American Red Cross First aid Exam
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is the correct order of the three basic care steps? - Correct answers✔✔Check, Call, Care
When should you call first? - Correct answers✔✔12 and older are unresponsive
child collapse
When should you care first? - Correct answers✔✔Unresponsive 12 and younger who you didn't
see collapse, choking person, severe allergic reaction, life threatening bleeding
What is the first thing you should do in any emergency situation, even before you can begin the
check, call, care sequence? - Correct answers✔✔Recognize something is wrong/emergency
Checking a responsive person you should ask... - Correct answers✔✔Signs and symptoms
Allergies
Medication
Past history
Lost oral intake
Events leading up to it
When checking the person you should take note of... - Correct answers✔✔•How the person
looks or feels
•bleeding, cuts, burns, brusing, swelling, or deformities
•medical identification tags
, •ability to move without pain
Why is checking the scene an important part of the basic care steps? - Correct answers✔✔Make
sure you and the victim are safe
If you think an accident is unsafe to approach, you should... - Correct answers✔✔Call for help
and stay where you are, so the situation doesn't get worse
What is the most important action you can perform as a citizen/lay responder - Correct
answers✔✔Call 9-1-1
What is the worst thing you can do in an emergency? - Correct answers✔✔Nothing
List three barriers to action in an emergency situation - Correct answers✔✔Infection, Sue,
Assumtion
What if someone doesn't want your help? - Correct answers✔✔Call 9-1-1
When do you move a victim? - Correct answers✔✔When in a life threatening situation
Three situations that are life-threatening - Correct answers✔✔Severe bleeding
Unconsciousness
No breathing
Heart attack - Correct answers✔✔Occurs when blood flow to part of the heart is blocked causing
cells to die and leading to permanent damage of the heart muscle
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is the correct order of the three basic care steps? - Correct answers✔✔Check, Call, Care
When should you call first? - Correct answers✔✔12 and older are unresponsive
child collapse
When should you care first? - Correct answers✔✔Unresponsive 12 and younger who you didn't
see collapse, choking person, severe allergic reaction, life threatening bleeding
What is the first thing you should do in any emergency situation, even before you can begin the
check, call, care sequence? - Correct answers✔✔Recognize something is wrong/emergency
Checking a responsive person you should ask... - Correct answers✔✔Signs and symptoms
Allergies
Medication
Past history
Lost oral intake
Events leading up to it
When checking the person you should take note of... - Correct answers✔✔•How the person
looks or feels
•bleeding, cuts, burns, brusing, swelling, or deformities
•medical identification tags
, •ability to move without pain
Why is checking the scene an important part of the basic care steps? - Correct answers✔✔Make
sure you and the victim are safe
If you think an accident is unsafe to approach, you should... - Correct answers✔✔Call for help
and stay where you are, so the situation doesn't get worse
What is the most important action you can perform as a citizen/lay responder - Correct
answers✔✔Call 9-1-1
What is the worst thing you can do in an emergency? - Correct answers✔✔Nothing
List three barriers to action in an emergency situation - Correct answers✔✔Infection, Sue,
Assumtion
What if someone doesn't want your help? - Correct answers✔✔Call 9-1-1
When do you move a victim? - Correct answers✔✔When in a life threatening situation
Three situations that are life-threatening - Correct answers✔✔Severe bleeding
Unconsciousness
No breathing
Heart attack - Correct answers✔✔Occurs when blood flow to part of the heart is blocked causing
cells to die and leading to permanent damage of the heart muscle
