American Red Cross - Adult, Child and
Baby First Aid/CPR/AED Course
Questions and Answers | Latest Version
| 2024/2025 | Correct & Verified
How can you recognize heat exhaustion?
✔✔ Heavy sweating, weakness, dizziness, and nausea.
What is the first step in controlling bleeding?
✔✔ Apply direct pressure to the wound.
A person is shaking uncontrollably and appears confused after being outside in the cold. What
might be happening?
✔✔ They could have hypothermia—move them to a warm place and cover them.
How can you check for circulation in a limb after applying a bandage?
✔✔ Look for warmth, color, and movement in the fingers or toes.
A person with a severe allergic reaction collapses. What should you do?
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,✔✔ Check for a pulse and start CPR if necessary.
Why should you not give a person with a suspected head injury pain medication?
✔✔ It could mask symptoms of a more serious injury.
What should you do if you suspect someone has a neck injury?
✔✔ Keep their head and neck still and call for emergency help.
How can you prevent a drowning incident?
✔✔ Always supervise swimmers and encourage wearing life jackets.
What should you do if you see someone experiencing symptoms of a stroke?
✔✔ Call emergency services immediately and note the time symptoms started.
A child is stung by a bee and starts having trouble breathing. What should you do?
✔✔ Call emergency services and assist with an epinephrine auto-injector if available.
How do you help a person who is choking but still coughing?
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,✔✔ Encourage them to keep coughing and stay nearby in case their airway becomes fully
blocked.
Why is it important to recheck breathing and pulse during CPR?
✔✔ To determine if the person has regained signs of life.
How should you position a person who is unconscious but breathing normally?
✔✔ In the recovery position on their side.
What should you do if a person has been exposed to a chemical spill?
✔✔ Rinse the affected area with water and remove contaminated clothing.
A person is having severe chest pain but refuses medical help. What should you do?
✔✔ Encourage them to seek care immediately, as heart attack symptoms can worsen.
A person collapses suddenly and is not breathing. What is the first thing you should do?
✔✔ Call emergency services and begin CPR immediately.
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, How do you check if a person is responsive?
✔✔ Tap their shoulder and shout to see if they respond.
Why should you not tilt a baby's head too far back when giving rescue breaths?
✔✔ Their airway is delicate and may become blocked.
How can you tell if chest compressions are effective?
✔✔ The chest should rise and fall with each compression and breath.
What should you do if a choking victim becomes unconscious?
✔✔ Lower them to the ground and begin CPR, checking for the object between compressions.
How deep should chest compressions be for an adult?
✔✔ At least 2 inches deep.
How do you perform back blows on a choking infant?
✔✔ Support their head, place them face-down on your forearm, and give five firm blows
between the shoulder blades.
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Baby First Aid/CPR/AED Course
Questions and Answers | Latest Version
| 2024/2025 | Correct & Verified
How can you recognize heat exhaustion?
✔✔ Heavy sweating, weakness, dizziness, and nausea.
What is the first step in controlling bleeding?
✔✔ Apply direct pressure to the wound.
A person is shaking uncontrollably and appears confused after being outside in the cold. What
might be happening?
✔✔ They could have hypothermia—move them to a warm place and cover them.
How can you check for circulation in a limb after applying a bandage?
✔✔ Look for warmth, color, and movement in the fingers or toes.
A person with a severe allergic reaction collapses. What should you do?
1
,✔✔ Check for a pulse and start CPR if necessary.
Why should you not give a person with a suspected head injury pain medication?
✔✔ It could mask symptoms of a more serious injury.
What should you do if you suspect someone has a neck injury?
✔✔ Keep their head and neck still and call for emergency help.
How can you prevent a drowning incident?
✔✔ Always supervise swimmers and encourage wearing life jackets.
What should you do if you see someone experiencing symptoms of a stroke?
✔✔ Call emergency services immediately and note the time symptoms started.
A child is stung by a bee and starts having trouble breathing. What should you do?
✔✔ Call emergency services and assist with an epinephrine auto-injector if available.
How do you help a person who is choking but still coughing?
2
,✔✔ Encourage them to keep coughing and stay nearby in case their airway becomes fully
blocked.
Why is it important to recheck breathing and pulse during CPR?
✔✔ To determine if the person has regained signs of life.
How should you position a person who is unconscious but breathing normally?
✔✔ In the recovery position on their side.
What should you do if a person has been exposed to a chemical spill?
✔✔ Rinse the affected area with water and remove contaminated clothing.
A person is having severe chest pain but refuses medical help. What should you do?
✔✔ Encourage them to seek care immediately, as heart attack symptoms can worsen.
A person collapses suddenly and is not breathing. What is the first thing you should do?
✔✔ Call emergency services and begin CPR immediately.
3
, How do you check if a person is responsive?
✔✔ Tap their shoulder and shout to see if they respond.
Why should you not tilt a baby's head too far back when giving rescue breaths?
✔✔ Their airway is delicate and may become blocked.
How can you tell if chest compressions are effective?
✔✔ The chest should rise and fall with each compression and breath.
What should you do if a choking victim becomes unconscious?
✔✔ Lower them to the ground and begin CPR, checking for the object between compressions.
How deep should chest compressions be for an adult?
✔✔ At least 2 inches deep.
How do you perform back blows on a choking infant?
✔✔ Support their head, place them face-down on your forearm, and give five firm blows
between the shoulder blades.
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