AMERICAN RED CROSS: EMERGENCY
MEDICAL RESPONSE BLS
CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
1. When providing ventilations for an adult patient in cardiac arrest with an advanced
airway in place: - Answer-d. Provide continuous compressions with 1 ventilation every 6
seconds
2. All of the following are components of scene size-up except: - Answer-b. Checking for
responsiveness
3. To ensure effective high-quality CPR for an adult, which of the following is most
appropriate? - Answer-b. Minimize interruptions of chest compressions to less than 10
seconds
4. Your initial impression of a patient is based on: - Answer-a. How the patient appears
to you as you size up the scene
5. When assessing an unresponsive adult who has been pulled from the water, you find
what he has only occasional gasps, no definitive pulse and no severe life-threatening
bleeding. Which of the following should you do next? - Answer-c. Open the airway and
check for breathing
6. How should you place your hands when giving chest compressions to an infant
during CPR with two trained responders? - Answer-c. Encircling thumbs technique with
thumbs just below the nipple line
7. An adult choking patient becomes unresponsive after providing 7 abdominal thrusts.
You lay the patient on the floor. The next step you should take is to: - Answer-b. Start
chest compressions
8. You are caring for an infant who is apneic (no breathing) and pulseless. Another
responder is doing compressions. There is no advanced airway in place. You need to
ventilate: - Answer-d. 2 times after every 15th compression
9. If there is a risk of the AED pads touching each other, such as with a small child or an
infant, you should: - Answer-b. Place one pad in the middle of the chest and the other
on the back
10. You happen to be at the mall when you notice a 9-year old girl and her 16 year old
sister near the candy store. The 9-year-old cannot cough, speak, or make any sound
MEDICAL RESPONSE BLS
CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
1. When providing ventilations for an adult patient in cardiac arrest with an advanced
airway in place: - Answer-d. Provide continuous compressions with 1 ventilation every 6
seconds
2. All of the following are components of scene size-up except: - Answer-b. Checking for
responsiveness
3. To ensure effective high-quality CPR for an adult, which of the following is most
appropriate? - Answer-b. Minimize interruptions of chest compressions to less than 10
seconds
4. Your initial impression of a patient is based on: - Answer-a. How the patient appears
to you as you size up the scene
5. When assessing an unresponsive adult who has been pulled from the water, you find
what he has only occasional gasps, no definitive pulse and no severe life-threatening
bleeding. Which of the following should you do next? - Answer-c. Open the airway and
check for breathing
6. How should you place your hands when giving chest compressions to an infant
during CPR with two trained responders? - Answer-c. Encircling thumbs technique with
thumbs just below the nipple line
7. An adult choking patient becomes unresponsive after providing 7 abdominal thrusts.
You lay the patient on the floor. The next step you should take is to: - Answer-b. Start
chest compressions
8. You are caring for an infant who is apneic (no breathing) and pulseless. Another
responder is doing compressions. There is no advanced airway in place. You need to
ventilate: - Answer-d. 2 times after every 15th compression
9. If there is a risk of the AED pads touching each other, such as with a small child or an
infant, you should: - Answer-b. Place one pad in the middle of the chest and the other
on the back
10. You happen to be at the mall when you notice a 9-year old girl and her 16 year old
sister near the candy store. The 9-year-old cannot cough, speak, or make any sound
