CPR/AED For Professional Rescuers Questions With
Complete Solutions
1. How can you best protect yourself from possible bloodborne
pathogen transmission when providing care?
a. Ask the victim first if they have any communicable diseases.
b. Thoroughly wash your hands before providing care.
c. Use first aid supplies, such as dressings and bandages, as a
barrier when in contact with the victim.
d. Use personal protective equipment (PPE), such as disposable
gloves and a breathing barrier, when providing care. d. Use
personal protective equipment (PPE), such as disposable gloves
and a breathing barrier, when providing care.
2. A 12-year-old child at a swim meet grabs their chest and
begins to make wheezing noises. After you obtain consent to
provide care, the child's parent informs you that the child has a
history of asthma, but does not have an inhaler nearby. What
care should you provide?
a. Give 5 back blows.
b. Summon more advanced medical personnel and place the
victim into a position that helps breathing.
c. Tell the victim to use an inhaler borrowed from a bystander.
d. Wait 20 minutes to see if the breathing difficulty goes away.
b. Summon more advanced medical personnel and place
the victim into a position that helps breathing.
3. Your initial impression of a victim is based on:
a. The victim's initial vital signs.
b. How the victim appears to you as you size up the scene.
c. The victim's SAMPLE history.
, d. What you have been told about the victim.b. How the victim
appears to you as you size up the scene.
4. You and another lifeguard find an unresponsive adult on the
floor in the locker room. You activate your facility's EAP, size-
up the scene, form an initial impression and perform a primary
assessment. You find the victim is not moving or breathing, but
has a pulse. You should summon EMS personnel, then:
a. Give ventilations at a rate of 1about every 5-6 seconds.
b. Give back blows and chest thrusts.
c. Give quick breaths at the rate of 20 to 40 a minute.
d. Perform CPR. a. Give ventilations at a rate of 1about every
5-6 seconds.
5. You arrive on the scene where a patron appears to be injured.
Before approaching the victim, which of the following will you
NOT do as you size-up the scene?
a. Begin performing the primary assessment.
b. Use all your senses to determine if the scene is safe.
c. Form an initial impression.
d. Put on appropriate PPE. a. Begin performing the primary
assessment.
6. When providing care during an emergency, which of the
following should you do first?
a. Size-up the scene while forming an initial impression.
b. Check for responsiveness.
c. Perform a primary assessment.
d. Summon more advanced medical personnel. a. Size-up the
scene while forming an initial impression.
Complete Solutions
1. How can you best protect yourself from possible bloodborne
pathogen transmission when providing care?
a. Ask the victim first if they have any communicable diseases.
b. Thoroughly wash your hands before providing care.
c. Use first aid supplies, such as dressings and bandages, as a
barrier when in contact with the victim.
d. Use personal protective equipment (PPE), such as disposable
gloves and a breathing barrier, when providing care. d. Use
personal protective equipment (PPE), such as disposable gloves
and a breathing barrier, when providing care.
2. A 12-year-old child at a swim meet grabs their chest and
begins to make wheezing noises. After you obtain consent to
provide care, the child's parent informs you that the child has a
history of asthma, but does not have an inhaler nearby. What
care should you provide?
a. Give 5 back blows.
b. Summon more advanced medical personnel and place the
victim into a position that helps breathing.
c. Tell the victim to use an inhaler borrowed from a bystander.
d. Wait 20 minutes to see if the breathing difficulty goes away.
b. Summon more advanced medical personnel and place
the victim into a position that helps breathing.
3. Your initial impression of a victim is based on:
a. The victim's initial vital signs.
b. How the victim appears to you as you size up the scene.
c. The victim's SAMPLE history.
, d. What you have been told about the victim.b. How the victim
appears to you as you size up the scene.
4. You and another lifeguard find an unresponsive adult on the
floor in the locker room. You activate your facility's EAP, size-
up the scene, form an initial impression and perform a primary
assessment. You find the victim is not moving or breathing, but
has a pulse. You should summon EMS personnel, then:
a. Give ventilations at a rate of 1about every 5-6 seconds.
b. Give back blows and chest thrusts.
c. Give quick breaths at the rate of 20 to 40 a minute.
d. Perform CPR. a. Give ventilations at a rate of 1about every
5-6 seconds.
5. You arrive on the scene where a patron appears to be injured.
Before approaching the victim, which of the following will you
NOT do as you size-up the scene?
a. Begin performing the primary assessment.
b. Use all your senses to determine if the scene is safe.
c. Form an initial impression.
d. Put on appropriate PPE. a. Begin performing the primary
assessment.
6. When providing care during an emergency, which of the
following should you do first?
a. Size-up the scene while forming an initial impression.
b. Check for responsiveness.
c. Perform a primary assessment.
d. Summon more advanced medical personnel. a. Size-up the
scene while forming an initial impression.
