Standard First Aid A (SFA A) PDF
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2024
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This is a Canadian Red Cross Standard First Aid A (SFA A) final evaluation, containing multiple-choice questions about first aid techniques, vital signs in life-threatening emergencies, and diabetic conditions. The document is designed for secondary school students.
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Standard First Aid A (SFA A) Final Evaluation Please do not write on this sheet. Indicate your answers on the answer sheet provided. 1. Which of the following should you do before 4. When would you flush a person's eye with providing care to a choking person in a...
Standard First Aid A (SFA A) Final Evaluation Please do not write on this sheet. Indicate your answers on the answer sheet provided. 1. Which of the following should you do before 4. When would you flush a person's eye with providing care to a choking person in a running water for at least 15 minutes? wheelchair? a) When the person's eye has been flash a) Use hand sanitizer burned b) Ask whether the person is able to stand b) When a small object is impaled in or for short periods around the person's eye c) Buckle the person's seatbelt c) When the person's eye is out of its d) Lock the chair's wheels socket d) When the person's eye has been exposed 2. If someone is having a seizure, which of the to a harmful chemical following should you do? a) Hold the person still 5. What is the ratio of compressions to breaths b) Place a wooden spoon between the for CPR? person's teeth a) 15 compressions and 2 breaths c) Protect the person's head with a soft b) 20 compressions and 2 breaths object c) 25 compressions and 2 breaths d) Splash cool water on the person's face d) 30 compressions and 2 breaths and neck 6. When do you call EMS/9-1-1? 3. Which of the following should you do if you a) The person is unresponsive are alone and choking? b) The person has a life-threatening a) Call EMS/9-1-1 and perform abdominal condition thrusts on yourself by pulling your fist c) The person's vital signs change firmly into your stomach just above your d) All of the above belly button b) Call EMS/9-1-1, move to a place where 7. If there is not enough space on a person's you can be noticed, and perform chest for two AED pads, what should you do? abdominal thrusts against a safe object a) Place one pad in the centre of the c) Call EMS/9-1-1 and perform chest blows person's chest by striking yourself firmly in the centre of b) Continue CPR without using an AED your chest c) Place one pad on the person's chest and d) Call EMS/9-1-1 and rest quietly until EMS one on the person's back personnel arrive d) Overlap the pads slightly (up to 1 inch of overlap is acceptable) Copyright © 2024 The Canadian Red Cross Society 8. What do you look for when checking the vital 13. Which of the following is a care step for burns signs? caused by heat? a) Pulse rate a) Cool the area for at least 10 minutes b) Bleeding b) Apply an antibiotic cream or ointment to c) Breathing sounds and if the breathing is protect the burn from infection fast or shallow c) Gently remove any clothing or jewellery d) Size of the pupils in the eye that is stuck to the skin d) Cover the area with a tight wrap 9. If a choking person becomes unresponsive, what is the first thing you should do? 14. Which of the following is a sign of a diabetic a) Ensure that EMS/9-1-1 has been called emergency? b) Start back blows a) Changes in behaviour c) Start chest thrusts b) Hot, dry skin d) Start abdominal thrusts c) Slowed breathing d) Flushed, "blushing" cheeks 10. If a person experiences a headache, dizziness, confusion, muscle cramps, and 15. First aid records must be completed by the nausea, which of the following should you First Aider and maintained confidentially by suspect as the cause? the employer to: a) A snakebite a) Keep track of the number of injuries and b) A brown recluse spider bite illnesses for each worker and the number c) Carbon monoxide poisoning of times each First Aider uses his or her d) An injected drug overdose skills b) Respect worker privacy and to 11. You find an adult unresponsive and not demonstrate due diligence with regard to breathing, which of the following should you the regulation do first? c) Monitor the first aid skills that are a) Begin CPR, starting with chest administered by the First Aider and then compressions use poor performance as a training b) Begin CPR, starting with rescue breaths example c) Place a barrier device over the person's d) Hide the number of injuries that are mouth and nose happening at every work site in any given d) Call EMS/9-1-1 and get an AED year 12. Which of the following should make you 16. When should you apply a sling or splint for a suspect that a person is having a stroke? bone, muscle, or