Beginner First Aid

Question Number 1 

What gas, which enters through the lungs, is essential to keeping the brain alive.

1. nitrogen
2. carbon dioxide
3. oxygen
4. steam

Question Number 2 

An asthma sufferer has forgotten their inhaler, but someone else has one the same colour, should the patient use the other persons inhaler?

1. yes
2. no

Question Number 3 

When performing CPR (after an ambulance has been called) when should you stop?

1. When the lips go blue - Cyanosis
2. After 10 cycles
3. After 15 minutes
4. Only when assistance has arrived

Question Number 4 

What simple check can be used to
determine the heart rate in a casualty? Check the _____.

• ____________

Question Number 5 

What is the missing step in the life-saving priorities?

• Early help
• Early ___
• Early defibrillation
• Early advanced care

• ____________

Question Number 6 

How does an AED attempt to save a life? By:

1. restarting breathing
2. restarting the heart
3. stopping bleading

Question Number 7 

Which of the following should be used to break contact between the casualty and electrical supply when it's not possible to turn off the electricity.

1. Metal
2. Wood

Question Number 8 

What does the B stand for in the ABC check?

Airway
B?
Circulation

1. Bleeding
2. Breathing
3. Breaks (Fractures)
4. Bones

Question Number 9 

Which of the following is a recognition feature of a faint?

1. A fast pulse
2. A slow pulse

Question Number 10 

Which of the following is the treatment for a nosebleed?

1. Tilt head forward
2. Tilt head backward

Quiz Answers

Question Number 1

oxygen

Question Number 2

No. They should only use an inhaler that was prescribed for them.

Question Number 3

Only when assistance has arrived and taken over. Unless you are physically unable to continue any more or the casualty starts to breath normally.

Question Number 4

pulse

Question Number 5

CPR

Question Number 6

By restarting the heart. The AED delivers a shock to stop an abnormal rhythm which can result in the heart returning to a correct rhythm.

Question Number 7

Wood

Question Number 8

Breathing. This is the ABC check listing the priorities when treating any casualty.

Question Number 9

A slow pulse

Question Number 10

Tilt head forward