First aid MCQs Quiz Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

1. Wounds that would require stitches are

1. All of the above
2. Over an inch long
3. Bleeding from an artery or uncontrolled bleeding
4. Human or animal bites

2. You have a person who is conscious and refuses help, they laps into anunconscious state, what should you do?

1. Both a & b
2. Permission is Implied if the victim is unconscious
3. Call 911 and begin to give care
4. Call 911 and wait until professional help arrives

3. A girl has her tooth knocked out and she has found the tooth, which is the best action to take:

1. Have her place the tooth under her tongue until she reaches the dentist
2. Place the tooth under her armpit and take her to the dentist
3. Wrap the tooth in sterile gauze and take her to the dentist
4. Place the tooth in a closed container of cool milk or water, until she reaches the dentist

4. Your driving your route and you come across a victim lying in the middle of the road that appears to be unconscious, you should

1. Continue driving to the nearest phone, Call 911
2. pull the bus safely to the side of the road place your reflectors around the injured person and call 911
3. Position your bus to protect the victim, turn on your flashing red lights, call 911
4. Pull the bus safely to the side of the road, drag the victim out of the roadway, call 911

5. A boy has his finger severed off, what action would be the best?

1. Place a tourniquet at the stub where the finger was severed to control bleeding transport tohospital immediately
2. Put the severed end of the finger back in place, wrap entire finger inSterile gauze and transport to hospital immediately
3. Wrap the severed finger in sterile gauze, place it in a plastic bag, put the bag on ice transportboth finger and the victim to the hospital
4. Place the severed finger in a plastic bag, have the boy place the bag under his armpit, transport immediately to the hospital

6. Which symptoms would indicate internal bleeding?

1. All of the above
2. Rapid weak pulse, Excessive thirst
3. Skin that feels cool or moist, or looks pale or bluish
4. Tender, swollen, bruised, or hard areas of his body, such as the abdomen

7. Dressing and bandages are used to

1. Make it easier to take the victim to the hospital
2. Reduce the victims pain
3. Reduce internal bleeding
4. Help control bleeding and prevent infection

8. Which would you do when caring for a seizure victim?

1. All of the above
2. Remove nearby objects that might cause injury
3. Place a small object, such as a rolled up piece of cloth, between theVictims teeth
4. Try to hold the person still

9. A boy is shot with an arrow through the chest and out the back, what would be the best course of action?

1. Remove the arrow, wash the area, and bandage with sterile gauze
2. Remove the arrow and apply sterile gauze to the wound
3. Do not remove the arrow, place several dressing around the arrow to keep it from moving,bandage the dressings in place around the arrow
4. Do not remove the arrow; break off the part out the back, bandage with dressing around the arrow to hold it in place

10. When caring for a victim who has an object impaled in their hand, you should

1. None of the above
2. Remove the object, flush with cool water, and transport to hospital
3. Immobilize the object by placing several dressings around it
4. Break object off where it sticks out, and bandage injury

11. You find a person at the bottom of the stairs. He appears to have fallen and seems badly hurt. After sending someone for help, you would

1. Attempt to keep the victim from moving
2. Roll the victim onto his stomach keeping the head and back in a straight line
3. Roll the victim onto one side
4. Position victim onto one side

12. A boy with frostbite on his feet, what should you do?

1. Soak feet in warm water not more than 90 degrees; rub feet gently until feeling and color return,then wrap with sterile dressing
2. Rub his feet vigorously until feeling and color return
3. Apply hot moist towels to feet and message gently
4. Soak feet in warm water not more than 105 degrees, bandage with dry sterile dressing

13. Dressings and pads

1. Should be applied to a sucking chest wound
2. Should be removed when blood soaked New ones should be applied
3. Are used to help control bleeding and keep germs out
4. Are not included in a first aid kit

14. When caring for someone who is suffering from frostbite, you should not

1. Avoid breaking blisters
2. Soak effected part in warm water 100 to 105 degrees
3. Rub vigorously until skin appears red and feels warm
4. Handle area gently

