FIRST AID - BLS REVIEW EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
If you do not believe theres a spinal injury, whats the best way to open a patients airway
when they are unresponsive? - Answer-Perform the head tilt/chin lift
What mistake is most likey to cause gastric inflation during use of a bag mask? -
Answer-The rescuer is delivering breaths too quickly or too forcefully
Why is complete chest recoil good for CPR? - Answer-it gives the heart a chance to fill
with blood between compressions
A person starts to choke and it looks serious. The person stays responsive, what is the
best response? - Answer-Immediately deliver abdominal thrusts
How deep should chest compressions go when delivering CPR to a child? - Answer-At
least one third of the chests depth (2 inches / 5 cm)
When using an AED on a child under 8 years of age, what size should the pads be? -
Answer-Use adult pads and if there are no pediatric pads and does attenuator at hand
You are preforming abdominal thrusts on a choking victim and becomes unresponsive.
Whats the next step? - Answer-Activate emergency response
A child had a pulse at a rate fater than 60 beats per minute but isnt breathing. what
should you do? - Answer-Perform rescue breaths without chest compressions
What is the compression to ventilation ratio for adult CPR involving 2 rescuers? -
Answer-15 to 2
What is the compression to ventilation ratio for adult CPR involving a single rescuer? -
Answer-30 to 2
If a person chokes on a foreign object and becomes unresponsive the rescuer should
sent someone to activate the emergency response system and then immediately: -
Answer-Begin CPR starting with chest compressions
When should you provide CPR? - Answer-Not breathing normally, has no pulse, and is
not responding
In an infant where can you find the brachial pulse? - Answer-On the inside of the upper
arm, between the shoulder and the elbow
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
If you do not believe theres a spinal injury, whats the best way to open a patients airway
when they are unresponsive? - Answer-Perform the head tilt/chin lift
What mistake is most likey to cause gastric inflation during use of a bag mask? -
Answer-The rescuer is delivering breaths too quickly or too forcefully
Why is complete chest recoil good for CPR? - Answer-it gives the heart a chance to fill
with blood between compressions
A person starts to choke and it looks serious. The person stays responsive, what is the
best response? - Answer-Immediately deliver abdominal thrusts
How deep should chest compressions go when delivering CPR to a child? - Answer-At
least one third of the chests depth (2 inches / 5 cm)
When using an AED on a child under 8 years of age, what size should the pads be? -
Answer-Use adult pads and if there are no pediatric pads and does attenuator at hand
You are preforming abdominal thrusts on a choking victim and becomes unresponsive.
Whats the next step? - Answer-Activate emergency response
A child had a pulse at a rate fater than 60 beats per minute but isnt breathing. what
should you do? - Answer-Perform rescue breaths without chest compressions
What is the compression to ventilation ratio for adult CPR involving 2 rescuers? -
Answer-15 to 2
What is the compression to ventilation ratio for adult CPR involving a single rescuer? -
Answer-30 to 2
If a person chokes on a foreign object and becomes unresponsive the rescuer should
sent someone to activate the emergency response system and then immediately: -
Answer-Begin CPR starting with chest compressions
When should you provide CPR? - Answer-Not breathing normally, has no pulse, and is
not responding
In an infant where can you find the brachial pulse? - Answer-On the inside of the upper
arm, between the shoulder and the elbow
