Pre-Training, Post-Training Test
NAME: ___________________________________________ DATE: _________________
1.
Which emergencies cannot wait for the ambulance to begin treatment?
a. Stroke;
b. Cardiac Arrest and Chocking;
c. Heart Attack;
d. Heart Attack and Choking;
2. What do you need to tell the 911 operator / dispatcher?
a. Where are you;
b. Where you are and what is wrong;
c. Where you are, what is wrong, and what you are doing about it;
d. Where you are, what is wrong, what you are doing about it, and what you need;
3. CPR is something you do for
a. A stroke;
b. A heart attack;
c. A stroke and a cardiac arrest;
d. A cardiac arrest;
4. How deep do you push an adult’s chest?
a. One inch;
b. One inch to one and one half inch;
c. One and one half inch to two inches;
d. Two inches or more;
5. How fast do you push the chest?
a. At the normal breathing rate – 8 to 20 times a minute;
b. At the normal heartbeat rate – 60 times a minute;
c. At one hundred times per minute;
d. At two hundred times per minute;
6. How do you know when to perform CPR?
a. Patient tells you his chest hurts and he’s all sweaty;
b. Patient can’t be awakened and patient isn’t breathing;
c. Patient has a very weak pulse;
d. Patient looks terrible and can barely talk;
7. When do you stop chest compressions?
a. When someone else takes over from you;
b. When an attached AED tells you to stop compressions;
c. When the patient says “Stop doing that to me!”
d. When any of the above happens;
8. Where do you press on the chest?
a. At the very bottom of the breastbone;
b. At the very top of the breastbone;
c. Where an imaginary line between the nipples crosses the breastbone;
d. Wherever you can get adequate depth of compressions;
9. How do you position the patient properly for chest compressions?
a. On his or her back on a hard, flat surface;
b. It’s OK to do compressions in bed, if you can push the chest three to four inches;
c. It’s OK to leave the patient face down, if you can get the back to compress 3 inches;
d. a. and b. are both correct;
10. How do you work an AED?
a. You put the electrode pads where the pictures on the pad packages show you when the AED tells you to do so
without interrupting chest compressions;
b. You turn the AED machine on and do exactly what it tells you to do;
c. You do not put the electrode pads over a medication patch, a medication port or a pacemaker. You press the
pads firmly onto dry, nearly hairless skin, shaving the patient if necessary;
d. a, b, and c are all correct;