Basic First Aid Skills Examination Question Bank

The core test points of the "Basic First Aid Skills Examination Question Bank" can be summarized into three modules: on-site assessment, common emergency treatment, and trauma rescue. The core overlap of the current domestic mainstream assessments (Red Cross First Aid Certificate, Health Commission Grassroots First Aid Qualification, and Enterprise Emergency Specialist Assessment) is 85%, and the remaining 15% is differentiated content for applicable scenarios. There is no unified "standard answer question bank", and all assessment cores point to the practical logic of "can be used on site."

To be honest, when I was helping the community emergency response volunteer team to prepare mock exam questions last month, I encountered a very typical counterexample: a guy who works in real estate went through the old question bank found online for three days. The theoretical questions were almost all correct, but half the points were deducted when it came to the practical questions - the test was "What should I do if someone gets electrocuted and falls to the ground next to the charging pile in the community?" He rushed forward to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation. He did not notice that the examiner placed a simulated power strip with a red light next to the simulator. He even forgot the most basic first step of "cut off the power first and confirm that the environment is safe." Really, studying the question bank is like taking subject one of the driver's license test. It's useless to memorize it. If you really panic on the spot and can't remember the core logic, it's all in vain.

The test points for conventional theoretical questions are actually the same ones: the golden rescue time for sudden death is 4 minutes, running cold water for 15 minutes for burns and scalds, the Heimlich maneuver for adults with foreign bodies stuck in the throat, and the proximal heart for arterial bleeding... These are standard answers that are unified in all question banks, and there is no controversy. If you really encounter uncertain questions, most of them are caused by differences in different guides, so there is no need to struggle. I encountered this when I was taking the AHA (American Heart Association) first aid certificate exam two years ago: There was a question asking about the compression depth of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. I chose the answer based on the "5-6 cm" trained by the domestic Red Cross Society, but it was judged wrong. Later, I asked the examiner and found out that the statement in the AHA 2020 guide is "at least 5 cm, no More than 6 centimeters", preferring "better to be deeper than shallower", and some domestic primary first aid assessments for the elderly and children will require the depth of compression to be controlled at about 5 centimeters to avoid breaking ribs. Such controversial questions are generally either not included in formal examinations, or the applicable scenarios are marked in the question stems, so you can make flexible judgments when encountering them.

There is another point that many people easily make mistakes: the focus of the question bank in different scenarios is very different. When I conducted emergency training for factories last year, half of the questions asked were about electric shock, chemical burns, and mechanical injuries. The questions asked for primary and secondary schools were all about heat stroke, bump bleeding, stampede emergency, and foreign bodies in the airway. If you memorize a bunch of factory first aid questions to take the first aid qualification test for school health teachers, you will definitely run into trouble. Especially for the practical questions, there are no fixed answers at all. When I was an examiner, I always liked to "set up" the candidates: for example, when taking the spinal injury transportation test, I deliberately placed a soft mat next to it to see if it would directly cushion the injured person's neck. The normal operation is to use a hard fixed board, but the soft mat will aggravate the spinal displacement. Many candidates who memorize the steps will grab the mat when they see it, and points will be deducted directly.

To be honest, when I organize the question bank, I never ask all multiple-choice questions. I always leave 10 points for open questions. For example, if I ask you, "If you meet someone who faints on the subway during the morning rush hour and are surrounded by people, what is your first step?" After all, when we actually arrived at the emergency scene, how could there be any situation according to the question bank? Being able to judge calmly and dare to take action is more useful than memorizing 100 questions.

Oh, by the way, a final reminder. Most of the free question banks that can be found online are old content before 2020. Many of them are still stuck in the old standard of "cardiopulmonary resuscitation first, artificial respiration first". If you really want to prepare for the exam, it is best to find the latest reference materials from a training institution, and don't fall into the trap of memorizing old questions.