Using old test papers can help those training for first aid competitions, or simply those wishing to refresh their knowledge. Test papers from ports sector competitions are available to download from this section. They have been divided into “main stream” and “novice” tests.
Bottom of the passenger gangway at Seaport Docks You have been on a day trip to the Isle of Man and have had quite a lot to drink on the way back. You are the last passenger to leave the ship and as you reach the bottom of the gangway you trip and fall to the ground bruising your head and fracturing your wrist. You feel little pain but are very confused, have slurred speech and want to go home to bed. Use your own name and dress appropriately for the occasion. You cannot remember your address.
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Unused railway station on the outskirts of Seaport Docks Casualty A is a heroin addict who has obtained drugs from a new source. Casualty B falls over on going to held Casualty A.
Click for more details. | 2003-2 |
The interior of a small sub post office in Chapel Street, Llandudno Casualty A is shot during a raid on a post office.
Click for more details. | 2003-3 |
Quayside at Seaport Docks Repairs are being carried out to the roof of a storage shed on the quayside at Seaport Docks and as you walk past the area some debris falls from the roof knocking you to the ground. You suffer a closed fracture to the left femur and a cut to the cheek. You are in considerable pain and unable to straighten your leg. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion including a high visibility vest and hard hat.
Click for more details. | 2003-6 |
Interior of the Storeroom at Seaport Docks You work in the stores at Seaport Docks and were attempting to move a heavy box from a high shelf when the box started to fall. You put out your right arm to stop the box falling but the weight of the box forces your arm backwards dislocating your shoulder and bruising your forehead. You are in severe pain and cannot move your right arm. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Click for more details. | 2003-7 |
Interior of freight shed at Seaport Docks You work in the freight shed at Seaport Docks and were checking a recently arrived consignment of goods. You pick up a box to move it out of your way, without realising how heavy it is, and suddenly feel severe pain in your lower back. You drop the box and it lands on your right foot causing closed fractures. You cannot straighten your back to stand upright and will remain in severe pain until assisted to lie flat on the ground. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Click for more details. | 2003-8 |
Interior of the freight office, Seaport Docks You work in the maintenance department at Seaport Docks and are removing glass from a broken window when you cut your palm severely on a sliver of glass. In your panic to get down the ladder you miss your footing and suffer a sprain to the right ankle. You are in some pain and worried that you are unable to move the fingers on your injured hand. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Click for more details. | 2003-9 |
Builders yard, Maesdu Avenue, Llandudno You work for Smith & Son, a builders’ merchants in Maesdu Avenue, Llandudno, and were moving some concrete blocks when you dropped one. The block scrapes down your right leg causing a lacerated wound to the shin and as you jump backwards, to avoid the block landing on your foot, you fall awkwardly landing on your left elbow suffering a closed fracture. You are in considerable pain from both your arm and your leg and are unable to straighten your arm. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion.
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Fairground situated on the Promenade, Llandudno Casualty A has fallen from his bike while trying to avoid another man. Casualty B is in a wheelchair and has been robbed.
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Llandudno Town Football Club, Maelgwn Road, Llandudno Casualty A has been deliberately brought down by a rival team member when playing football. Casualty B has been assaulted by another team member for bringing down their team mate.
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Interior of an office at Seaport Docks You suffer from epilepsy which is usually controlled by medication. However, in your rush to get to work on time you forgot to take your medication. You feel increasingly unwell and as you get up from your desk you suffer a major seizure and fall awkwardly to the floor, biting your lower lip and fracturing your left wrist. The seizure lasts for approximately one minute but you remain dazed and confused throughout the test and unaware of your injuries. Dress appropriately for the occasion and carry your epileptic card with you.
