CPR AND FIRST AID EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Open wound in chest caused by penetrating injury
Wound lets air move in and out of chest during breathing
Can be life threatening - ✔✔sucking chest wound
✔✔fracture - ✔✔a disruption of bone tissue
✔✔strains - ✔✔An overstretching or tearing of muscle fibers
; occurs in muscles and tendons
✔✔sprains - ✔✔A joint injury involving the stretching and/or tearing of ligaments; occurs
in ligaments
✔✔dislocations - ✔✔One or more bones have been moved from their normal location ;
occurs in joints
✔✔Epilepsy
High fever (infants, young children)
Head injuries
Low blood sugar
Poisoning
Electric shock - ✔✔causes of seizures
✔✔stroke symptoms - ✔✔Can vary from vague chest discomfort to crushing pain with
or without other symptoms
May have no signs and symptoms before suddenly collapsing
May have milder symptoms that come and go before heart attack occurs
In women chest pain or discomfort most common symptom
Also more likely to have shortness of breath, jaw or back pain, indigestion, nausea and
vomiting
✔✔Cardiac chain of survival - ✔✔Early Recognition & Access to EMS
Early Bystander CPR
Early Defibrillation
Early Advanced Care
Post Cardiac Arrest Care
✔✔Chest Pain*
Pain spreading into other areas
Shortness of breath
Dizziness or lightheaded
Pale skin or sweating
Nausea / vomiting
, Feeling of impending doom - ✔✔signs and symptoms of a heart attack
✔✔ways to get air in the lungs - ✔✔Mouth to Mouth
Mouth to Mask
Mouth to Nose
Mouth to Nose/Mouth
Mouth to Stoma
✔✔rate of compression for CPR - ✔✔The rate should be 100 per minute (speed)
✔✔What depth do we compress an adults chest during CPR? - ✔✔Adult depth: 2
inches deep, two hands
✔✔What three groups of individuals may not be able to have the traditional Heimlich
Maneuver performed on them? - ✔✔PREGNANT
OBESE
WHEELCHAIR BOUND
✔✔How is the first aid care for a choking infant different from other victims? - ✔✔If the
victim is a child—kneel behind the victim to provide support while providing care
✔✔We divide our victims into Adults/Children/Infants by ages. What are the
breakdowns? - ✔✔Adult victims: Age 8 and above
Child victims: Age 1 to 8
Infant victims: Newborn to 1 year
✔✔fracture do nots - ✔✔Attempt to align the bone ends
Apply pressure to the bone ends to control bleeding
Give the victim food or drink
✔✔____ ____ ____ leading cause of head and spinal injuries in people < 65 - ✔✔motor
vehicle crashes
✔✔___ leading cause of head and spinal injuries in people > 65 - ✔✔falls
✔✔About ____ people have spinal injury each year
Nearly____ people live with disability resulting from spinal injury - ✔✔12,000;300,000
✔✔common causes of head/spinal injuries - ✔✔Motor vehicle crashes
Falls from a height of more than a few feet
Diving emergencies
Skiing (and other sport) emergencies
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Open wound in chest caused by penetrating injury
Wound lets air move in and out of chest during breathing
Can be life threatening - ✔✔sucking chest wound
✔✔fracture - ✔✔a disruption of bone tissue
✔✔strains - ✔✔An overstretching or tearing of muscle fibers
; occurs in muscles and tendons
✔✔sprains - ✔✔A joint injury involving the stretching and/or tearing of ligaments; occurs
in ligaments
✔✔dislocations - ✔✔One or more bones have been moved from their normal location ;
occurs in joints
✔✔Epilepsy
High fever (infants, young children)
Head injuries
Low blood sugar
Poisoning
Electric shock - ✔✔causes of seizures
✔✔stroke symptoms - ✔✔Can vary from vague chest discomfort to crushing pain with
or without other symptoms
May have no signs and symptoms before suddenly collapsing
May have milder symptoms that come and go before heart attack occurs
In women chest pain or discomfort most common symptom
Also more likely to have shortness of breath, jaw or back pain, indigestion, nausea and
vomiting
✔✔Cardiac chain of survival - ✔✔Early Recognition & Access to EMS
Early Bystander CPR
Early Defibrillation
Early Advanced Care
Post Cardiac Arrest Care
✔✔Chest Pain*
Pain spreading into other areas
Shortness of breath
Dizziness or lightheaded
Pale skin or sweating
Nausea / vomiting
, Feeling of impending doom - ✔✔signs and symptoms of a heart attack
✔✔ways to get air in the lungs - ✔✔Mouth to Mouth
Mouth to Mask
Mouth to Nose
Mouth to Nose/Mouth
Mouth to Stoma
✔✔rate of compression for CPR - ✔✔The rate should be 100 per minute (speed)
✔✔What depth do we compress an adults chest during CPR? - ✔✔Adult depth: 2
inches deep, two hands
✔✔What three groups of individuals may not be able to have the traditional Heimlich
Maneuver performed on them? - ✔✔PREGNANT
OBESE
WHEELCHAIR BOUND
✔✔How is the first aid care for a choking infant different from other victims? - ✔✔If the
victim is a child—kneel behind the victim to provide support while providing care
✔✔We divide our victims into Adults/Children/Infants by ages. What are the
breakdowns? - ✔✔Adult victims: Age 8 and above
Child victims: Age 1 to 8
Infant victims: Newborn to 1 year
✔✔fracture do nots - ✔✔Attempt to align the bone ends
Apply pressure to the bone ends to control bleeding
Give the victim food or drink
✔✔____ ____ ____ leading cause of head and spinal injuries in people < 65 - ✔✔motor
vehicle crashes
✔✔___ leading cause of head and spinal injuries in people > 65 - ✔✔falls
✔✔About ____ people have spinal injury each year
Nearly____ people live with disability resulting from spinal injury - ✔✔12,000;300,000
✔✔common causes of head/spinal injuries - ✔✔Motor vehicle crashes
Falls from a height of more than a few feet
Diving emergencies
Skiing (and other sport) emergencies
