Fifty questions on recognising the emergencies that arrive without an obvious injury: stroke and heart attack, anaphylaxis and the auto-injector, opioid overdose and naloxone, seizures, heat and cold, poisoning, and diabetic crises. Two questions deliberately test where the authorities disagree rather than a consensus that does not exist.
Score 80% or higher to earn a certificate.
Six themes: stroke, heart attack, anaphylaxis, opioid overdose, seizures, and environmental and metabolic emergencies. Sources include the American Stroke Association, the AHA, the CDC, SAMHSA, the FDA product labelling, the Epilepsy Foundation and Poison Control.