CSCS First Aid & Emergency Procedures Mock Test

HS&E TEST

First Aid and Emergency Procedures

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if you think that someone has broken their leg, what should you do?

Use your belt to strap their legs together

Send for the first aider or get other help

Place them on their back

Place them on their side in the recovery position

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A first aider is required to have which one of the following?

They should have a current, up-to-date first aid at work certificate

They must have a full and clean police check

They must be a qualified nurse

They are expected to have doctor-level-certification

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How should you be informed about what to do in an emergency? Give two answers.

By looking in the health and safety file

By asking the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

By attending the site induction

By reading the site noticeboards

By asking at the local hospital

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Someone has fallen from height and has no feeling in their legs. What should you do?

Roll them onto their side and bend their legs

Keep them still until medical help arrives

Raise their legs to see if any feeling comes back

Keep their legs straight and roll them onto their back

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If you cut your finger and it won't stop bleeding, what should you do?

Find a first aider or get other medical help

Wash it, then carry on working

Tell your colleagues because you may need to rest

Wrap something around it and carry on working

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If the first-aid kit on site is empty, what should you do?

Find out who is taking all the first-aid supplies

Ignore the problem as it is always the same

Inform the person who looks after the first-aid kit

Bring your own first-aid supplies into work

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What should you be given information about emergency assembly points?

In the permit to work

In the method statement

At the site induction

In the risk assessment

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What should be done in the event of an emergency on site?

Follow the site emergency procedure

Collect your personal items and leave the site

Phone the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for advice

Leave the site by the nearest exit and return home

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Evacuation routes should be:

Clear and unobstructed

Lit at all times of the day

Painted bright green

Used as assembly points

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If someone is in contact with a live cable, what should you do first?

Isolate the power and call for help

Dial 999 and ask for an ambulance

Pull them away from the cable

Phone the electricity company

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Someone is knocked unconscious and you are not trained in first aid. What should you do first?

Send for medical help

Give them mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

Turn them over so that they are lying on their back

Slap their face to wake them up

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What two things should you do if there is an emergency situation on site?

Collect personal items from the site office

Go to the designated assembly point

Leave the area via the nearest exit

Finishing what you are doing

Look for other people who may not know what to do

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Someone working in a deep inspection chamber has collapsed. What should you do first?

Climb into the inspection chamber and give first-aid treatment

Raise the alarm and stay by the inspection chamber, but do not enter

Ask someone to find your supervisor while you try to rescue the worker

Get someone to lower you into the inspection chamber on a rope

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Which of the following best describes an assembly point?

Where the employer issues personal protective equipment

A place to assemble in the event of emergency

The place where an incident could be started

The location that staff should avoid in an incident

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How would you expect to find out the location of the emergency assembly point?

During the site induction

Your colleagues will tell you

During a visit by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

By reading your employer's health and safety policy

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Does your employer have to provide a first-aid kit?

Only if more than 25 people work on site

Yes, every site must have one

No, there is no legal duty to provide one

Only if more than 50 people work on site

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If you find an injured person and you are on your own, what should you do first?

Inform your supervisor that someone has been injured

Assess the situation -do not put yourself in danger

Move the injured person to a safe place, and then find your supervisor

Ask the injured person what happened, and then find your supervisor

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What information should be gathered after a near miss incident occurs?

The cost of the project at the time of the incident

The names of the next of kin for the people involved

Where those involved lived at the time of the incident

The activities that were being carried out at the time

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What is the one thing a first aider cannot do?

Give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

Give you medicine without authorisation

Treat you if you are unconscious

Stop any bleeding

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What should not be in a first-aid kit?

Safety pins

Tablets and medicines

Bandages

Plasters

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Someone collapses with stomach pain and there is no first aider on site. What should you do first?

Help them to lie down in the recovery position

Ask them to sit down

Get them to take some painkillers

Ask someone to call the emergency services

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Which two of the following will help you to find out about the site emergency procedures and emergency telephone numbers?

Guidance from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) website

Attending the site induction

Guidance from your local job centre

Looking in the telephone directory

Reading the site noticeboards

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You witness a serious accident on site. What immediate action should you take? Give two answers

Lift the injured person and take them to the site office

Sit the injured person up and give them food and water

Check if it is safe to approach the injured person

Call out to other workers so they call for help

Record the date and time in the incident book

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If there is an emergency while you are on site, what should you do first?

Phone home and then leave the site

Follow the site emergency procedure

Phone the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

Leave the site and go home

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The average score is 79%

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