15. Which is not a symptom of shock

1. Rapid breathing or rapid pulse
2. Strong thirst, nausea, or vomiting
3. Chest or abdominal pain, breathing difficulty
4. Restless or irritability

16. A boy enters your bus, you smell alcohol, he passes out before you get to His bus stop, what should you do?

1. Drive the boy to the nearest fire station or hospital
2. Take the boy back to school
3. Stop the bus, check for breathing and pulse, Call 911
4. Allow the boy to sleep it off and take him home

17. You are caring for a victim with a burned hand. Put the hand in cool water if

1. You should put the hand in cool water for all of the above
2. The burns are very deep
3. There are burns with open blisters
4. The burns are minor with no open blisters

18. To encourage people to help others in emergency situations, most states have enacted laws, which protect you, as a rescuer, from being sued. This is called.

1. There is no such law
2. The Good-Will Law
3. The First Aid No-Fault Law
4. The Good Samaritan Law

19. For an infant who is choking, you would perform

1. Hold the infant upside down and strike between the shoulder blades
2. The Hiemlick maneuver
3. CPR
4. Back blows and chest thrusts

20. You suspect that a person has been poisoned. She is conscious. Your first call should be to

1. The local pharmacy
2. The Poison Control Center or your local emergency phone number
3. The victims physician
4. The hospital emergency department

21. Shock is a condition where:

1. All of the above
2. The respiratory system fails to deliver air to the lungs
3. The cardiovascular system fails to deliver blood to the heart
4. The circulatory system fails to deliver blood to all parts of the body

22. Elastic bandages are used

1. When applying a splint
2. To control bleeding
3. Control swelling and support injuries such as sprains or strains
4. To allow circulation to a severed limb

23. Why should you cover burns with a clean or sterile dressing?

1. Both a and c
2. To prevent infection
3. To cool burned area
4. To keep the burned area warm

24. When caring for a choking infant, what position is the infant held in?

1. Face down on your knee, with head lower than the body
2. Upside down by the ankles and shoulders
3. Face up on a flat surface
4. Face down on your forearm with head lower than the body

25. When caring for a victim who has a large burn on their forearm, you

1. All of the above
2. Use large amounts of cool water to cool the burn
3. Use ice or ice water to cool the burn
4. Remove any cloth that has stuck to the burn and apply burn cream

26. Snakebites can be very serious. When caring for a snakebite victim, which should you not do?

1. Get professional medical care within 30 minutes
2. Wash wounds
3. Apply ice
4. Keep bitten part still and below the heart

27. How can you reduce the risk of disease transmission when caring for open, bleeding wounds?

1. All of the above
2. Wash your hands immediately after giving care
3. Avoid direct contact with blood
4. Use protective barriers such as gloves or plastic wrap

28. When can you move a victim?

1. All of the above
2. When you need to care for another victim
3. When the victim is in danger
4. When it would be easier to care for the victim

29. What would you do if a victim had a body part torn or cut off?

1. All of the above
2. Wrap severed body part in sterile gauze
3. Place in a plastic bag
4. Put the plastic bag on ice and take it to the hospital with victim

30. Most injuries are due to situations that

1. Involve water sports
2. You have no control over or could not have been prevented
3. You have some control over or could have been prevented
4. Involve five or more people

31. Splint an injury to a muscle, bone, or joint only when

1. Both a and b
2. You have to move or transport the victim
3. You can do so without hurting the victim
4. You have splinting materials available

32. When performing CPR on a child, how deep should the chest compressions be?

1. 3 inches
2. 1.5 inches
3. 2 inches
4. 2.5 inches

33. When performing CPR on an adult, how deep should the chest compressions be?

1. 3 inches
2. 1.5 inches
3. 2 inches
4. 2.5 inches

34. What is the CPR procedure for a six-year-old boy?

1. 3 compressions, 1 breath, 20 cycles in 1 minute
2. 15 compressions, 1 breath, 5 cycles in 1 minute
3. 15 compressions, 2 breaths, 4 cycles in 1 minute
4. 5 compressions, 1 breath, 12 cycles in 1 minute

