AHA BLS CERTIFICATION EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION
●● Which of the following is a link in the adult Chain of Survival?
Treatment
Naloxone
Defibrillation
Prevention
Answer: Defibrillation
●● Which of the following actions should you take before starting
compressions?
Answer: Verify scene safety
Check for a pulse
Check for breathing
Check for responsiveness
,●● Which of the following actions should you perform in a pulse check
for an unresponsive adult?
Answer: Use 2 or 3 fingers to locate the pulse
Feel for a pulse in the groove of the neck, to the side of the trachea
Assess for a pulse for at least 5 but no more than 10 seconds
●● What is the correct chest compression rate for adults?
Answer: 100 to 120/min
●● What does a chest compression feedback device monitor?
Answer: Compression rate
Chest recoil
Compression debth
●● How do you open the airway for breaths if a single rescuer is
present?
Answer: Head tilt—Chin lift
, ●● When you're using a pocket mask during 1-rescuer CPR, where
should you be positioned?
Answer: At the side of the victim
●● A bag-mask device is used to provide
________to a victim who is not breathing or not breathing normally.
Answer: Positive-pressure ventalation
●● After positioning yourself directly above the victim's head, what is
the correct order of steps for using a bag-mask device?
Answer: 1.) Place the mask on the victim's face, using the bridge of the
nose as a guide for the correct position
2.)Use the E-C clamp technique to hold the mask in place while you lift
the jaw to hold the airway open
3.)Squeeze the bag to give breaths (1 second each) while watching for
chest rise
●● How should you deliver breaths when using a bag-mask device?
Answer: 1 breath over 1 second
●● Two life-threatening arrhythmias that can cause cardiac arrest are
pulseless ventricular tachycardia and ____.
Answer: Ventricular fibrillation
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION
●● Which of the following is a link in the adult Chain of Survival?
Treatment
Naloxone
Defibrillation
Prevention
Answer: Defibrillation
●● Which of the following actions should you take before starting
compressions?
Answer: Verify scene safety
Check for a pulse
Check for breathing
Check for responsiveness
,●● Which of the following actions should you perform in a pulse check
for an unresponsive adult?
Answer: Use 2 or 3 fingers to locate the pulse
Feel for a pulse in the groove of the neck, to the side of the trachea
Assess for a pulse for at least 5 but no more than 10 seconds
●● What is the correct chest compression rate for adults?
Answer: 100 to 120/min
●● What does a chest compression feedback device monitor?
Answer: Compression rate
Chest recoil
Compression debth
●● How do you open the airway for breaths if a single rescuer is
present?
Answer: Head tilt—Chin lift
, ●● When you're using a pocket mask during 1-rescuer CPR, where
should you be positioned?
Answer: At the side of the victim
●● A bag-mask device is used to provide
________to a victim who is not breathing or not breathing normally.
Answer: Positive-pressure ventalation
●● After positioning yourself directly above the victim's head, what is
the correct order of steps for using a bag-mask device?
Answer: 1.) Place the mask on the victim's face, using the bridge of the
nose as a guide for the correct position
2.)Use the E-C clamp technique to hold the mask in place while you lift
the jaw to hold the airway open
3.)Squeeze the bag to give breaths (1 second each) while watching for
chest rise
●● How should you deliver breaths when using a bag-mask device?
Answer: 1 breath over 1 second
●● Two life-threatening arrhythmias that can cause cardiac arrest are
pulseless ventricular tachycardia and ____.
Answer: Ventricular fibrillation