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Llandudno Sports Club running track You are a member of the Llandudno athletic team and are out on the track practising your hurdling when you misjudge a hurdle and strike your right leg on it. For some reason the hurdle does not give way and you suffer an open fracture to the right tibia and a bruise to the forehead caused when you hit the ground. You are in considerable pain and are unable to stand up. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Click for more details. | 2004-7 |
Outside the Risborough Hotel, Clement Avenue, Llandudno. You are staying in Llandudno for a few days and go to a concert with a friend one evening. As you return alone to your hotel you step into the road without looking and get ‘clipped’ by a passing car. The wing mirror strikes you a glancing blow to the right hip, causing bruising and tenderness to the area, and you get thrown backwards onto the pavement suffering a wound to the back of the head. You do not lose consciousness but when the competitor arrives on the scene you feel sick and dizzy. You remain conscious, but confused, throughout the test. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Click for more details. | 2004-8 |
Platform, Llandudno Junction Station You are on your way to Chester by train and pop into the buffet at Llandudno Junction Station to buy a coffee for your journey. As you leave the buffet you trip over the door sill and fall heavily on your right hip, spilling hot coffee over your left hand. You suffer scalds to the back of your hand and a closed fracture to the pelvis on the right side. You are in considerable pain and extremely concerned that you are unable to stand up. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Click for more details. | 2004-9 |
Interior of No. 10 Gloddaeth Street Llandudno You are cleaning the windows in your living room using a small set of steps. As you reach up to clean the top of the window you lose your balance and fall heavily to the floor landing on your right thigh. You are in considerable pain and are unable to stand or straighten your right leg. Use your own name and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Click for more details. | 2005-10 |
Exterior of 20 Clarence Crescent, Llandudno Casualty A has fallen from a ladder. Casualty B has been hit by a ladder.
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Back garden of 26 Church Walks, Llandudno Casualty A has hurt himself going to help a neighbour who has hurt himself while gardening.
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Builders yard in Trinity Avenue, Llandudno You work in the builders merchants on Trinity Avenue and were walking across the yard when you slipped on the damp ground falling heavily. You land across an empty pallet suffering fractures to the ribs on the left hand side and a cut to your forehead. You have pain in your chest and after three minutes your breathing deteriorates and you start to cough up blood. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Click for more details. | 2005-6 |
Interior of the Savemore Supermarket, Mostyn Broadway, Llandudno You are shopping in your local supermarket when an assistant accidentally hits you with a trolley. You lose your balance and fall to the floor fracturing your right wrist. You are not at first aware that you are bleeding severely from a burst varicose vein. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the situation.
Click for more details. | 2005-7 |
Outside the staff restroom, Chester Zoo You work as a zoo keeper in Chester Zoo and about a week ago scratched your arm on a branch whilst cleaning out one of the monkey cages. The wound has not healed well and has been quite painful. Today you have felt increasingly unwell and as you return to the staff room after feeding the animals you trip on rough ground and fall to the ground suffering a closed fracture to the left ankle. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Click for more details. | 2005-8 |
Interior of the Main Hall, North Wales Theatre and Conference Centre You are one of the cleaning / maintenance team at the North Wales Theatre and Conference Centre and were trying to remove dirty marks from one of the walls using neat bleach when the chair you were standing on tipped. You fall to the floor splashing bleach in your left eye and fracturing your right forearm (radius). Your arm is painful and difficult to move but the pain in your eye is intense and you are unable to open your eye. Use your own your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Click for more details. | 2005-9 |
Platform at Llandudno Junction station. You were running along the platform at Llandudno Junction station to catch the train to Llandudno when you slipped and fell landing heavily on your right side suffering a closed fracture to the pelvis and cuts and grazes to the right elbow. You are in considerable pain and very concerned that you cannot stand up. Dress appropriately for the occasion and use your own name and address.
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Mostyn Broadway, Llandudno Casualty ‘A’
You were returning home from a night out with two friends and, whilst waiting for a bus on Mostyn Broadway, were set upon by a group of teenagers. One of them knocked you down and kicked you several times in the abdomen whilst one of the others took photos of the incident using a mobile phone. You have pain in the left side of your abdomen and are confused and irritable when the first aiders approach you. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Casualty ‘B’
Whilst waiting for a bus on Mostyn Broadway with two friends you were set upon by a group of teenagers. One of your friends got knocked to the ground and kicked in the body and you rushed to help him. You managed to punch one of the attackers a couple of times, suffering cuts and grazing to the knuckles of your right hand in the process, but, as the group run off, you get hit in the face yourself and suffer a nose bleed and a cut above your left eyebrow. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion
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Dockside Road, Seaport Docks Casualty ‘A’
You were driving along the dockside road at Seaport Docks, to deliver a revised loading list to the ship, when a dock worker suddenly stepped out in front of you. You braked sharply in an effort to avoid him but the car hit him and knocked him to the ground. You were not wearing a seat belt and your forehead struck the steering wheel before you were thrown back against the head rest. You have pain to your head and neck but got out of the car to help the other casualty. You felt giddy and confused and when the competitors arrive on set are on the ground by the open car door. Use you own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion, including an HV vest.
