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