American Red Cross BLS Final Exam
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 2024/2025
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? - ANSWER-"I'll go get the AED."
The nurse assesses a responsive adult and determines she is choking. Which
intervention should the nurse implement? - ANSWER-Cycles of 5 back blows and
5 abdominal thrusts
After immediately initiating the emergency response system, what is the next link
in the Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of Survival? - ANSWER-Early high-quality
CPR
You are providing high-quality CPR on a 6-year-old patient who weighs 44
pounds. The AED arrives. It does not have a pediatric setting and includes only
adult AED pads. What should you do? - ANSWER-Use the adult AED pads.
You have assessed your patient and recognized that they are in cardiac arrest.
You should begin CPR __________. - ANSWER-Immediately
You enter Ms. Evers's room and notice she is slumped over in her chair and
appears unresponsive and cyanotic. You do not see signs of life-threatening
bleeding. Which is the next appropriate action? - ANSWER-Check for
responsiveness.
A well-organized team response when performing high-quality CPR includes
ensuring that providers switch off performing compressions every _____
minutes. - ANSWER-2
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 2024/2025
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? - ANSWER-"I'll go get the AED."
The nurse assesses a responsive adult and determines she is choking. Which
intervention should the nurse implement? - ANSWER-Cycles of 5 back blows and
5 abdominal thrusts
After immediately initiating the emergency response system, what is the next link
in the Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of Survival? - ANSWER-Early high-quality
CPR
You are providing high-quality CPR on a 6-year-old patient who weighs 44
pounds. The AED arrives. It does not have a pediatric setting and includes only
adult AED pads. What should you do? - ANSWER-Use the adult AED pads.
You have assessed your patient and recognized that they are in cardiac arrest.
You should begin CPR __________. - ANSWER-Immediately
You enter Ms. Evers's room and notice she is slumped over in her chair and
appears unresponsive and cyanotic. You do not see signs of life-threatening
bleeding. Which is the next appropriate action? - ANSWER-Check for
responsiveness.
A well-organized team response when performing high-quality CPR includes
ensuring that providers switch off performing compressions every _____
minutes. - ANSWER-2
