BLS QUIZ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. You demonstrate high quality CPR by keeping
interruptions in CPR to less than seconds
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2. An adult patient suffers cardiac arrest in bed and requires CPR.
When com- pressing the patient's chest, which technique promotes
high-quality CPR?
ANS 1. Position yourself so your shoulders are directly over your hands.
2. Place one hand on top of the other and interlace your fingers or hold them up so that they are not
resting on the patient's chest
3. Keep your arms straight and lock your elbows. Compress the chest using a straight down-and-up
motion.
3. You are working with a BLS team performing CPR on a 62-year old
female patient. Which actions demonstrate high-quality CPR?
ANS 1. Deliver smooth ventilations that last about 1 second each and make the chest begin
to rise
2. Allow for full chest recoil after each compression.
3. Compress the chest at a rate of 100 to 120.
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, 4. You arrive with an AED and prepare to apply the pads while the
BLS team continues to provide CPR. Yo apply the pads using the
anterior/lateral pad placement.
ANS 1. Patient's upper right chest, below the right clavicle to the right of the sternum
2. Patient's lower left chest along the midaxillary line, a few inches below the left armpit
5. You and another provider are performing CPR on an adult patient
in cardiac arrest. An advanced airway is not yet in place. Which
actions demonstrate appropriate care?
ANS 1. One provider focuses on rapid assessment and starting CPR; the other calls for
additional resources and gets the AED.
2. You use a compression-to-ventilation ratio of 30:2
6. You are evaluating the quality of CPR provided by the BLS
team. Which methods would you use for this evaluation?
ANS 1. Visual observation
2. Feedback device (depth
ANS 2.4 inches)
3. Chest compression fraction
7. You have been performing multiple-provider CPR on a patient in
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1. You demonstrate high quality CPR by keeping
interruptions in CPR to less than seconds
ANS 10
2. An adult patient suffers cardiac arrest in bed and requires CPR.
When com- pressing the patient's chest, which technique promotes
high-quality CPR?
ANS 1. Position yourself so your shoulders are directly over your hands.
2. Place one hand on top of the other and interlace your fingers or hold them up so that they are not
resting on the patient's chest
3. Keep your arms straight and lock your elbows. Compress the chest using a straight down-and-up
motion.
3. You are working with a BLS team performing CPR on a 62-year old
female patient. Which actions demonstrate high-quality CPR?
ANS 1. Deliver smooth ventilations that last about 1 second each and make the chest begin
to rise
2. Allow for full chest recoil after each compression.
3. Compress the chest at a rate of 100 to 120.
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5
, 4. You arrive with an AED and prepare to apply the pads while the
BLS team continues to provide CPR. Yo apply the pads using the
anterior/lateral pad placement.
ANS 1. Patient's upper right chest, below the right clavicle to the right of the sternum
2. Patient's lower left chest along the midaxillary line, a few inches below the left armpit
5. You and another provider are performing CPR on an adult patient
in cardiac arrest. An advanced airway is not yet in place. Which
actions demonstrate appropriate care?
ANS 1. One provider focuses on rapid assessment and starting CPR; the other calls for
additional resources and gets the AED.
2. You use a compression-to-ventilation ratio of 30:2
6. You are evaluating the quality of CPR provided by the BLS
team. Which methods would you use for this evaluation?
ANS 1. Visual observation
2. Feedback device (depth
ANS 2.4 inches)
3. Chest compression fraction
7. You have been performing multiple-provider CPR on a patient in
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