AMERICAN RED CROSS BLS
Answer FINAL EXAM
1. After immediately initiating the emergency response system, what is the next
link in the Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of Survival?Answer Early high-quality CPR
2. The nurse assesses a responsive adult and determines she is choking. Which
intervention should the nurse implement?Answer Cycles of 5 back blows and 5 abdominal
thrusts
3. You are providing care for Mrs. Bove, who has an endotracheal tube in place.
How does this affect compressions and ventilations?Answer The team should provide
ventilations at a rate of 1 ventilation every 6 seconds without pausing compressions.
4. You are working in an OB/GYN office when your patient, Mrs. Tribble, sud-
denly goes into cardiac arrest. She is 28 weeks pregnant and her fundus is
above the umbilicus. Which statement is true regarding CPR and AED use for
a pregnant patient?
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, Answer Providers should perform high-quality CPR and continuous left uterine displacement (LUD) until the
infant is delivered, even if ROSC is achieved.
5. What is the correct rate of ventilation delivery for a child or infant in respira-
tory arrest or failure?
Answer 1 ventilation every 2 to 3 seconds
6. How is a child defined in terms of CPR/AED care?
Answer Someone from the age of 1 to the onset of puberty
7. While orienting a new medical assistant to the facility, you find a patient who
is unresponsive in the exam room. You yell to the medical assistant, "Go get
the AED!" Which response by the medical assistant demonstrates closed-loop
communication?
Answer "I'll go get the AED."
8. During a resuscitation, the team leader assigns team roles and tasks to each
member. You recognize that a task has been overlooked. Which is the most
appropriate action?
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Answer FINAL EXAM
1. After immediately initiating the emergency response system, what is the next
link in the Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of Survival?Answer Early high-quality CPR
2. The nurse assesses a responsive adult and determines she is choking. Which
intervention should the nurse implement?Answer Cycles of 5 back blows and 5 abdominal
thrusts
3. You are providing care for Mrs. Bove, who has an endotracheal tube in place.
How does this affect compressions and ventilations?Answer The team should provide
ventilations at a rate of 1 ventilation every 6 seconds without pausing compressions.
4. You are working in an OB/GYN office when your patient, Mrs. Tribble, sud-
denly goes into cardiac arrest. She is 28 weeks pregnant and her fundus is
above the umbilicus. Which statement is true regarding CPR and AED use for
a pregnant patient?
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, Answer Providers should perform high-quality CPR and continuous left uterine displacement (LUD) until the
infant is delivered, even if ROSC is achieved.
5. What is the correct rate of ventilation delivery for a child or infant in respira-
tory arrest or failure?
Answer 1 ventilation every 2 to 3 seconds
6. How is a child defined in terms of CPR/AED care?
Answer Someone from the age of 1 to the onset of puberty
7. While orienting a new medical assistant to the facility, you find a patient who
is unresponsive in the exam room. You yell to the medical assistant, "Go get
the AED!" Which response by the medical assistant demonstrates closed-loop
communication?
Answer "I'll go get the AED."
8. During a resuscitation, the team leader assigns team roles and tasks to each
member. You recognize that a task has been overlooked. Which is the most
appropriate action?
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