HSI YMCA ADULT First Aid -2023/2024 Questions And Answers
First aid is the initial care provided for ____________. - ANS-acute illness or injury
Implied consent usually occurs when __________________. - ANS-You are unable to communicate
with the person
Being able to assess and prioritize the n...
HSI YMCA ADULT First Aid -2023/2024 Questions And Answers
First aid is the initial care provided for ____________. - ANS-✔✔acute illness or injury
Implied consent usually occurs when __________________. - ANS-✔✔You are unable to communicate
with the person
Being able to assess and prioritize the need for first aid requires being able to _____________________.
- ANS-✔✔Recognize life-threatening conditions
You are a trained first aid provider responding to a First Aid Alert received on your smart phone for a
person needing medical assistance. As you approach, a bystander directs you to a person who was
struck by a forklift truck that was attempting to pass by. The scene is safe. You have taken standard
precautions. EMS has been activated. You have a first aid kit. The person is responsive, breathing, and
holding their misshapen leg in obvious pain. You ask, "May I help you?" The person angrily say - ANS-✔
✔Don't touch or give first aid to the person without consent.
You are a trained first aid provider responding to a wireless emergency alert for "an injured 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 flows continuously from a deep,
irregular, and jagged tear in the forearm. You are wearing safety glasses and disposable gloves. You have
a first aid kit with a 10 pack of sterile 4" x 4" gauze sponges, but no hemostatic dress - ANS-✔✔Apply
the gauze sponges onto the wound. Push down hard.
Pale, gray/ashen, sweaty, cool skin, and/or blue-tinged nail beds and lips, are a result of
_____________________. - ANS-✔✔Not enough circulating red blood cells
You are helping a responsive, breathing coworker in the first aid room who has consented to first aid
after tripping and falling. The person has minimal bleeding from scrapes to both elbows. Dirt is
embedded in both wounds. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. There are no other
obvious injuries. What would you do? - ANS-✔✔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 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 scene is safe. You have taken
standard precautions. There are no other obvious injuries. What would you do? - ANS-✔✔Pick up the
tooth by the chewing surface, gently rinse it with water.
You are assisting a responsive, breathing associate who has consented to first aid for a spontaneous
nosebleed. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. There are no other obvious injuries.
What would you do? - ANS-✔✔Pinch the soft portion of the nose with your thumb and index finger.
You are assisting a responsive, breathing coworker who has consented to first aid following a fall from
the 2nd floor. The person has been impaled across (not through) the chest by a 36 in. (91 cm) iron
construction rod. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. EMS has been activated.
Another coworker is getting the AED and first aid kit. There is slight external bleeding from around the
rod. There are no other obvious injuries. What would you do? - ANS-✔✔Place sterile bulky dressings
over the wound and around the object to stabilize it in place.
You are assisting a responsive, breathing carpenter who has consented to first aid after being struck in
the eye by a piece of a stainless-steel staple. The staple piece is embedded in the 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? - ANS-✔✔Stabilize the object to prevent additional injury.
You are assisting a responsive, breathing fellow worker whose arm was amputated below the elbow
after becoming caught in the conveyor belt drive sprocket. The person has consented to first aid. The
scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. Your EAP has activated EMS. You have an AED and a
first aid kit with a manufactured tourniquet. Blood is gushing from the wound and pooling on the plant
floor. What would you do? - ANS-✔✔Immediately control the bleeding using a manufactured
tourniquet.
You are assisting a responsive, breathing worker who was caught between a backhoe and a concrete
wall. The person has consented to first aid. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. You
have an AED and a first aid kit. You notice that the person is sweaty and cool. They have no difficulty
breathing, but complain of abdominal pain, and of being cold and thirsty. What would you do? - ANS-✔
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