NHS 111 test 1 Questions Fully Solved
2025-2026 Updated.
ABC - Answer airway, breathing, circulation
causes of blocked airway - Answer choking, asthma, unconsciousness
causes of not breathing - Answer heart attack, injury to head or chest, drowning, severe
allergy, poisoning of drugs or toxic gas
Symptoms of shock - Answer anxious, restless, lethargic (slow-moving), unconscious, pale
and cold skin, nauseous or vomiting, increased pulse and respiration rates, bluish tinge to skin,
thirsty, dilated (enlarged) pupils
how to check paleness in darker skin tones - Answer look inside mouth at tongue, gums or
lips.
why do people go pale with shock - Answer blood is being pumped to vital organs instead
what can cause shock - Answer excessive bleeding, heart attack, severe infections, low blood
sugar, heavy loss of fluids
for every 1 minute someone doesn't have cpr, how much does their life expectancy go down? -
Answer 10%
What is an AED? - Answer AEDs are portable electronic devices that analyze the heart's
rhythm and provide an electrical shock . Defibrillation is the delivery of an electrical shock that
may help re-establish an effective rhythm. CPR can help by supplying blood that contains oxygen
to the brain and other vital organs. However, the sooner an AED is used, the greater the
likelihood of survival. You must assess victims quickly and be prepared to use an AED in cases of
cardiac arrest.
agonal breathing - Answer irregular, gasping breaths that occur once every 10-15 seconds
Chain of survival - Answer early recognition, early CPR, early Defibrillation, post resuscitation
care
What causes illness? - Answer viruses or bacteria, organ becoming weak or damaged, when
cells grow abnormally (cancer), faulty genes
, what are side effects to immune response? - Answer swollen gland, high temperature,
swelling or discharge
Haemophilia - Answer Genetic disease affecting the ability of the blood to clot
rheumatoid arthritis - Answer a chronic autoimmune disorder in which the joints and some
organs of other body systems are attacked
chronic - Answer Long-standing, constant. Opposite of acute
acute - Answer New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic
injury - Answer body has been hurt, trauma, physical injury
penetrating injury - Answer breaking skin, visible bleeding, infection risk
blunt injury - Answer skin not broken, swelling, bruising, internal damage
some severe injuries - Answer major burns, mahout wounds, injuries caused by rtc, serious
assault, suffocation or strangulation, suicide attempt, self harm, near drowning, major blunt
injury, knocked over by blast, fall from height, struck by lightening
platelets - Answer structures within the blood that help clotting
what happens when damage to skin - Answer platelets get sticky, combine with other things
to clot, plugs the hole with the clot and stops bleeding. clot then dries out to become scab
which stops germs and new skin generates underneath
Anti-coagulants - Answer Prevents blood from clotting
inflammation - Answer occurs when tissues are injured by germs, injury or heat. chemicals
released by damaged tissue which causes blood vessels to leak fluid causing swelling
histamine - Answer a compound that is released by cells in response to injury and allergic
reaction. helps isolate the harmful substance
2025-2026 Updated.
ABC - Answer airway, breathing, circulation
causes of blocked airway - Answer choking, asthma, unconsciousness
causes of not breathing - Answer heart attack, injury to head or chest, drowning, severe
allergy, poisoning of drugs or toxic gas
Symptoms of shock - Answer anxious, restless, lethargic (slow-moving), unconscious, pale
and cold skin, nauseous or vomiting, increased pulse and respiration rates, bluish tinge to skin,
thirsty, dilated (enlarged) pupils
how to check paleness in darker skin tones - Answer look inside mouth at tongue, gums or
lips.
why do people go pale with shock - Answer blood is being pumped to vital organs instead
what can cause shock - Answer excessive bleeding, heart attack, severe infections, low blood
sugar, heavy loss of fluids
for every 1 minute someone doesn't have cpr, how much does their life expectancy go down? -
Answer 10%
What is an AED? - Answer AEDs are portable electronic devices that analyze the heart's
rhythm and provide an electrical shock . Defibrillation is the delivery of an electrical shock that
may help re-establish an effective rhythm. CPR can help by supplying blood that contains oxygen
to the brain and other vital organs. However, the sooner an AED is used, the greater the
likelihood of survival. You must assess victims quickly and be prepared to use an AED in cases of
cardiac arrest.
agonal breathing - Answer irregular, gasping breaths that occur once every 10-15 seconds
Chain of survival - Answer early recognition, early CPR, early Defibrillation, post resuscitation
care
What causes illness? - Answer viruses or bacteria, organ becoming weak or damaged, when
cells grow abnormally (cancer), faulty genes
, what are side effects to immune response? - Answer swollen gland, high temperature,
swelling or discharge
Haemophilia - Answer Genetic disease affecting the ability of the blood to clot
rheumatoid arthritis - Answer a chronic autoimmune disorder in which the joints and some
organs of other body systems are attacked
chronic - Answer Long-standing, constant. Opposite of acute
acute - Answer New, usually of rapid onset and of concern, opposite of chronic
injury - Answer body has been hurt, trauma, physical injury
penetrating injury - Answer breaking skin, visible bleeding, infection risk
blunt injury - Answer skin not broken, swelling, bruising, internal damage
some severe injuries - Answer major burns, mahout wounds, injuries caused by rtc, serious
assault, suffocation or strangulation, suicide attempt, self harm, near drowning, major blunt
injury, knocked over by blast, fall from height, struck by lightening
platelets - Answer structures within the blood that help clotting
what happens when damage to skin - Answer platelets get sticky, combine with other things
to clot, plugs the hole with the clot and stops bleeding. clot then dries out to become scab
which stops germs and new skin generates underneath
Anti-coagulants - Answer Prevents blood from clotting
inflammation - Answer occurs when tissues are injured by germs, injury or heat. chemicals
released by damaged tissue which causes blood vessels to leak fluid causing swelling
histamine - Answer a compound that is released by cells in response to injury and allergic
reaction. helps isolate the harmful substance
