YMCA CPR Questions with Complete
Solutions
What are the basic steps of the BLS Assessment in the proper order? Assess scene safety;
check response; check breathing and pulse; activate emergency response protocol
You are a newly trained first aid provider responding at work to a report of someone who has
collapsed. Which of the following best describes your role in a medical emergency? You
are trained to recognize, assess, and prioritize the need for first aid care.
You are finishing up a job in the shop area at work when you hear a series of loud thumps and
then someone yelling out. You cautiously move around a corner to take a better look and see a
coworker sprawled on the ground at the bottom of a flight of stairs. She is groaning and appears
to be in pain. Some blood is visible on her forehead. What leads you to believe she might be
seriously injured? The suspected mechanism of injury.
Smoke is coming out of a utility room where you know a coworker has been working. What
should you do? Pause and assess for hazards before entering the room.
,You are a trained first aid provider and you encounter a motor vehicle accident scene while
driving to work. Two cars are involved, and it looks like people are injured. You think about
stopping but you hesitate because it all seems so overwhelming to handle. What should you do?
Stop and help to the best of your ability. EMS should arrive shortly and take over care.
You are attempting to control bleeding on a coworker who has cut himself while using a hand
tool on a job site. How should you best address the possibility of being exposed to an infectious
bloodborne disease? Wear protective barriers such as gloves, regardless of your
relationship with the person you are helping.
What is the basic purpose of Good Samaritan laws? To encourage bystanders to help
those in need by protecting anyone who volunteers assistance.
What is NOT considered a part of a community-wide emergency medical services (EMS)
system? Emergency action plan for a workplace.
You have responded to an employee fall in the manufacturing plant where you work. Your
assessment makes you suspect the responsive employee may have injured his back. He has fallen
into an aisle way that sometimes has forklift traffic. How should you address that? Leave
him where you found him and have others stop any forklift traffic.
, You respond to a report of a coworker collapsing in the lunch room. When you arrive she is lying
on the floor not moving. Other employees are looking to you to take charge. You find her to be
unresponsive so you direct others to activate EMS and get the company's AED. During your
breathing assessment, you determine she is breathing normally. What is your next step?
Place her in the recovery position to protect her airway.
Why is angling the body and face towards the ground important when placing a person in the
recovery position? It helps keep fluids and the tongue clear from the airway.
You are eating lunch in the cafeteria at work when another employee at a nearby table stands up
suddenly and grasps his hands to his throat. You go to help and ask him if he is choking. How
can you tell if the obstruction is severe and requires your help? He cannot speak or make
any sounds.
It is safe for you to help someone who has been injured by a cutting machine. She is responsive,
so you introduce yourself and ask if you can help. She agrees and you assess she has no
difficulty breathing. A quick scan for bleeding reveals a heavily bleeding wound on her left upper
leg. What is your next action? Control the bleeding for the injury on her leg.
Solutions
What are the basic steps of the BLS Assessment in the proper order? Assess scene safety;
check response; check breathing and pulse; activate emergency response protocol
You are a newly trained first aid provider responding at work to a report of someone who has
collapsed. Which of the following best describes your role in a medical emergency? You
are trained to recognize, assess, and prioritize the need for first aid care.
You are finishing up a job in the shop area at work when you hear a series of loud thumps and
then someone yelling out. You cautiously move around a corner to take a better look and see a
coworker sprawled on the ground at the bottom of a flight of stairs. She is groaning and appears
to be in pain. Some blood is visible on her forehead. What leads you to believe she might be
seriously injured? The suspected mechanism of injury.
Smoke is coming out of a utility room where you know a coworker has been working. What
should you do? Pause and assess for hazards before entering the room.
,You are a trained first aid provider and you encounter a motor vehicle accident scene while
driving to work. Two cars are involved, and it looks like people are injured. You think about
stopping but you hesitate because it all seems so overwhelming to handle. What should you do?
Stop and help to the best of your ability. EMS should arrive shortly and take over care.
You are attempting to control bleeding on a coworker who has cut himself while using a hand
tool on a job site. How should you best address the possibility of being exposed to an infectious
bloodborne disease? Wear protective barriers such as gloves, regardless of your
relationship with the person you are helping.
What is the basic purpose of Good Samaritan laws? To encourage bystanders to help
those in need by protecting anyone who volunteers assistance.
What is NOT considered a part of a community-wide emergency medical services (EMS)
system? Emergency action plan for a workplace.
You have responded to an employee fall in the manufacturing plant where you work. Your
assessment makes you suspect the responsive employee may have injured his back. He has fallen
into an aisle way that sometimes has forklift traffic. How should you address that? Leave
him where you found him and have others stop any forklift traffic.
, You respond to a report of a coworker collapsing in the lunch room. When you arrive she is lying
on the floor not moving. Other employees are looking to you to take charge. You find her to be
unresponsive so you direct others to activate EMS and get the company's AED. During your
breathing assessment, you determine she is breathing normally. What is your next step?
Place her in the recovery position to protect her airway.
Why is angling the body and face towards the ground important when placing a person in the
recovery position? It helps keep fluids and the tongue clear from the airway.
You are eating lunch in the cafeteria at work when another employee at a nearby table stands up
suddenly and grasps his hands to his throat. You go to help and ask him if he is choking. How
can you tell if the obstruction is severe and requires your help? He cannot speak or make
any sounds.
It is safe for you to help someone who has been injured by a cutting machine. She is responsive,
so you introduce yourself and ask if you can help. She agrees and you assess she has no
difficulty breathing. A quick scan for bleeding reveals a heavily bleeding wound on her left upper
leg. What is your next action? Control the bleeding for the injury on her leg.
