HOSA CPR First Aid Test – Flashcards
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Why are the first few minutes of a heart attack important for CPR?
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Many heart attack treatments will be successful if given quickly
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What should you do if a chocking adult stops responding?
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Start CPR
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What should you do if someone is confused and needs first aid?
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Assume the person wants help
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What should you do if someone with an illness refuses care?
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Phone 911 and stay with the person until advanced help arrives
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Why should you wear PPE?
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To protect yourself from bloodborne illness
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How long should you rub the surface of your hands together during hand washing?
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At least 20 seconds
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Why is it important to properly remove your gloves after giving first aid?
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To keep from touching blood or body fluids of the person
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What is a sign of severe airway block?
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Cannot breathe or talk
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Where should you apply direct pressure on a cut?
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On the dressings
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What should you do to a spider bite?
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Wash the area with running water and soap
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What is the best method to get info on first aid, CPR, AED training?
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Go online to www.heart.org/cpr or call 1-877-AHA-4CPR
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What should you do after you've finished taking care of an injured person at work?
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Write a report of the incident if your company requires it
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What should you do when you dial 911?
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Answer all the dispatcher's question
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What is a sign that an infant is not responding to a tap or shout?
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The infant does nothing
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How deep should you push the chest compression on an adult?
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At least 2 inches
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When should you switch positions and allow someone else to take over during CPR?
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About every 2 minutes
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How should you give breaths with a mask?
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Tilt the head and lift chin, press the mask against the person face to make airtight seal
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Giving 30 compression and 2 breaths and a person arrives with an AED. What should you do next?
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Immediately use the AED
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What is the correct rate and dept for giving compressions during high- quality CPR improve survival?
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Rate of 100 to 120 compression per minute, dept of 2 inches
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You are eating. Your friend says his throat feels tight and closing. What step in the adult Chain of Survival is described in the senario?
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Recognizing the emergency
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What actions result in the best chance of survival if someone is not breathing (only gasping) and isn't responding?
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Start CPR and use an AED if someone is available
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When performing CPR on a child and the AED does not have child pads. What should you do?
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Use the adult pads, make sure they do not touch each other
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What is the correct position for giving abdominal thrusts if a child is chocking and is still responding?
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Get behind the chocking child and put a fist above his belly button
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You come across a woman that has fallen and is bleeding from a cut on her leg. Why is it important to properly remove your gloves after giving first aid?
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To keep