joint injury? a) Nausea or vomiting a) The person has a broken finger b) Pain radiating from the chest to the b) You must move the person shoulder(s), jaw and/or neck c) The person is unresponsive c) Difficulty speaking or understanding d) You have called EMS/9-1-1 others d) Soft tissues that are tender, swollen, or hard Copyright © 2024 The Canadian Red Cross Society 17. The purpose of the Alberta Occupational 21. What should you do if blood soaks through a Health and Safety Code, Part 11, First Aid, is bandage that you've applied to control life- to: threatening external bleeding? a) Ensure that every work site in the a) Change the dressing and bandage province is supplied with trained first aid immediately staff, as well as the necessary first aid b) Apply another dressing and bandage on equipment top of the first one b) Ensure that every work site in the c) Apply a cold pack province is supplied with a transportation d) Remove the dressing and bandage, wash network for all workers injured while on the wound with water, and apply a new the job dressing and bandage c) Ensure that every work site in the province has the equipment, supplies, 22. Which of the following symbols is equal to and trained staff to provide first aid for the red cross and red crescent under workplace injuries and illnesses international law? d) Ensure that every work site has its own a) The blue cross certified First Aid and CPR Instructors on b) The red circle staff c) The red star d) The red crystal 18. Which of the following conditions can cause hot, red skin and aggressive behaviour? 23. When is it unsafe to administer a shock from a) Heat exhaustion an AED? b) Hypothermia a) When the person is lying in the snow c) Heat stroke b) When the person is pregnant d) Heat cramps c) When someone is touching the person d) When the person's airway is blocked 19. When should you call EMS/9-1-1 for a head, neck, or spinal injury? 24. Which type of poison often causes abdominal a) Only if the person's breathing is affected cramps, vomiting, and/or diarrhea? b) Only if the person is unresponsive a) Swallowed c) Only if the person is unable to support b) Inhaled his or her own head c) Absorbed d) You should always call EMS/9-1-1 if you d) Injected suspect a head, neck, or spinal injury 25. If the area around a wound appears red and 20. Which of the following is part of the care for swollen the day after it occurs, what should frostbite? you do? a) Thawing the area as soon as possible a) Apply pressure with a dressing with hot water b) Keep the injured part still and rest b) Wrapping the area tightly to reduce blood comfortably until the swelling subsides flow c) Loosen the bandage and re-check c) Break any blisters with a sterile needle or circulation below the wound pin before bandaging d) Seek medical attention for a potential d) Protecting the affected area with loose, infection dry dressings Copyright © 2024 The Canadian Red Cross Society 26. Injuries and sudden illnesses that occur at work need to be recorded whenever: a) First aid is administered b) The worker is alone at the time of the incident c) They occur, regardless of whether first aid is administered d) The worker has experienced repeated incidents 27. After repositioning the head, rescue breaths still do not go in: What do you do? a) Call EMS/9-1-1 b) Do 30 chest compressions and then look into the person's mouth c) Begin the care for complete choking, starting with abdominal thrusts d) Resume CPR, but do not attempt to give rescue breaths until the person's airway clears itself 28. Before approaching the scene you need to do the following: a) Check for hazards b) Determine if the scene is safe c) Ask what happened d) All of the above 29. Which of the following conditions can you usually resolve by helping a person to relax and control his or her breathing? a) Choking b) Hyperventilation c) Asthma d) Anaphylaxis 30. What should you do when rolling a person into the recovery position? a) Roll the legs first followed by the head b) Call EMS/9-1-1 c) Support and protect the head while rolling d) Place a pillow behind their back to keep them on their side Copyright © 2024 The Canadian Red Cross Society Standard First Aid A (SFA A) KNOWLEDGE EVALUATION ANSWER SHEET Score: ____ / 30 Final Mark: ____ % Date: ___________________ Candidate Name: _________________________________________________________________________________ 1. A B C D 26. A B C D 2. A B C D 27. A B C D 3. A B C D 28. A B C D 4. A B C D 29. A B C D 5. A B C D 30. A B C D 6. A B C D 7. A B C D 8. A B C D 9. A B C D 10. A B C D 11. A B C D 12. A B C D 13. A B C D 14. A B C D 15. A B C D 16. A B C D 17. A B C D 18. A B C D 19. A B C D 20. A B C D 21. A B C D 22. A B C D 23. A B C D 24. A B C D 25. A B C D Copyright © 2024 The Canadian Red Cross Society Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)