Correct Answers latest update 2025
1. how to recognize an emergency --- correct answer ---look for
unusual noises, sights, odors, appearances and behaviors example:
screams, breaking glass, crashing metal
2. safety --- correct answer ---do not risk your own________ in
order to res- cue or provide first aid to another person
3. Good Samaritan Laws--- correct answer ---state laws that help
protect healthcare professionals and ordinary citizens from liability
while giving emergency care to accident victims. You are protected if
you are certified and obtain consent, act in good faith, are not paid,
use reasonable skill and care, are not negligent (careless), and do not
abandon the person
4. how to open an Airway --- correct answer ---tilt head, lift chin
5. signs of life --- correct answer --- movement or breathing
6. ABCs --- correct answer ---Airway, Breathing, and Circulation
(blood flowing through the body)
,7. How to check Breathing--- correct answer ---look for movement
of the chest, listen and feel for air movement by placing your ear and
then your cheek at the mouth and nose of the victim
8. how to check Cir- culation--- correct answer ---place your index
and middle fingers into the groove of the neck next to the voice box to
feel the carotid artery pulse
9. index finger--- correct answer ---the finger next to the thumb;
also called pointer finger
10. voice box--- correct answer --- larynx
11. Rescue Breath- ing --- correct answer --- an emergency technique
in which a rescuer gives air to someone who is not breathing. To
perform this, a person blows air into a victim's lungs to give him/her
oxygen
12. how to give res- cue breaths to an adult--- correct answer ---
1. tilt head, lift chin, pinch the nose shut
2. take a breath and make a complete seal over the per- son's
mouth
3. blow in to make chest clearly rise (1 second)
, 4. Begin CPR/administer AED if breaths go in OR assume
unconscious choking if breaths do NOT go in
13. Steps to check an injured child or infant--- correct answer ---
1. check scene, then check child
2. obtain consent from parent/guardian if present
3. Tap on shoulder and shout, "Are you okay?"
4. No response, call 911 or if alone, give 2 minutes of care then call
911
5. Open airway, check for signs of life for no more than 10
seconds
6. give 2 rescue breaths if not breathing
7. If breaths go in, check for pulse and severe bleeding. If breaths
do NOT go in, begin rescue breathing. No pulse, begin CPR/AED
8. If breathing, place in recovery position and monitor ABCs
14. recovery posi- tion--- correct answer ---a side-lying position used
to maintain a clear airway in unconscious patients without injuries
who are breathing adequately