HSI YMCA ADULT First Aid Exam with verified detailed ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
answers
First aid is the initial care provided for ____________. - correct answer✔✔acute illness or
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injury
Implied consent usually occurs when __________________. - correct answer✔✔You are ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
unable to communicate with the person ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Being able to assess and prioritize the need for first aid requires being able to
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_____________________. - correct answer✔✔Recognize life-threatening conditions ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
You are a trained first aid provider responding to a First Aid Alert received on your smart
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phone for a person needing medical assistance. As you approach, a bystander directs you to
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a person who was struck by a forklift truck that was attempting to pass by. The scene is safe.
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You have taken standard precautions. EMS has been activated. You have a first aid kit. The
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person is responsive, breathing, and holding their misshapen leg in obvious pain. You ask,
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"May I help you?" The person angrily say - correct answer✔✔Don't touch or give first aid to
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the person without consent.
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You are a trained first aid provider responding to a wireless emergency alert for "an injured
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person." As you reach the scene, you see a machinist sitting on a workbench holding their ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
hand over their bloody forearm. The person is responsive and consents to first aid. Blood
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flows continuously from a deep, irregular, and jagged tear in the forearm. You are wearing
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safety glasses and disposable gloves. You have a first aid kit with a 10 pack of sterile 4" x 4"
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gauze sponges, but no hemostatic dress - correct answer✔✔Apply the gauze sponges onto
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the wound. Push down hard.
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Pale, gray/ashen, sweaty, cool skin, and/or blue-tinged nail beds and lips, are a result of
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_____________________. - correct answer✔✔Not enough circulating red blood cells ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
, You are helping a responsive, breathing coworker in the first aid room who has consented to
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first aid after tripping and falling. The person has minimal bleeding from scrapes to both
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elbows. Dirt is embedded in both wounds. The scene is safe. You have taken standard
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precautions. There are no other obvious injuries. What would you do? - correct ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
answer✔✔Flush the wounds with a large volume of warm or room temperature water. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
You are assisting a responsive, breathing mountain biker who has consented to first aid
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following a crash. The person has minor bleeding from their lip and in their mouth. A tooth ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
has been knocked out. A bystander points to the dirty tooth lying in dusty, loose gravel. The
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scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. There are no other obvious injuries.
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What would you do? - correct answer✔✔Pick up the tooth by the chewing surface, gently
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rinse it with water. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
You are assisting a responsive, breathing associate who has consented to first aid for a
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spontaneous nosebleed. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. There are ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
no other obvious injuries. What would you do? - correct answer✔✔Pinch the soft portion of
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the nose with your thumb and index finger.
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You are assisting a responsive, breathing coworker who has consented to first aid following a
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fall from the 2nd floor. The person has been impaled across (not through) the chest by a 36
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in. (91 cm) iron construction rod. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions.
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EMS has been activated. Another coworker is getting the AED and first aid kit. There is slight
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external bleeding from around the rod. There are no other obvious injuries. What would you
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do? - correct answer✔✔Place sterile bulky dressings over the wound and around the object
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to stabilize it in place.
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You are assisting a responsive, breathing carpenter who has consented to first aid after being
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struck in the eye by a piece of a stainless-steel staple. The staple piece is embedded in the
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person's eye. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. Your EAP has been ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
activated. Another coworker is getting the first aid kit. The eye is red, watery, and swollen. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
There are no other obvious injuries. What would you do? - correct answer✔✔Stabilize the
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object to prevent additional injury. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
answers
First aid is the initial care provided for ____________. - correct answer✔✔acute illness or
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injury
Implied consent usually occurs when __________________. - correct answer✔✔You are ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
unable to communicate with the person ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Being able to assess and prioritize the need for first aid requires being able to
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_____________________. - correct answer✔✔Recognize life-threatening conditions ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
You are a trained first aid provider responding to a First Aid Alert received on your smart
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phone for a person needing medical assistance. As you approach, a bystander directs you to
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a person who was struck by a forklift truck that was attempting to pass by. The scene is safe.
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You have taken standard precautions. EMS has been activated. You have a first aid kit. The
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person is responsive, breathing, and holding their misshapen leg in obvious pain. You ask,
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"May I help you?" The person angrily say - correct answer✔✔Don't touch or give first aid to
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the person without consent.
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You are a trained first aid provider responding to a wireless emergency alert for "an injured
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person." As you reach the scene, you see a machinist sitting on a workbench holding their ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
hand over their bloody forearm. The person is responsive and consents to first aid. Blood
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flows continuously from a deep, irregular, and jagged tear in the forearm. You are wearing
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safety glasses and disposable gloves. You have a first aid kit with a 10 pack of sterile 4" x 4"
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gauze sponges, but no hemostatic dress - correct answer✔✔Apply the gauze sponges onto
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the wound. Push down hard.
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Pale, gray/ashen, sweaty, cool skin, and/or blue-tinged nail beds and lips, are a result of
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_____________________. - correct answer✔✔Not enough circulating red blood cells ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
, You are helping a responsive, breathing coworker in the first aid room who has consented to
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first aid after tripping and falling. The person has minimal bleeding from scrapes to both
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elbows. Dirt is embedded in both wounds. The scene is safe. You have taken standard
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precautions. There are no other obvious injuries. What would you do? - correct ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
answer✔✔Flush the wounds with a large volume of warm or room temperature water. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
You are assisting a responsive, breathing mountain biker who has consented to first aid
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following a crash. The person has minor bleeding from their lip and in their mouth. A tooth ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
has been knocked out. A bystander points to the dirty tooth lying in dusty, loose gravel. The
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scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. There are no other obvious injuries.
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What would you do? - correct answer✔✔Pick up the tooth by the chewing surface, gently
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rinse it with water. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
You are assisting a responsive, breathing associate who has consented to first aid for a
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spontaneous nosebleed. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. There are ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
no other obvious injuries. What would you do? - correct answer✔✔Pinch the soft portion of
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the nose with your thumb and index finger.
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You are assisting a responsive, breathing coworker who has consented to first aid following a
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fall from the 2nd floor. The person has been impaled across (not through) the chest by a 36
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in. (91 cm) iron construction rod. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions.
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EMS has been activated. Another coworker is getting the AED and first aid kit. There is slight
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external bleeding from around the rod. There are no other obvious injuries. What would you
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do? - correct answer✔✔Place sterile bulky dressings over the wound and around the object
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to stabilize it in place.
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You are assisting a responsive, breathing carpenter who has consented to first aid after being
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struck in the eye by a piece of a stainless-steel staple. The staple piece is embedded in the
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person's eye. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. Your EAP has been ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
activated. Another coworker is getting the first aid kit. The eye is red, watery, and swollen. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
There are no other obvious injuries. What would you do? - correct answer✔✔Stabilize the
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object to prevent additional injury. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
