BLS American Red Cross EXAM | Questions and Verified
Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A+
Assess, Recognize and Care Concept - Answer a systematic,
continuous approach for responding to emergency situations
Rapid Assessment - Answer Perform a visual survey,
checking responsiveness, opening the airway while
simultaneously checking for breathing and pulse
visual survey - Answer assess for safety, formulate initial
impression of the patient, determine need for additional
resources
Scene size up - Answer safety, number of patients, and the
NOI or MOI
When a patient is unresponsive remember to - Answer
activate EMS and get AED
,Open Airway - Answer Make sure patient is in supine
position
use head/tilt - chin/lift or modified jaw thrust maneuver
Checking Patient's Pulse/Breathing - Answer check for at
least 5 seconds, no more than 10 sec
Agonal breaths or isolated or infrequent gasps are not normal
breathing
Do not reach across when checking carotid pulse (could
obstruct airway)
Emergencies Requiring BLS - Answer Injury/Illness,
respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, obstructed airway, and opiod
overdoes
Injury or Illness (responsive) - Answer If Responsive, obtain
consent to provide care, reassure them, and take steps to find
out what occurred
Injury or Illness (unresponsive) - Answer activate EMS, call
for AED, if no suspected head/neck/spine or pelvic injury place
, in side laying recover position - if injury is suspected, refrain
from moving unless necessary - Monitor patient until help
arrives
ROSC - Answer Return of spontaneous circulation
Respiratory Arrest - Answer patient is unresponsive, is not
breathing normally (or only gasping) but has a pulse.
How should you deliver ventilation during respiratory arrest -
Answer deliver 1 ventilation every 5 to 6 seconds, each
ventilation should last 1 second and make chest begin to rise
Cardiac Arrest - Answer Patient is unresponsive, not
breathing normally and does not have a pulse *start CPR
within 10 seconds of recognizing cardiac arrest and use AED
when it's available
In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Chain of Survival - Answer
Surveillance and prevention
Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A+
Assess, Recognize and Care Concept - Answer a systematic,
continuous approach for responding to emergency situations
Rapid Assessment - Answer Perform a visual survey,
checking responsiveness, opening the airway while
simultaneously checking for breathing and pulse
visual survey - Answer assess for safety, formulate initial
impression of the patient, determine need for additional
resources
Scene size up - Answer safety, number of patients, and the
NOI or MOI
When a patient is unresponsive remember to - Answer
activate EMS and get AED
,Open Airway - Answer Make sure patient is in supine
position
use head/tilt - chin/lift or modified jaw thrust maneuver
Checking Patient's Pulse/Breathing - Answer check for at
least 5 seconds, no more than 10 sec
Agonal breaths or isolated or infrequent gasps are not normal
breathing
Do not reach across when checking carotid pulse (could
obstruct airway)
Emergencies Requiring BLS - Answer Injury/Illness,
respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, obstructed airway, and opiod
overdoes
Injury or Illness (responsive) - Answer If Responsive, obtain
consent to provide care, reassure them, and take steps to find
out what occurred
Injury or Illness (unresponsive) - Answer activate EMS, call
for AED, if no suspected head/neck/spine or pelvic injury place
, in side laying recover position - if injury is suspected, refrain
from moving unless necessary - Monitor patient until help
arrives
ROSC - Answer Return of spontaneous circulation
Respiratory Arrest - Answer patient is unresponsive, is not
breathing normally (or only gasping) but has a pulse.
How should you deliver ventilation during respiratory arrest -
Answer deliver 1 ventilation every 5 to 6 seconds, each
ventilation should last 1 second and make chest begin to rise
Cardiac Arrest - Answer Patient is unresponsive, not
breathing normally and does not have a pulse *start CPR
within 10 seconds of recognizing cardiac arrest and use AED
when it's available
In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Chain of Survival - Answer
Surveillance and prevention
