1. How can you best protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogen transmission when
providing care? - Correct Answer-Use personal protective equipment (PPE), such as disposable
gloves and a breathing barrier, when
...
1. How can you best protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogen transmission when
providing care? - Correct Answer-Use personal protective equipment (PPE), such as disposable
gloves and a breathing barrier, when providing care.
2. 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? - Correct AnswerSummon more advanced medical personnel and place the victim into a position that helps
breathing.
3. Your initial impression of a victim is based on: - Correct Answer-How the victim appears to you
as you size up the scene.
4. You and another lifeguard find an unresponsive adult on the floor in the locker room. You
activate your facility's EAP, size-up the scene, form an initial impression and perform a primary
assessment. You find the victim is not moving or breathing, but has a pulse. You should summon
EMS personnel, then: -Correct Answer-Give ventilations at a rate of 1 about every 5-6 seconds.
5. You arrive on the scene where a patron appears to be injured. Before approaching the victim,
which of the following will you NOT do as you size-up the scene? - Correct Answer-Begin
performing the primary assessment.
6. When providing care during an emergency, which of the following should you do first? - Correct
Answer-Size-up the scene while forming an initial impression.
7. As the first rescuer on the scene, you are performing CPR on an adult. When performing chest
compressions, how deeply should you compress the chest - Correct Answer-At least 2 inches but
no more than 2.4 inches8. CPR should be performed on which of the following victims? - Correct Answer-One who is in
cardiac arrest
9. What is the first step of the Adult Cardiac Chain of Survival? - Correct Answer-Recognition of a
cardiac emergency and activation of the emergency response system.
10. You are providing care to a victim suspected of having a heart attack. Which of the following
would you do first? - Correct Answer-Summon EMS personnel.
11. Once you have turned on the automated external defibrillator (AED), you should: - Correct
Answer-Apply the pads and allow the AED to analyze the heart rhythm.
12. To ensure high-quality CPR and high-quality chest compressions, you should: - Correct AnswerExpose the victim's chest to ensure proper hand placement and full chest recoil.
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