American Red Cross (ARC) Final Exam Review
1. Describe the objective of the Good Samaritan Law.
2. If a person doesn’t give you consent for care, but the situation warrants it, you should do what?
3. What are the four conditions that are considered life threatening?
4. What are some common indicators that an emergency exists?
5. What is considered a cycle of CPR (Adult, Child, Infant)?
6. Over a 2 minute period, how many cycles of CPR should you do?
7. How do you get consent to give care? What is considered implied consent?
8. When checking for signs of life (look, listen, feel) it should be no longer than how many seconds?
9. What do you do for someone in shock? What do you not do?
10. A rescue breath should last for how many seconds?
11. Chest pain or discomfort is associated with what sudden illness?
12. What situations would you stop CPR?
13. What is the significance in following the cardiac chain of survival? What are they?
14. Where do you position your hands on an adult and child when giving abdominal thrusts?
15. Where do you position your hands on an infant when giving abdominal thrusts?
16. How is a proper chest compression given on an adult?
17. What are some signs when a person is having trouble breathing?
18. What do you do when someone that is choking, is conscious, and coughing forcefully?
19. In children and infants, what are some causes of cardiac arrest?
20. If some looks panicked and cannot cough, speak or breathe, what are they experiencing?
21. What are the depths of your compressions on an Adult, child and infant (inches)?
22. What are some signals that an infant may be choking?
23. Where should you place your hands when giving compressions to an infant?
24. Describe the technique for a conscious choking infant?
25. When do you perform CPR on a victim?
26. Where do you place your fingers when giving compressions on an infant?
27. Describe the unconscious/choking technique? When do you check for an object?
28. Why is defibrillation important?
29. When the AED prompts you that “no shock is advised” you should do what?
30. Describe the procedure when using the AED, step by step.
31. Describe the placement of AED pads on an adult/child/infant? Is there a risk of the pads touching?
32. What is the first thing you should do when you are preparing to use an AED?
33. Why shouldn’t you be touching the victim when the AED is delivering a shock?
34. How do you care for a burn?
35. What is it called when a bone breaks through the skin?
36. Describe RICE?
37. How do you care for a victim that is having a seizure?
38. What is the sudden illness that is usually caused by a blockage of blood flow to the brain?
39. Describe the following illness? What are the signs/symptoms and treatments?
a.
Diabetic Emergency
b. Seizure
c. Stroke
d. Allergic Reaction
e. Aspiration
f.
Heat Exhaustion