Questions and CORRECT Answers
An ______ is the sudden stoppage of the heart. - CORRECT ANSWER - Cardiac arrest
Which picture shows rescue breathing? - CORRECT ANSWER -C
A ____ is a reduction of blood flow to the brain - CORRECT ANSWER - Stroke
Which picture shows what you would do for a choking victim - CORRECT ANSWER -B
Loss of Consciousness - CORRECT ANSWER - Stroke
Persistent chest pain - CORRECT ANSWER - Heart attack
Dizziness - CORRECT ANSWER - Stroke
Bluish color to lips, tongue, fingernails - CORRECT ANSWER - Choking
Shortness of breath - CORRECT ANSWER - Heart attack
What is an element of CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation)? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Stroke
If your friend received a deep cut on her wrist, what would you do? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Put a pressure bandage on the cut.
True or False
, Capillary bleeding does not usually need attention because it typically stops by itself. -
CORRECT ANSWER - False
A person is giving aid to a bleeding victim. The arm is still bleeding. What should she do next? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Elevate the arm above the heart level
What should you not do if direct pressure and bandages don't stop the bleeding? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Remove the old dressing and replace it with a clean one.
If a victim's lower arm wound did not stop bleeding after you applied a pressure bandage and
elevated the wound, which pressure point would be best to help control bleeding? - CORRECT
ANSWER -
If a victim's thigh wound did not stop bleeding after you applied a pressure bandage and elevated
the wound, which pressure point would be best to help control bleeding? - CORRECT
ANSWER -
If you were using pressure points to control bleeding what would you do if the victim said they
could no longer feel their injured limb? - CORRECT ANSWER - Decrease the pressure on
the pressure point
When an abdominal wound has exposed internal organs, cover the abdomen loosely with clean
dressings. Do not force the organs back into the body cavity. Do not give victims with abdominal
wounds any food or water. - CORRECT ANSWER - Do not make any changes. The
paragraph is correct.
A car accident victim crawled from her car to the side of the road. When you arrive on the scene,
you see that her foot has been cut off and is bleeding in heavy, bright red spurts causing a puddle
of blood to form. - CORRECT ANSWER - Apply a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.
Heavy or uncontrollable bleeding from blood vessels is called - CORRECT ANSWER -
hemorrhage