AMERICAN RED CROSS FINAL EXAM BLS
1. You and your colleagues have been providing high-quality CPR for and using
the AED on Mr. Sauer. While providing ventilations, you notice that Mr. Sauer
moves and appears to be breathing. What is the correct course of action?
Answer Stop CPR, check for breathing and a pulse and monitor Mr. Sauer until the advanced cardiac life
support team takes over.
2. Upon entering Mr. Cohen's room, you find him on the ground, unresponsive.
After immediately initiating the emergency response system, what is your next
action according to the Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of Survival?
Answer Early CPR
3. The systematic and continuous approach to providing emergent patient care
includes which three elements?Answer Assess, Recognize, Care
4. You suspect that an unresponsive patient has sustained a neck injury. Which
technique should you use to open the patient's airway?Answer Modified jaw-thrust
maneuver
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, 5. You are working in an OB/GYN office when your patient, Mrs. Tribble, sudden-
ly goes into cardiac arrest. While preparing the AED, your colleague reminds
you that Mrs. Tribble is 28 weeks pregnant. Which statement is true regarding
the use of an AED on a pregnant patient?
Answer AED use is safe for pregnant patients. Ya'll better know that.
6. You and your colleagues are performing CPR on a 6-year-old child. What is
the compression-to-ventilation ratio during multiple-provider CPR?
Answer In both children and infants, the compression-to-ventilation ratio is 30
:2 during single-provider CPR and 15
:2 during multiple-provider CPR.
7. You enter Ms. Evers's room and notice her lunch splattered on the floor. She
is slumped over the bedside table and does not appear to be breathing. You
perform a visual survey and determine that the scene is safe. Which is the next
appropriate action?
Answer Check for responsiveness
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1. You and your colleagues have been providing high-quality CPR for and using
the AED on Mr. Sauer. While providing ventilations, you notice that Mr. Sauer
moves and appears to be breathing. What is the correct course of action?
Answer Stop CPR, check for breathing and a pulse and monitor Mr. Sauer until the advanced cardiac life
support team takes over.
2. Upon entering Mr. Cohen's room, you find him on the ground, unresponsive.
After immediately initiating the emergency response system, what is your next
action according to the Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of Survival?
Answer Early CPR
3. The systematic and continuous approach to providing emergent patient care
includes which three elements?Answer Assess, Recognize, Care
4. You suspect that an unresponsive patient has sustained a neck injury. Which
technique should you use to open the patient's airway?Answer Modified jaw-thrust
maneuver
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, 5. You are working in an OB/GYN office when your patient, Mrs. Tribble, sudden-
ly goes into cardiac arrest. While preparing the AED, your colleague reminds
you that Mrs. Tribble is 28 weeks pregnant. Which statement is true regarding
the use of an AED on a pregnant patient?
Answer AED use is safe for pregnant patients. Ya'll better know that.
6. You and your colleagues are performing CPR on a 6-year-old child. What is
the compression-to-ventilation ratio during multiple-provider CPR?
Answer In both children and infants, the compression-to-ventilation ratio is 30
:2 during single-provider CPR and 15
:2 during multiple-provider CPR.
7. You enter Ms. Evers's room and notice her lunch splattered on the floor. She
is slumped over the bedside table and does not appear to be breathing. You
perform a visual survey and determine that the scene is safe. Which is the next
appropriate action?
Answer Check for responsiveness
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