HSI YMCA FIRST AID EXAM - 2024

A Good Samaritan is defined as a person: - Answer-A Good Samaritan is defined as a person who voluntarily renders aid to another in distress with no duty to do so. You are a trained first aid provider responding to a workplace emergency alert received on your smart phone. You are directed to a person who was struck by a nail from a pneumatic nail gun. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. EMS has been activated. You have a first aid kit. The person is responsive, breathing, and holding their leg in obvious pain. You ask, "May I help you?" The person says, "Yes, please. I shot myself. I'm bleeding." The legal concept allowing you to provide first aid in the scenario is: - Answer-Expressed consent. All the following are life-threatening situations where quick action by a provider is essential, EXCEPT: - Answer-Tenderness and swelling. You are providing first aid for a person who overdosed on opioids. The scene is safe, and you have taken standard precautions. The person is unresponsive. EMS has been activated. You have an AED readily available but no naloxone. The person is breathing normally. You should: - Answer-You should place the person in the recovery position. You are providing first aid for a person who suddenly lost consciousness. The scene is safe, and you have taken standard precautions. The person quickly regained consciousness and is now responsive. EMS has been activated. You have an AED and first aid kit readily available. The person is breathing normally, consents to first aid and says, "I was dizzy and hot." There are no apparent life-threatening conditions present. While waiting for EMS, you perform a secondary assessment. An important element of secondary assessment is: - Answer-An important element of secondary assessment is looking for medical identification jewelry. You are responding to a shout for help from the lunchroom. You find a frightened coworker attempting to calm an anxious visitor who is making a high-pitched whistling noise between frequent hard coughs. Your coworker shouts, "Hurry, she's choking on a hot dog! She was just laughing a second ago." The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. Your facility's EAP has been activated and EMS is on the way. You should: - Answer-You should encourage the person to continue coughing. You are a trained first aid provider responding to a wireless emergency alert for a worker injured by a circular saw. As you reach the scene, you see a person sitting on the ground holding a bloody hand against their chest. The scene is safe, and you have