Battery
b. Act of Commission
c. Consent
d. Implied Consent
19. An assumed consent given by an unconscious adult when emergency lifesaving treatment is
required is known as:
a. Battery
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, b. Act of Commission
c. Consent
d. Implied Consent
20. Helping behaviors and initial care given to an acutely ill or injured person is known as:
a. Paramedic
b. First Aid
c. Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
d. CPR
22. First Aiders who help injured victims are rarely sued.
a. True
b. False
23. You are required to provide first aid to any injured or suddenly ill person you encounter.
a. True
b. False
Chapter 2
1. Who usually recognizes a situation as an emergency, and intervenes to help the victim?
a. a police officer
b. a fireman
c. a bystander
d. a paramedic
2. Who is the most important link between the emergency medical service (EMS) and the victim?
a. police officers
b. firefighters
c. paramedics
d. bystanders
3. A bystander who has seen the emergency happen is to help than a bystander who arrives after
the event.
a. more likely
b. less likely
c. about as likely
d. none of the above
4. What is the first action a bystander should take in an emergency?
a. decide to help
b. contact the EMS, if needed
c. recognize the emergency
d. provide first aid
5. Severity, physical distance, relationship, and time exposed are all factors that can help the bystander:
a. recognize the emergency
b. decide to help
c. contact the EMS, if needed
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1. The leading cause of death in children and young adults is:
a. unintentional injuries
b. suicide
c. heart disease
d. homicide
2. Who primarily benefits from first aid training?
a. other people
b. Oneself
c. emergency medical technician
d. paramedics
3. First aid is intended to:
a. takes the place of medical treatment
b. ensures the victim’s confidence
c. only take care of injuries for which medical care is not needed
d. Provide temporary assistance until proper medical care, if needed,
is obtained
4. Properly applied, first aid may mean the difference between:
a. life and death
b. rapid recovery and long hospitalization
c. temporary disability and permanent injury
d. All of the above
5. Consent to give first aid must be obtained from every victim who is:
a. responsive
b. mentally competent
c. an adult
d. All of the above
6. If the victim is unresponsive, permission to give first aid is known as:
a. actual consent
b. expressed consent
c. Implied consent
d. legal consent
7. Which of the following is a true statement regarding obtaining consent to give first
1
,aid?
a. Consent should be obtained from every responsive, mentally
competent adult
b. consent should be obtained in writing
c. a first aider cannot care for an unconscious victim since consent cannot be obtained
d. A first aider cannot give first aid to a minor unless consent is obtained from the parent or
guardian
8. In cases of psychiatric emergencies, who has authority to restrain and transport a
person against the person's will?
a. a medical physician
b. a paramedic
c. a first aider
d. A police officer
9. A first aider must stay with the victim until another equally or better trained person
takes over. Failure to do so would be considered:
a. negligence
b. Abandonment
c. breach of duty
d. assault
10. Deviating from accepted standards of care that result in further injury to the victim
is known as:
a. abandonment
b. Negligence
c. carelessness
d. battery
11. Duty to act, breach of duty (substandard care), and injury and damages inflicted
are all factors involved in:
a. Negligence
b. abandonment
c. breach of duty
d. assault or battery
12. Which statement concerning duty to act is correct?
a. duty to act occurs when employment requires it
b. duty to act occurs when a preexisting relationship exists
c. duty to act following guidelines for standards of care
d. All of the above
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,13. Which occupation has a job description designating the person to give first aid?
a. law enforcement officer
b. park ranger
c. lifeguard
d. All of the above
14. A first aider who breaks his or her responsibility to a victim by failing to provide the
type of care that another person with similar training would provide, commits:
a. breach of action
b. breach of confidence
c. Breach of duty
d. breach of confidentiality
15. Failure to do what a reasonably prudent person with the same or similar training
would do in the same or similar circumstances is known as:
a. An act of omission
b. an act of commission
c. abandonment
d. assault or battery
16. Good Samaritan laws granting immunity are generally applicable when the rescuer
is?
a. acting in good faith
b. acting during an emergency
c. not guilty of malicious conduct
d. All of the above
17. Doing something that a reasonably prudent person would not do under the same
or similar circumstances is known as:
a. Battery
b. Act of Commission
c. Consent
d. Implied Consent
18. Touching a person or providing first aid without consent is known as:
a. Battery
b. Act of Commission
c. Consent
d. Implied Consent
19. An assumed consent given by an unconscious adult when emergency lifesaving treatment is
required is known as:
a. Battery
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, b. Act of Commission
c. Consent
d. Implied Consent
20. Helping behaviors and initial care given to an acutely ill or injured person is known as:
a. Paramedic
b. First Aid
c. Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
d. CPR
22. First Aiders who help injured victims are rarely sued.
a. True
b. False
23. You are required to provide first aid to any injured or suddenly ill person you encounter.
a. True
b. False
Chapter 2
1. Who usually recognizes a situation as an emergency, and intervenes to help the victim?
a. a police officer
b. a fireman
c. a bystander
d. a paramedic
2. Who is the most important link between the emergency medical service (EMS) and the victim?
a. police officers
b. firefighters
c. paramedics
d. bystanders
3. A bystander who has seen the emergency happen is to help than a bystander who arrives after
the event.
a. more likely
b. less likely
c. about as likely
d. none of the above
4. What is the first action a bystander should take in an emergency?
a. decide to help
b. contact the EMS, if needed
c. recognize the emergency
d. provide first aid
5. Severity, physical distance, relationship, and time exposed are all factors that can help the bystander:
a. recognize the emergency
b. decide to help
c. contact the EMS, if needed
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