American Red Cross Final Exam BLS COMPLETE EXAM
WITH ANSWERS-2024/2025
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? - - Stop CPR, check for breathing
and a pulse and monitor Mr. Sauer until the advanced cardiac life support team takes over.
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? - - Early CPR
The systematic and continuous approach to providing emergent patient care includes
which three elements? - - Assess, Recognize, Care
You suspect that an unresponsive patient has sustained a neck injury. Which technique
should you use to open the patient's airway? - - Modified jaw-thrust maneuver
You are working in an OB/GYN office when your patient, Mrs. Tribble, suddenly 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? - - AED use is safe for pregnant patients. Ya'll better know that.
You and your colleagues are performing CPR on a 6-year-old child. What is the
compression-to-ventilation ratio during multiple-provider CPR? - - In both children
, and infants, the compression-to-ventilation ratio is 30:2 during single-provider CPR and
15:2 during multiple-provider CPR.
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? - - Check
for responsiveness
A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. You initiate CPR and correctly perform
chest compressions at which rate? - - 100 to 120 per minute.
During a resuscitation, the team leader assigns team roles and tasks to each member. You
recognize that a task has been overlooked. Which is the most appropriate action? - -
Alert the team leader immediately and identify for them what task has been overlooked.
While orienting a new medical assistant to the facility, you find a patient who is
unresponsive in the exam room. You yell to the medical assistant, "Go get the AED!" Which
response by the medical assistant demonstrates closed-loop communication? - -
"I'll go get the AED."
What is a reason you would choose to perform chest thrusts instead of abdominal thrusts
for an adult with an obstructed airway? - - The patient is in a wheelchair.
A well-organized team response when performing high-quality CPR includes ensuring that
providers switch off performing compressions every _____ minutes. - -2
WITH ANSWERS-2024/2025
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? - - Stop CPR, check for breathing
and a pulse and monitor Mr. Sauer until the advanced cardiac life support team takes over.
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? - - Early CPR
The systematic and continuous approach to providing emergent patient care includes
which three elements? - - Assess, Recognize, Care
You suspect that an unresponsive patient has sustained a neck injury. Which technique
should you use to open the patient's airway? - - Modified jaw-thrust maneuver
You are working in an OB/GYN office when your patient, Mrs. Tribble, suddenly 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? - - AED use is safe for pregnant patients. Ya'll better know that.
You and your colleagues are performing CPR on a 6-year-old child. What is the
compression-to-ventilation ratio during multiple-provider CPR? - - In both children
, and infants, the compression-to-ventilation ratio is 30:2 during single-provider CPR and
15:2 during multiple-provider CPR.
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? - - Check
for responsiveness
A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. You initiate CPR and correctly perform
chest compressions at which rate? - - 100 to 120 per minute.
During a resuscitation, the team leader assigns team roles and tasks to each member. You
recognize that a task has been overlooked. Which is the most appropriate action? - -
Alert the team leader immediately and identify for them what task has been overlooked.
While orienting a new medical assistant to the facility, you find a patient who is
unresponsive in the exam room. You yell to the medical assistant, "Go get the AED!" Which
response by the medical assistant demonstrates closed-loop communication? - -
"I'll go get the AED."
What is a reason you would choose to perform chest thrusts instead of abdominal thrusts
for an adult with an obstructed airway? - - The patient is in a wheelchair.
A well-organized team response when performing high-quality CPR includes ensuring that
providers switch off performing compressions every _____ minutes. - -2
