HSI YMCA ADULT FIRST AID EXAM
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
First aid is the initial care provided for ____________. - ANS acute illness or injury
Implied consent usually occurs when __________________. - ANS You are unable to
communicate with the person
Being able to assess and prioritize the need for first aid requires being able to
_____________________. - ANS Recognize life-threatening conditions
You are a trained first aid provider responding to a First Aid Alert received on your smart phone
for a person needing medical assistance. As you approach, a bystander directs you to a person
who was struck by a forklift truck that was attempting to pass by. 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 misshapen leg in obvious pain. You ask, "May I help
you?" The person angrily says, "No. I'll be fine." What would you do? - ANS Don't touch or
give first aid to the person without consent.
You are a trained first aid provider responding to a wireless emergency alert for "an injured
person." As you reach the scene, you see a machinist sitting on a workbench holding their hand
over their bloody forearm. The person is responsive and consents to first aid. Blood flows
continuously from a deep, irregular, and jagged tear in the forearm. You are wearing safety
glasses and disposable gloves. You have a first aid kit with a 10 pack of sterile 4" x 4" gauze
sponges, but no hemostatic dressings or a tourniquet. What would you do? - ANS Apply the
gauze sponges onto the wound. Push down hard.
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, Pale, gray/ashen, sweaty, cool skin, and/or blue-tinged nail beds and lips, are a result of
_____________________. - ANS Not enough circulating red blood cells
You are helping a responsive, breathing coworker in the first aid room who has consented to
first aid after tripping and falling. The person has minimal bleeding from scrapes to both
elbows. Dirt is embedded in both wounds. The scene is safe. You have taken standard
precautions. There are no other obvious injuries. What would you do? - ANS Flush the
wounds with a large volume of warm or room temperature water.
You are assisting a responsive, breathing mountain biker who has consented to first aid
following a crash. The person has minor bleeding from their lip and in their mouth. A tooth has
been knocked out. A bystander points to the dirty tooth lying in dusty, loose gravel. The scene is
safe. You have taken standard precautions. There are no other obvious injuries. What would
you do? - ANS Pick up the tooth by the chewing surface, gently rinse it with water.
You are assisting a responsive, breathing associate who has consented to first aid for a
spontaneous nosebleed. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. There are no
other obvious injuries. What would you do? - ANS Pinch the soft portion of the nose with
your thumb and index finger.
You are assisting a responsive, breathing coworker who has consented to first aid following a
fall from the 2nd floor. The person has been impaled across (not through) the chest by a 36 in.
(91 cm) iron construction rod. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. EMS has
been activated. Another coworker is getting the AED and first aid kit. There is slight external
bleeding from around the rod. There are no other obvious injuries. What would you do? -
ANS Place sterile bulky dressings over the wound and around the object to stabilize it in
place.
You are assisting a responsive, breathing carpenter who has consented to first aid after being
struck in the eye by a piece of a stainless-steel staple. The staple piece is embedded in the
person's eye. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. Your EAP has been
activated. Another coworker is getting the first aid kit. The eye is red, watery, and swollen.
There are no other obvious injuries. What would you do? - ANS Stabilize the object to
prevent additional injury.
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2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
First aid is the initial care provided for ____________. - ANS acute illness or injury
Implied consent usually occurs when __________________. - ANS You are unable to
communicate with the person
Being able to assess and prioritize the need for first aid requires being able to
_____________________. - ANS Recognize life-threatening conditions
You are a trained first aid provider responding to a First Aid Alert received on your smart phone
for a person needing medical assistance. As you approach, a bystander directs you to a person
who was struck by a forklift truck that was attempting to pass by. 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 misshapen leg in obvious pain. You ask, "May I help
you?" The person angrily says, "No. I'll be fine." What would you do? - ANS Don't touch or
give first aid to the person without consent.
You are a trained first aid provider responding to a wireless emergency alert for "an injured
person." As you reach the scene, you see a machinist sitting on a workbench holding their hand
over their bloody forearm. The person is responsive and consents to first aid. Blood flows
continuously from a deep, irregular, and jagged tear in the forearm. You are wearing safety
glasses and disposable gloves. You have a first aid kit with a 10 pack of sterile 4" x 4" gauze
sponges, but no hemostatic dressings or a tourniquet. What would you do? - ANS Apply the
gauze sponges onto the wound. Push down hard.
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, Pale, gray/ashen, sweaty, cool skin, and/or blue-tinged nail beds and lips, are a result of
_____________________. - ANS Not enough circulating red blood cells
You are helping a responsive, breathing coworker in the first aid room who has consented to
first aid after tripping and falling. The person has minimal bleeding from scrapes to both
elbows. Dirt is embedded in both wounds. The scene is safe. You have taken standard
precautions. There are no other obvious injuries. What would you do? - ANS Flush the
wounds with a large volume of warm or room temperature water.
You are assisting a responsive, breathing mountain biker who has consented to first aid
following a crash. The person has minor bleeding from their lip and in their mouth. A tooth has
been knocked out. A bystander points to the dirty tooth lying in dusty, loose gravel. The scene is
safe. You have taken standard precautions. There are no other obvious injuries. What would
you do? - ANS Pick up the tooth by the chewing surface, gently rinse it with water.
You are assisting a responsive, breathing associate who has consented to first aid for a
spontaneous nosebleed. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. There are no
other obvious injuries. What would you do? - ANS Pinch the soft portion of the nose with
your thumb and index finger.
You are assisting a responsive, breathing coworker who has consented to first aid following a
fall from the 2nd floor. The person has been impaled across (not through) the chest by a 36 in.
(91 cm) iron construction rod. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. EMS has
been activated. Another coworker is getting the AED and first aid kit. There is slight external
bleeding from around the rod. There are no other obvious injuries. What would you do? -
ANS Place sterile bulky dressings over the wound and around the object to stabilize it in
place.
You are assisting a responsive, breathing carpenter who has consented to first aid after being
struck in the eye by a piece of a stainless-steel staple. The staple piece is embedded in the
person's eye. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. Your EAP has been
activated. Another coworker is getting the first aid kit. The eye is red, watery, and swollen.
There are no other obvious injuries. What would you do? - ANS Stabilize the object to
prevent additional injury.
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