Casualty ‘B’
You were returning to the freight office in Seaport Docks, having just assisted with loading a cargo ship, when you get struck by a car. The car hit you hard on the right side, fracturing your femur and knocking you to the ground. You are in considerable pain and are unable to stand or straighten your right leg. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion including an HV vest.
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Exterior of workshops, Seaport Docks Instructions to Casualty
You work in the maintenance department at Seaport Docks and have erected a small scaffold tower outside the workshop building prior to carrying out some maintenance work to the roof. As you come down from the scaffolding you lose your footing and start to fall. You manage to break your fall by grabbing at a pole with your left hand but dislocate your shoulder and land heavily on your right foot causing an open fracture to the lower leg close to the ankle joint. You have severe pain in your shoulder, which is locked in position, and to your right leg. Dress appropriately for the occasion, including an HV vest and hard hat, and use your own name and address.
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Staff canteen, Seaport Docks You have a history of high blood pressure and develop a sudden severe headache. You go to the staff canteen in Seaport Docks for a cup of tea but as you walk to a table you suffer a stroke and tea spills over your right hand. You have pain in your hand and your speech is slurred and you are very confused. Five minutes into the test you lapse into unconsciousness. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Click for more details. | 2006-7 |
Exterior of workshops, Seaport Docks You work in the maintenance department at Seaport Docks and were degreasing some equipment using a cleaning solvent. Because you thought it would not take long you did not bother to put on a face mask. However, after a short time you develop a headache and start to feel dizzy and nauseous and decide to get out into the fresh air. You get as far as the doorway and start to fall. In trying to save yourself you fall on your outstretched hand fracturing your right collarbone and lacerating the palm of your right hand. You remain confused throughout the test but complain of pain. Use you own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Click for more details. | 2006-8 |
Interior of 26 Maelgwyn Road, Landudno You are removing some rotten floorboards at 26 Maelgwyn Road, Llandudno
when you trip and twist your ankle. You start to fall and put out your right hand to steady yourself and land on a nail which penetrates the palm of your hand. You have pain to your hand and are unable to put any weight on your ankle. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Click for more details. | 2006-9 |
Level crossing at Llandudno Junction station You are walking home from work across the level crossing at Llandudno Junction when you lose your footing on the damp ground, twisting your ankle. You fall forwards landing on your outstretched right arm, suffering cuts to the palm of the hand and a closed fracture to the right collar bone. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion.
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Disused signal box adjacent to Colwyn Bay Station Casualty ‘A’
You and a colleague have been sent to inspect a disused signal box, adjacent to Colwyn Bay station, following a bout of vandalism in the area. You are behind him as he climbs the steps to the box and are knocked off the steps when he is thrown backwards when one of the steps gives way beneath him. You suffer a closed fracture to the right femur and abrasions to the right outer arm when you hit the ground. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion, including an HV vest.
Casualty ‘B’
You and a colleague have been instructed to inspect a disused signal box, adjacent to Colwyn Bay station, after a bout of vandalism in the area. As you climb up to the box one of the steps gives way and you are thrown backwards to the ground, knocking into your colleague as you fall. You land awkwardly on the ground suffering an open fracture to the left arm and a wound to the forehead which is bleeding profusely. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion, including an HV vest.
Click for more details. | 2007-2 |
Kitchen of 22 Great Ormes Road, Llandudno Casualty ‘A’
You are cooking dinner when your partner returns from the pub drunk. He loses his temper when he discovers dinner is not ready and strikes you hard across the face, fracturing your right cheekbone and causing your nose to bleed. You lose your balance and fall to the floor landing heavily on your left arm suffering a closed fracture to the wrist. As you fall you knock a saucepan of boiling water off the stove scalding your husband’s right leg. Use your own name and the address shown and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Casualty ‘B’
You arrive home from the pub drunk and on finding that your dinner is not ready lash out at your partner in a drunken rage striking her across the face. As she falls a pan of boiling water gets knocked off the stove scalding your left leg. You are confused, your speech is slurred and you cannot remember what happened. You respond slightly to the pain in your left leg but are unable to answer any questions in a sensible manner. Dress appropriately for the occasion.
