YMCA CPR CERTIFICATION PAPER 2026
FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+
● You are finishing up a job in the shop area at work when you hear a
series of loud thumps and then someone yelling out. You cautiously
move around a corner to take a better look and see a coworker sprawled
on the ground at the bottom of a flight of stairs. She is groaning and
appears to be in pain. Some blood is visible on her forehead. What leads
you to believe she might be seriously injured? Answer: The suspected
mechanism of injury.
● Smoke is coming out of a utility room where you know a coworker
has been working. What should you do? Answer: Pause and assess for
hazards before entering the room.
● You are a trained first aid provider and you encounter a motor vehicle
accident scene while driving to work. Two cars are involved, and it looks
like people are injured. You think about stopping but you hesitate
because it all seems so overwhelming to handle. What should you do?
Answer: Stop and help to the best of your ability. EMS should arrive
shortly and take over care.
● You are attempting to control bleeding on a coworker who has cut
himself while using a hand tool on a job site. How should you best
address the possibility of being exposed to an infectious bloodborne
, disease? Answer: Wear protective barriers such as gloves, regardless of
your relationship with the person you are helping.
● What is the basic purpose of Good Samaritan laws? Answer: To
encourage bystanders to help those in need by protecting anyone who
volunteers assistance.
● What is NOT considered a part of a community-wide emergency
medical services (EMS) system? Answer: Emergency action plan for a
workplace.
● You have responded to an employee fall in the manufacturing plant
where you work. Your assessment makes you suspect the responsive
employee may have injured his back. He has fallen into an aisle way that
sometimes has forklift traffic. How should you address that? Answer: ...
its not this answer [ Place the person on a blanket and drag him to the
side of the aisle. ]
● You respond to a report of a coworker collapsing in the lunch room.
When you arrive she is lying on the floor not moving. Other employees
are looking to you to take charge. You find her to be unresponsive so
you direct others to activate EMS and get the company's AED. During
your breathing assessment, you determine she is breathing normally.
What is your next step? Answer: Place her in the recovery position to
protect her airway.
FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+
● You are finishing up a job in the shop area at work when you hear a
series of loud thumps and then someone yelling out. You cautiously
move around a corner to take a better look and see a coworker sprawled
on the ground at the bottom of a flight of stairs. She is groaning and
appears to be in pain. Some blood is visible on her forehead. What leads
you to believe she might be seriously injured? Answer: The suspected
mechanism of injury.
● Smoke is coming out of a utility room where you know a coworker
has been working. What should you do? Answer: Pause and assess for
hazards before entering the room.
● You are a trained first aid provider and you encounter a motor vehicle
accident scene while driving to work. Two cars are involved, and it looks
like people are injured. You think about stopping but you hesitate
because it all seems so overwhelming to handle. What should you do?
Answer: Stop and help to the best of your ability. EMS should arrive
shortly and take over care.
● You are attempting to control bleeding on a coworker who has cut
himself while using a hand tool on a job site. How should you best
address the possibility of being exposed to an infectious bloodborne
, disease? Answer: Wear protective barriers such as gloves, regardless of
your relationship with the person you are helping.
● What is the basic purpose of Good Samaritan laws? Answer: To
encourage bystanders to help those in need by protecting anyone who
volunteers assistance.
● What is NOT considered a part of a community-wide emergency
medical services (EMS) system? Answer: Emergency action plan for a
workplace.
● You have responded to an employee fall in the manufacturing plant
where you work. Your assessment makes you suspect the responsive
employee may have injured his back. He has fallen into an aisle way that
sometimes has forklift traffic. How should you address that? Answer: ...
its not this answer [ Place the person on a blanket and drag him to the
side of the aisle. ]
● You respond to a report of a coworker collapsing in the lunch room.
When you arrive she is lying on the floor not moving. Other employees
are looking to you to take charge. You find her to be unresponsive so
you direct others to activate EMS and get the company's AED. During
your breathing assessment, you determine she is breathing normally.
What is your next step? Answer: Place her in the recovery position to
protect her airway.
