Question 1
You are preparing to administer chest thrusts to a sitting adult casualty in an effort
to expel an airway obstruction. You should adm inister each thrust with enough force
to depress the sternum:
Selected 1 1/2 to 2
Answer: inches.
• Question 2
2 out of 2 points
You have just come upon an adult casualty lying on his back. He does not
respond when you check him for consciousness. In addition, you see fluid
draining from his ears. The casualty is probably suffering from which of
the following?
Selected A head or spinal
Answer:
injury.
• Question 3
2 out of 2 points
You have found an unconscious adult casualty who is not breathing. When
you administered two initial breaths, the casualty's chest rose and fell.
What should you do next?
Selected Check for a
Answer: pulse.
• Question 4
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following is a true statement concerning a heart attack?
Selected The pain may last for a couple of minutes and then seem
Answer:
to go away.
• Question 5
2 out of 2 points
You have administered five abdominal thrusts in an effort to remove an
airway obstruction in an unconscious child. What should you do next?
Selected Perform a jaw-tongue lift and perform a visual check for the
Answer:
obstruction.
• Question 6
2 out of 2 points
You are preparing to administer rescue breathing to an adult casualty. How
should you position the casualty?
Selected On his back on a firm
Answer:
surface.
• Question 7
2 out of 2 points
You are performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) chest
, compressions on an infant. At what rate should you perform the
compressions?
Selected 100 chest compressions per
Answer:
minute.
• Question 8
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following correctly states a difference in administering the
two initial ventilations of rescue breathing if the casualty is an infant
rather than an adult?
Selected With an infant, you blow smaller amounts of air into the
Answer:
casualty's airway.
• Question 9
2 out of 2 points
You have located a combat casualty on the battlefield. Which of the
following gives the correct sequence of actions you should perform?
Selected Remove the casualty from immediate danger, then check for
Answer:
responsiveness, and then check for breathing.
• Question 10
2 out of 2 points
You are administering one-rescuer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to
an infant. Which of the following describes a CPR cycle?
Selected Thirty chest compressions followed by two
Answer: ventilations.
• Question 11
2 out of 2 points
Of the following factors, which is most likely to result in a person having a heart attack?
Selected The person is a heav y cigarette
Answer: smoker.
• Question 12
2 out of 2 points
You come upon a rescuer performing one-rescuer cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) on an unconscious adult casualty and identify yourself
to the rescuer. What should you do in switching from one-rescuer CPR to
two-rescuer CPR?
Selected Kneel at the casualty's chest and prepare to administer
Answer:
chest compressions.
• Question 13
0 out of 2 points
You are going to check an adult casualty's pulse. What should you use to
perform the check?