CPR/AED/First Aid Test-American Red
Cross UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers 100%
gain consent - When providing care to a non-critical, conscious person the first thing you
should do after checking the scene and donning PPE?
Call 911, get the first aid kit, and an AED - If there is a 2nd rescuer on the scene, what do
you ask this person as you begin to provide emergency care?
Check that the scene is safe - What is the very first thing you do before you give care?
Check, call, care - Name the 3 C's
You are too exhausted, victim wakes up and asks you to stop, scene becomes unsafe, EMS takes
over - You must continue giving care until:
Unconscious, not breathing, no pulse, severe bleeding, shock, etc - Life-threatening
conditions include?
No heartbeat, no breathing, significant blood loss, 3rd degree burn, stroke, anyphylaxsis -
When do you call 911?
, If the situation is a cardiac emergency - When would you call before giving care?
If the situation is a respiratory emergency - When would you give care first?
30:2 - What is the ratio of compressions to breaths in one person CPR?
Call 911 - What do you do if a person with a life threatening condition refuses care?
10 seconds - What is the max amount of time you should spend checking for signs of life
breathing/pulse?
adult-tap shoulder and shout
infant-tap foot and shout - How to check consciousness as a first aid responder?
When the victim has a pulse but is not breathing - When is rescue breathing done?
Adult- one breath every 5 seconds
Infant/child-one breath every 3 seconds - How is rescue breathing done?
1 second - When giving a rescue breath/ventilation during CPR or ventilations how long
should the breath be delivered?
Two minutes, then stop and re-assess - How long do you perform rescue breathing
before rechecking for pulse?
1.5 inches in infant
Cross UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers 100%
gain consent - When providing care to a non-critical, conscious person the first thing you
should do after checking the scene and donning PPE?
Call 911, get the first aid kit, and an AED - If there is a 2nd rescuer on the scene, what do
you ask this person as you begin to provide emergency care?
Check that the scene is safe - What is the very first thing you do before you give care?
Check, call, care - Name the 3 C's
You are too exhausted, victim wakes up and asks you to stop, scene becomes unsafe, EMS takes
over - You must continue giving care until:
Unconscious, not breathing, no pulse, severe bleeding, shock, etc - Life-threatening
conditions include?
No heartbeat, no breathing, significant blood loss, 3rd degree burn, stroke, anyphylaxsis -
When do you call 911?
, If the situation is a cardiac emergency - When would you call before giving care?
If the situation is a respiratory emergency - When would you give care first?
30:2 - What is the ratio of compressions to breaths in one person CPR?
Call 911 - What do you do if a person with a life threatening condition refuses care?
10 seconds - What is the max amount of time you should spend checking for signs of life
breathing/pulse?
adult-tap shoulder and shout
infant-tap foot and shout - How to check consciousness as a first aid responder?
When the victim has a pulse but is not breathing - When is rescue breathing done?
Adult- one breath every 5 seconds
Infant/child-one breath every 3 seconds - How is rescue breathing done?
1 second - When giving a rescue breath/ventilation during CPR or ventilations how long
should the breath be delivered?
Two minutes, then stop and re-assess - How long do you perform rescue breathing
before rechecking for pulse?
1.5 inches in infant
