YMCA BLS Test Exam with Verified
Detailed Answers
The BLS program is intended to:
1. Replace local protocols or medical direction.
2. Train BLS providers in resuscitation.
3. Train BLS providers in the context of your setting.
4. Train professional responders in advanced life support.
5. Prepare you to recognize cardiac arrest in patients of all ages. -
correct answer ✅- train BLS providers in resuscitation
- prepare you to recognize cardiac arrest in patients of all ages
what is BLS -
correct answer ✅basic life support
When the lower chambers of the heart beat too quickly or quiver,
the heart cannot pump blood. These abnormal heart rhythms, or
dysrhythmias, are known as ___________________ and
_________________________.
,YMCA BLS Test Exam with Verified
Detailed Answers
1. Stroke, heart attack
2. Cardiac arrest, defibrillation
3. Secondary cardiac arrest, heart attack
4. Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF)
-
correct answer ✅Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular
fibrillation (VF)
You are a BLS provider assessing an unresponsive adult. The scene
is safe, and you have taken standard precautions. When you assess
for breathing and pulse, you definitely feel a pulse and see the
person is breathing normally. You should:
1. Start CPR, beginning with compressions.
2. Provide rescue breathing.
3. Maintain an open airway.
,YMCA BLS Test Exam with Verified
Detailed Answers
4. Immediately use a nearby AED. -
correct answer ✅Maintain an open airway.
When chest compressions stop, blood flow
______________________ significantly.
1. increases
2. decreases
3. improves
4. circulates -
correct answer ✅decreases
To open the airway with a jaw thrust, position yourself:
1. Above the patient's head.
, YMCA BLS Test Exam with Verified
Detailed Answers
2. At the side of the patient, below the hips.
3. At the side of the patient, close to the chest.
4. At the side of the patient, close to the head. -
correct answer ✅above the patients head
Too many rescue breaths too quickly or breaths that are too large is
_______________________, which can be harmful.
1. Respiratory distress
2. Excessive ventilation
3. Respiratory arrest
4. Bag-mask ventilation -
correct answer ✅Excessive ventilation
Detailed Answers
The BLS program is intended to:
1. Replace local protocols or medical direction.
2. Train BLS providers in resuscitation.
3. Train BLS providers in the context of your setting.
4. Train professional responders in advanced life support.
5. Prepare you to recognize cardiac arrest in patients of all ages. -
correct answer ✅- train BLS providers in resuscitation
- prepare you to recognize cardiac arrest in patients of all ages
what is BLS -
correct answer ✅basic life support
When the lower chambers of the heart beat too quickly or quiver,
the heart cannot pump blood. These abnormal heart rhythms, or
dysrhythmias, are known as ___________________ and
_________________________.
,YMCA BLS Test Exam with Verified
Detailed Answers
1. Stroke, heart attack
2. Cardiac arrest, defibrillation
3. Secondary cardiac arrest, heart attack
4. Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF)
-
correct answer ✅Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular
fibrillation (VF)
You are a BLS provider assessing an unresponsive adult. The scene
is safe, and you have taken standard precautions. When you assess
for breathing and pulse, you definitely feel a pulse and see the
person is breathing normally. You should:
1. Start CPR, beginning with compressions.
2. Provide rescue breathing.
3. Maintain an open airway.
,YMCA BLS Test Exam with Verified
Detailed Answers
4. Immediately use a nearby AED. -
correct answer ✅Maintain an open airway.
When chest compressions stop, blood flow
______________________ significantly.
1. increases
2. decreases
3. improves
4. circulates -
correct answer ✅decreases
To open the airway with a jaw thrust, position yourself:
1. Above the patient's head.
, YMCA BLS Test Exam with Verified
Detailed Answers
2. At the side of the patient, below the hips.
3. At the side of the patient, close to the chest.
4. At the side of the patient, close to the head. -
correct answer ✅above the patients head
Too many rescue breaths too quickly or breaths that are too large is
_______________________, which can be harmful.
1. Respiratory distress
2. Excessive ventilation
3. Respiratory arrest
4. Bag-mask ventilation -
correct answer ✅Excessive ventilation