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Gardens outside the Howard Centre, Llandudno You are a contract gardener and have been sent to the Howard Centre, Llandudno to trim all the hedges in the public gardens. You forgot to bring your protective goggles with you and are using a hedge cutter when a small piece of twig hits you in the eye. The sudden pain causes you to lose control of the cutter and it hits your left leg causing a lacerated wound. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Click for more details. | 2007-6 |
Interior of the Freight Office, Seaport Docks You work in the freight office at Seaport Docks and had been having trouble with your computer monitor. You decide to check that it is properly connected but receive an electric shock causing partial thickness burns to the palm of your right hand. You get thrown backwards and land awkwardly on your right ankle suffering a closed fracture. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Click for more details. | 2007-7 |
Open countryside at the top of the Great Orme, Llandudno It is a warm spring afternoon and you have decided to go for a walk on the Great Orme, Llandudno. When you come to an old dry stone wall you climb on it to get a better view. The wall gives way beneath you and you crash to the ground lacerating your right calf on one of the stones and hitting your head on a stone. You suffer a depressed fracture to the skull and remain unconscious throughout the test. Carry a wallet showing your name, address and next of kin details. Dress appropriately for the occasion.
Click for more details. | 2007-8 |
Jones Storage Yard, Llandudno You work in Jones storage yard, Llandudno and have been asked to tidy up the pallets lying around the yard. As you try and place a pallet on top of a stack you misjudge the height and the pallet tips backwards over your head causing you to dislocate your right shoulder as you try to hold on to it. The pallet on top of the stack gets dislodged in the confusion and lands on your right foot causing fractures to the bones of the foot. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion including an HV vest.
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Builders’ yard adjacent to the Maintenance Department at Seaport Docks Casualty A is hurt when some pallets fall onto him. Casualty B witnesses the accident and has an asthma attack.
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Outside the shops in Mostyn Street, Llandudno You have just finished your shopping in Marks & Spencers on Mostyn Street, Llandudno and are walking home when you are knocked to the ground by a passing cyclist who fails to stop. You suffer a closed fracture to your right wrist in the fall but are, at first, unaware that you have also suffered a burst varicose vein to the left leg. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Click for more details. | 2003-4 |
Exterior of No. 10 Great Ormes Road, Llandudno You are carrying out a door to door survey for a new electricity supplier on Great Ormes Road, Llandudno when a dog runs out of a nearby garden and attacks you causing you to fall to the ground fracturing your right arm. You are in severe pain and are frightened that the dog will reappear. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Click for more details. | 2003-5 |
Exterior of Gwynfryn Farm, Pwllheli, Gwynedd Casualty A hurts himself during a fall. Casualty B is his wife and suffers a stroke.
Click for more details. | 2004-1 |
Exterior of the North Wales Theatre & Conference Centre, Llandudno Following a bout of vandalism to the exterior of the North Wales Theatre & Conference Centre, you have been asked to replace a window at the front of the building. Unfortunately you have failed to secure the ladder properly and it moves causing you to slip off one of the lower rungs. As you fall your left arm catches a sliver of glass cutting the inner arm causing severe bleeding. You land awkwardly on the ground spraining your left ankle. You have pain in the ankle but are more concerned about the amount of blood you are losing. Dress appropriately for the occasion and use your own name and address.
Click for more details. | 2004-4 |
The Promenade, Llandudno You were swimming in the sea off Llandudno when you get caught in a strong cross current and realise you are out of your depth. You have struggled for some minutes to get back to the beach and have cut the bottom of your right foot on a sharp stone. When pulled from the water you are not breathing and have no pulse but both will be restored within three minutes if properly treated. You remain unconscious throughout the test and react only to pain but not to any questions asked. Dress appropriately for the occasion.
Click for more details. | 2004-5 |
Happy Valley Gardens, Llandudno Casualty A hurts himself with a pruning knife. Casualty B trips and huts himself when going to help Casualty A.
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Rugby field at Llandudno Sports Ground You are a member of the local rugby team and were at a training session when the scrum collapsed and you were knocked to the ground. You have severe pain in your lower back and, if asked, can confirm your legs feel stiff and heavy. You are not aware that you also cut your right knee as you fell. Dress appropriately for the occasion, in shorts, and use your own name and address.