35. When performing adult CPR you give

1. 3 slow breaths & 15 chest compressions
2. 2 slow breaths & 15 chest compressions
3. 1 slow breath & 10 chest compressions
4. 5 slow breaths & 10 chest compressions

36. When helping an unconscious choking victim, you would give an adult ……………… chest thrusts. For an infant you would give ………………. back blows and ………… chest thrusts.

1. 3,5,5
2. 3,3,3
3. 5,3,3
4. 5,5,5

37. When performing CPR on a child you give

1. 2 slow breaths & 15 chest compressions
2. 4 slow breaths & 20 chest compressions
3. 1 slow breath & 5 chest compressions
4. 2 slow breaths & 10 chest compressions

38. For which of the following burn victims should you immediately call yourlocal emergency phone number?

1. All of the above
2. A 40 year old man who has burned his hand with hot coffee
3. A 68-year-old woman who has a blistered grease burn on her hands and arms
4. A 26-year-old woman who has a sunburn on her shoulders

39. A wound where there is damage to the soft tissue and blood vessels under the skin is called

1. An avulsion
2. A scrape
3. A cut
4. A bruise

40. What is the most common reason an infants heart stops?

1. SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome)
2. Allergies
3. Injury
4. Breathing problems

41. Which should be part of your care for a severely bleeding open wound?

1. Both b and c
2. Allow the wound to bleed in order to minimize infection
3. Apply direct pressure and elevate the injured area (If no broken bones)
4. Use a tourniquet to stop all blood flow

42. Which of the following behaviors reduces your risk for injury?

1. Both a and b
2. Always wearing a safety belt when riding in automobiles
3. Limiting intake of alcohol
4. Limiting intake of foods high in cholesterol

43. You should suspect that a victim has head and spine injuries for

1. All of the above
2. An incident involving a lightning strike
3. A person found unconscious for unknown reasons
4. A fall from the height greater than the victim’s height

44. When caring for a victim with a bloody nose you would not

1. Have the victim sit with head tilted slightly forward while pinching the nostrils together
2. Apply an ice pack to the bridge of the nose
3. Apply pressure to upper lip just beneath nose
4. Have the victim sit with head tilted slightly backward while pinching the nostrils together

45. When caring for a student who is suffering from heat cramps.

1. Massage the muscle vigorously to increase circulation
2. Apply cold packs
3. Give cool water or sports drink
4. Have student keep walking slowly to work the cramp out

46. Which is the first step when caring for bleeding wounds.

1. Elevate the wound
2. Apply direct pressure with a clean or sterile dressing
3. Apply pressure at the pressure point
4. Add bulky dressings to reinforce blood soaked bandages

47. What should you do if you think a victim has serious internal bleeding?

1. Give fluids to replace blood loss
2. Apply heat to the injured area
3. Call your local emergency phone number for help
4. Place the victim in a sitting position

48. A girl at one of your bus stops indicates that she was bitten by a snake,What do you do?

1. Elevate injured area, apply ice, and get professional medical care within 30 minutes
2. Apply ice to the wound and take to the nearest fire station or hospital
3. Wash the wound, keeping injured area lower than the heart; get professional medical care within 30 minutes
4. Cut a 1 cross at the site if injury and suck the poison out, apply ice

49. Bandages are used for

1. Small cuts only
2. Applying directly to a wound to soak up blood
3. To hold dressings in place, apply pressure and control bleeding
4. Ease pain

50. You may suspect that a student has been poisoned if they

1. All of the above
2. Are experiencing nausea, vomiting or diarrhea
3. Have chest or abdominal pain, breathing difficulty
4. Burns around the lips, tongue, or on the skin