CPR QUIZ

12 September 2022
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All of the following are components of scene size-up EXCEPT: Gathering an initial impression of the situation. Calling for additional resources as needed. Looking for situations that are hazardous. Checking for responsiveness.
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Checking for responsiveness.
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Which of the following statements about performing CPR with two or more rescuers is true? To reduce rescuer fatigue, rescuers should switch positions as soon as another rescuer arrives on scene. To reduce rescuer fatigue, rescuers should switch positions about every two minutes or when the AED is analyzing. While one rescuer is performing the primary assessment, the assisting responder should perform ventilations using a BVM. While one rescuer is performing the primary assessment, the assisting responder should place their resuscitation mask on the victim.
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To reduce rescuer fatigue, rescuers should switch positions about every two minutes or when the AED is analyzing.
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You are performing CPR on a victim and an assisting responder arrives. Which of the following is most appropriate for the assisting responder to do first?
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Check to see whether EMS personnel have been called.
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As you are giving ventilations with a resuscitation mask, the victim vomits. Which of the following would you do first?
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turn the victim onto their side and clear the airway of the vomit immediately.
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Which of the following would you identify as the universal sign that a conscious person is choking?
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Clutching the throat
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How can you best protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogen transmission when providing care?
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Use protective equipment, such as disposable gloves and a breathing barrier, when providing care.
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What is the first step you should take in caring for a victim with burns?
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Remove the victim from the source of the burn.
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As the only lifeguard performing CPR on a 7-year-old child, you would perform cycles of:
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30 chest compressions and 2 ventilations.
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When using an AED, which of the following should you do immediately after attaching the AED pads to the victim's chest?
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Tell everyone to stand clear.
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You are providing care to a patron who started choking on some food. The victim becomes unresponsive. Which of the following should you do first?
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Lower the victim to the ground and begin CPR starting with chest compressions.
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A patron has slurred speech, is unable to lift their right arm level with their left arm and is unable to smile without one side of their face drooping. You make note of the time the symptoms started. These are symptoms of:
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A stroke.
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Which of the following should you do first when approaching the scene of an emergency?
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Size-up the scene while forming an initial impression.
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You and a patron enter the locker room and find an unresponsive person lying on the floor. You size up the scene and form an initial impression, and then you begin performing a primary assessment. The patron asks, "Should we move them to the first aid room?" What should you do next?
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Tell the patron the victim should not be moved since there is no immediate danger.
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You are walking on the pool deck when the swim team coach suddenly collapses in front of you. During your primary assessment, you find that the victim does not have a pulse. You should:
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Immediately begin CPR using cycles of 30 compressions followed by 2 ventilations.
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An AED indicates that "no shock is advised." Which of the following is most appropriate to do next?
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Perform CPR for about 2 minutes.
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You determine that a victim is unresponsive but breathing. While waiting with the victim for EMS personnel, you would position the victim:
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In a recovery position.
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An injured patron is responsive and bleeding. After summoning EMS personnel, obtaining consent and putting on disposable gloves, what is your next care step?
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Press firmly against the wound with a sterile dressing and bandage.
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A way to remember the questions to ask when taking a brief history is to use the acronym SAMPLE. What does the S in SAMPLE stand for?
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Signs and Symptoms
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Which of the following statements about bag-valve-mask resuscitators (BVMs) is most accurate?
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Ventilations are more effective when two rescuers operate the BVM.
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During a primary assessment, which of the following should you check first? Responsiveness Airway Breathing Circulation
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Responsiveness
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When giving chest compressions to an adult, how would you position your hands?
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Heel of one hand on the center of the chest with the other hand on top
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You and a fellow lifeguard are giving ventilations using a BVM. You position the mask over the victim's mouth and nose. What should the other lifeguard do?
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Squeeze the bag with both hands.
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When giving abdominal thrusts to an adult who is choking, where should you position your fist?
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In the middle of the abdomen, just above the navel
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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?
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Summon more advanced medical personnel and place the victim into a position that helps breathing.
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To ensure high-quality CPR and high-quality chest compressions, you should:
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Expose the victim's chest to ensure proper hand placement and full chest recoil.
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You are providing care to an adult who is unresponsive and not breathing as a result of a drowning. You give your first ventilation before performing CPR and notice that the chest does not rise. Which of the following should you do next?
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Re-tilt the victim's head and then attempt another ventilation.
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Your initial impression reveals severe life-threatening bleeding in an adult victim who appears to be unresponsive. Your next step should be:
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Control the bleeding with any available resources.
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Based on which of the following signs and symptoms would you determine that a victim is experiencing respiratory distress?
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Gasping for breath
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A person has been injured and is responsive. You obtain consent to check the victim for life-threatening conditions. What life-threatening condition would require you to immediately summon EMS personnel?
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Persistent chest pain
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If a victim is having a seizure in the water:
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Support the victim with their head above water until the seizure ends.
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You and another lifeguard are preparing for CPR on an adult who collapsed in the locker room. You determine that there is no breathing or pulse and state, "Victim has no pulse. Begin CPR." Which of the following should the other lifeguard do next?
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Begin chest compressions.
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Which of the following findings would lead you to determine that an infant's airway is open and not obstructed?
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The infant is crying uncontrollably.
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You and another lifeguard find an unresponsive adult on the locker room floor. The other lifeguard goes to summon EMS personnel. You form an initial impression, complete a primary assessment and find that the victim has a pulse but is not breathing. Which of the following should you do next?
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Give ventilations at a rate of 1 about every 5-6 seconds.
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A patron has cut their leg on the edge of the bleachers and is bleeding heavily. You think the patron is in shock because they:
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Become restless and irritable.
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Which of the following is most essential to use when giving ventilations to protect you and the victim from disease transmission? Resuscitation mask Protective clothing gowns protective eyewear
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Resuscitation masks
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A patron seems to be having a diabetic emergency. You should:
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Give them glucose tablets.
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You are providing care to a conscious infant who is choking. When giving chest thrusts, which of the following would you use?
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Two or three fingers
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You arrive on a scene where someone seems to be hurt. During the primary assessment, you should check for all of the following EXCEPT: Swelling. Bledding Breathing Consciousness
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Swelling.
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You are giving ventilations to a 5-year-old child using a resuscitation mask. You should give 1 ventilation about every:
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3 seconds