ADULT BLS QUIZ EXAM
Questions and Answers
1. A team leader assigns a task to another person. Which of the following
actions demonstrates good closed-loop communication?
ANS The person repeats the message and acknowledges when the task is done.
2. In which of the following situations would it be safe to use an AED?
ANS The victim is lying in a small puddle of water.
3. What would be a valid reason to delay the start of CPR?
ANS The victim is bleeding heavily from their leg.
4. How is the carotid artery found?
ANS By sliding your fingers between the trachea and the muscles on the side of the neck
5. In a one-person rescue, you attempt to deliver a rescue breath and the
victim's chest does not rise. How should you proceed?
ANS Quickly check the positioning of the head and deliver another breath before starting
compressions.
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, 6. How should your bottom hand be placed on a person's chest for
compres- sions?
ANS The heel of the hand should be placed over the lower half of the sternum.
7. What is the first link in the adult Out-of-Hospital chain of survival?
ANS Activation of the
emergency response system
8. Chest compressions on adults should be done to what depth?
ANS Between 2-2.4"
9. If a person has a pulse but is not breathing, what should be done?
ANS Give rescue
breaths every 5-6 seconds; check pulse and breathing every 2 minutes.
10. In two-person CPR, if the victim is unresponsive, what two tasks
should happen immediately?
ANS Check for pulse and breathing; activate emergency response system
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Questions and Answers
1. A team leader assigns a task to another person. Which of the following
actions demonstrates good closed-loop communication?
ANS The person repeats the message and acknowledges when the task is done.
2. In which of the following situations would it be safe to use an AED?
ANS The victim is lying in a small puddle of water.
3. What would be a valid reason to delay the start of CPR?
ANS The victim is bleeding heavily from their leg.
4. How is the carotid artery found?
ANS By sliding your fingers between the trachea and the muscles on the side of the neck
5. In a one-person rescue, you attempt to deliver a rescue breath and the
victim's chest does not rise. How should you proceed?
ANS Quickly check the positioning of the head and deliver another breath before starting
compressions.
1/
5
, 6. How should your bottom hand be placed on a person's chest for
compres- sions?
ANS The heel of the hand should be placed over the lower half of the sternum.
7. What is the first link in the adult Out-of-Hospital chain of survival?
ANS Activation of the
emergency response system
8. Chest compressions on adults should be done to what depth?
ANS Between 2-2.4"
9. If a person has a pulse but is not breathing, what should be done?
ANS Give rescue
breaths every 5-6 seconds; check pulse and breathing every 2 minutes.
10. In two-person CPR, if the victim is unresponsive, what two tasks
should happen immediately?
ANS Check for pulse and breathing; activate emergency response system
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