Click for more details. | 2005-4 |
Interior of the workshops at Seaport Docks You work in the stores department at Seaport Docks and had called into the workshops to deliver an order when you start to feel unwell. You suffer from epilepsy and suddenly let out a cry and fall heavily to the floor fracturing your right forearm. The seizure lasts for approximately two and a half minutes but you remain dazed and confused throughout the test and unaware of the injury to your arm, although you react slightly to the pain. Dress appropriately for the occasion and carry an epileptic card with you.
Click for more details. | 2005-5 |
Hallway of 6 Church Walks, Llandudno Instructions to Casualties:
Casualty ‘A’
Your husband was working nights and as you went to lock the front door in the evening you slipped on the tiled floor and landed heavily on your right arm fracturing it at the elbow joint. You were unable to get up and have lain on the cold tiles all night. By the time your husband arrives home the next morning you are cold and shivering. You behave in a disorientated, irrational manner and are unable to have a sensible conversation with anyone, although you react to pain when your right arm is touched. Dress appropriately for the occasion and use your own name and the address shown above.
Casualty ‘B’
You have been working the night shift and, when you arrive home in the morning, find your wife collapsed in the hallway. You try to lift her up but suffer an angina attack and are unable to help her. You carry medication in your pocket and the pain to your chest and arm will ease once you have been assisted to take it. Dress appropriately for the occasion and use your own name and the address shown above.
Click for more details. | 2006-1 |
Open air rock concert, Llandudno Sports Ground You have a ticket to an open air rock concert at the Llandudno Sports Ground and arrived early to ensure you got to stand at the front. However as the evening progresses you get pushed hard against the barrier in front of you injuring your ribs on the left side. You have pain in your chest are having difficulty in breathing and try desperately to push yourself off the barrier cutting your left arm on a rough piece of metal on the barrier. A steward spots you are in trouble and manages to extricate you from the crowd and take you to safety. After four minutes you start to cough up blood. Dress appropriately for the occasion and use your own name and address.
Click for more details. | 2006-4 |
You have a ticket to an open air rock concert at the Llandudno Sports Ground and arrived early to ensure you got to stand at the You work in the Kings Head and were collecting empty glasses when you tripped over a customer’s handbag and fell to the floor. You landed heavily on your left knee suffering a closed fracture to the patella, as you tried to get up you slipped sideways onto some broken glass cutting your left arm. You are very concerned that a piece of glass is embedded in your arm. Your knee is extremely painful and locked in position. Dress appropriately for the occasion and use your own name and address.
Click for more details. | 2006-5 |
Bottom of the escalator at Seaport Station Casualty ‘A’
You are returning home after a day trip and arrive at the Seaport station late in the evening to catch a train home. As you approach the escalator a youth rushes up behind you and tries to snatch your handbag. You struggle to hang on to the bag but he lunges at you with a knife. As you put up your right arm to protect yourself you suffer an incised wound to the inner arm before being stabbed in the chest. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Casualty ‘B’
You work in one of the cafes on Seaport station and as you start to leave the station at the end of your shift you see a youth attempt to snatch a woman’s handbag. You go to her assistance but he pushes past you knocking you over. You suffer a closed fracture to the pelvis as you hit the ground. You are concerned that you cannot stand up but are also worried about the other casualty who appears to be badly injured. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Click for more details. | 2007-1 |
Back garden of 35 Church Walks, Llandudno It is a hot sunny day and you and a friend have just had lunch in your back garden. As you finish clearing the table you trip off the edge of the patio and fall, suffering abrasions to both your knees with gravel embedded in the wounds. You sustain a severe cut to the palm of your right hand when the glass you are carrying smashes as you hit the ground. Use your own name and the address shown and dress appropriately for the occasion.
Click for more details. | 2007-4 |
Quayside Seaport Docks You are a port operative at Seaport Docks and were walking along the quayside when you slipped on the damp surface and fell to the ground fracturing your left arm. As you fell you struck your left leg against a mooring bollard bursting a varicose vein. You are in severe pain from the arm injury and are unaware, at first, of the injury to your leg. Use your own name and address and dress appropriately for the occasion including an HV vest and hard hat.
Click for more details. | 2007-5 |