BLS CERTIFICATION TEST EXAM 2024

How can rescuers ensure they are providing effective breaths with a bag mask device? With a pocket mask or face shield? - Answerby looking at chest rise Which duty is most important to alternate to support a team approach with three rescuers? - Answercompressions What are the components of positive team dynamics? - Answerknowing your role, knowing your limits, and having proper communication What is the first course of action when a victim with a blocked airway becomes unresponsive? - Answerstart CPR Why is defibrillation important? - Answerto get the heart beating back to a normal rhythm What modification should you incorporate when performing CPR on an unresponsive choking victim? - Answerlook for whatever is blocking the airway before compressions, and sweeping it out with your finger if you can How do you relieve an airway obstruction in a responsive, choking victim? - Answerlay them down, start doing back slaps, then do chest compressions Why is it important to allow complete chest recoil when giving chest compressions? - Answerso that the heart can refill with blood When should rescuers switch positions during CPR? - Answerwhen the AED analyzes the heart rhythm, or after 5 cycles of CPR (around 2 minutes) What should you do for an unresponsive adult, who has no pulse and is only gasp