AHA First Aid Course | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
2025/2026
What is first aid? Immediate care while waiting for advanced personnel that can save
lives
What is considered a "response"? Moves, blinks, speaks, or reacts to tap and shouting
What does an AED do? Shocks heart
True or False: People cannot False (People can refuse help IF responsive)
refuse help.
What should you ALWAYS do Make sure the scene is safe for you and the victim
first?
, Always (Outside of immediate family and at work and with
When do you use protective
blood and body fluids) Sometime (with family; depends on
equipment?
your judgement)
If you come in contact with body Rinse the affected area with soap and water
fluids or blood, what should
you do?
How do you respond to a 911 Answer all questions; DO NOT HANG UP
Dispatcher?
1. Make sure the scene is safe
2. Tap shoulders/shout
3. Unresponsive - Call 911/Retrieve AED and 1st Aid kit
4. Check breathing
What are the steps to finding a
5. Check signs of injury
problem?
6. Check for ID jewelry
7. Stay with person until help arrives
What signifies a breathing Fast/slow breaths, trouble breathing, noisy, makes sounds or little
problem? words
How do you respond to Abdominal thrusts or Chest thrusts (pregnant or heavy set)
choking?
What do you do if choking victim Call 911 and perform CPR (if you know how)
is unresponsive?
What are signs of allergies? Coughing, dizzy, scratching, trouble breathing, and rash
Epinephrine Pen, Hold for 10 seconds in thigh (1/2 way
How do you respond to allergic
between knee and hip), Remove and Rub for 10 seconds
reaction?
How do you notice fainting? Dizzy to Faint (Standing up fast, heart conditions, bad news)
How do you treat fainting? Lie flat on their back, Look for injury, Call 911 if their is a serious problem
2025/2026
What is first aid? Immediate care while waiting for advanced personnel that can save
lives
What is considered a "response"? Moves, blinks, speaks, or reacts to tap and shouting
What does an AED do? Shocks heart
True or False: People cannot False (People can refuse help IF responsive)
refuse help.
What should you ALWAYS do Make sure the scene is safe for you and the victim
first?
, Always (Outside of immediate family and at work and with
When do you use protective
blood and body fluids) Sometime (with family; depends on
equipment?
your judgement)
If you come in contact with body Rinse the affected area with soap and water
fluids or blood, what should
you do?
How do you respond to a 911 Answer all questions; DO NOT HANG UP
Dispatcher?
1. Make sure the scene is safe
2. Tap shoulders/shout
3. Unresponsive - Call 911/Retrieve AED and 1st Aid kit
4. Check breathing
What are the steps to finding a
5. Check signs of injury
problem?
6. Check for ID jewelry
7. Stay with person until help arrives
What signifies a breathing Fast/slow breaths, trouble breathing, noisy, makes sounds or little
problem? words
How do you respond to Abdominal thrusts or Chest thrusts (pregnant or heavy set)
choking?
What do you do if choking victim Call 911 and perform CPR (if you know how)
is unresponsive?
What are signs of allergies? Coughing, dizzy, scratching, trouble breathing, and rash
Epinephrine Pen, Hold for 10 seconds in thigh (1/2 way
How do you respond to allergic
between knee and hip), Remove and Rub for 10 seconds
reaction?
How do you notice fainting? Dizzy to Faint (Standing up fast, heart conditions, bad news)
How do you treat fainting? Lie flat on their back, Look for injury, Call 911 if their is a serious problem
