NASM CPR INTRO WITH 100% DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
STUDY SET, Exams of Health sciences
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) - ANSWERwhen a person performs chest
compressions and breathing into patient who has no pulse or who is not
breathing.
CPR acts like.... - ANSWERan artificial heart moving moving the blood rich in
oxygen to the brain.
Patient's survival rate... - ANSWERincreases as they receive cpr, an automated
external defibrillator (AED), and if emergency services arrive within 10
minutes.
In 1950s a medical study found that.... - ANSWERhigh number of Americans
were dying prematurely from heart disease
1-3 deaths were related to sudden cardiac arrest
Civilian medical community researched.... - ANSWERA U.S. army technique
that was mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and cardiac massage on pulseless
individuals.
A CPR program was developed and taught to emergency room physicians in
the civilian community because.... - ANSWEROver time the life-saving
technique become more effective and was taught to all health-care
professionals.
, n the late 50's and early 60's, a civilian cardio-pulmonary resuscitation
program was developed to.... - ANSWERcombat the high incidence of heart
disease and sudden cardiac arrest in America.
In 1963 what was formed.... - ANSWERa CPR committee was formed that
quickly began a "life-saving" campaign to teach cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) to citizens that had no medical background.
What were the Americans being asked to be directly involved in? -
ANSWERthe "life-or-death" medical treatment of their fellow citizens.
By the early 1970s... - ANSWERhundreds of thousands of Americans were
being taught CPR across the country.
Survival rates began to increase, but to this day only 1 in 5 American adults
know how to appropriately and/or effectively perform cardiopulmonary
resuscitation!
2015 Report - ANSWERA 2015 report on heart attack and stroke estimates
the number of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrests at 326,000 annually.
victims of sudden cardiac arrest normally suffer from.... - ANSWEReither a
massive "sudden death" heart attack caused by blockage of a coronary artery
or a lethal electrical disturbance in the heart called a dysrhythmia.
without a continuous supply of oxygen being delivered to the body by a
properly functioning heart and lungs - ANSWERthe vital organs will not be
able to maintain their functions and quickly begin to shut down.
When this cascading event begins, irreversible brain damage and multi-
system organ failure follows within 4 to 6 minutes.
STUDY SET, Exams of Health sciences
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) - ANSWERwhen a person performs chest
compressions and breathing into patient who has no pulse or who is not
breathing.
CPR acts like.... - ANSWERan artificial heart moving moving the blood rich in
oxygen to the brain.
Patient's survival rate... - ANSWERincreases as they receive cpr, an automated
external defibrillator (AED), and if emergency services arrive within 10
minutes.
In 1950s a medical study found that.... - ANSWERhigh number of Americans
were dying prematurely from heart disease
1-3 deaths were related to sudden cardiac arrest
Civilian medical community researched.... - ANSWERA U.S. army technique
that was mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and cardiac massage on pulseless
individuals.
A CPR program was developed and taught to emergency room physicians in
the civilian community because.... - ANSWEROver time the life-saving
technique become more effective and was taught to all health-care
professionals.
, n the late 50's and early 60's, a civilian cardio-pulmonary resuscitation
program was developed to.... - ANSWERcombat the high incidence of heart
disease and sudden cardiac arrest in America.
In 1963 what was formed.... - ANSWERa CPR committee was formed that
quickly began a "life-saving" campaign to teach cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) to citizens that had no medical background.
What were the Americans being asked to be directly involved in? -
ANSWERthe "life-or-death" medical treatment of their fellow citizens.
By the early 1970s... - ANSWERhundreds of thousands of Americans were
being taught CPR across the country.
Survival rates began to increase, but to this day only 1 in 5 American adults
know how to appropriately and/or effectively perform cardiopulmonary
resuscitation!
2015 Report - ANSWERA 2015 report on heart attack and stroke estimates
the number of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrests at 326,000 annually.
victims of sudden cardiac arrest normally suffer from.... - ANSWEReither a
massive "sudden death" heart attack caused by blockage of a coronary artery
or a lethal electrical disturbance in the heart called a dysrhythmia.
without a continuous supply of oxygen being delivered to the body by a
properly functioning heart and lungs - ANSWERthe vital organs will not be
able to maintain their functions and quickly begin to shut down.
When this cascading event begins, irreversible brain damage and multi-
system organ failure follows within 4 to 6 minutes.
