AMERICAN RED CROSS BLS: FINAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
You are alone caring for a 4-month-old infant who has gone into cardiac arrest. Which is
the most effective CPR technique to perform until help arrives? - Answer-Standing or
kneeling at the side of the infant with your hips at a slight angle, provide chest
compressions using the encircling thumbs technique and deliver ventilations with a
pocket mask or face shield.
You are alone and caring for a 9-month-old infant with an obstructed airway who
becomes unresponsive. Which action should you perform first? - Answer-Provide 30
chest compressions.
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.
Which statement about bag-valve-mask (BVM) resuscitators is true? - Answer-A two-
person technique is the preferred methodology for bag-valve-mask (BVM) ventilations
as it provides better seal and ventilation volume.
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.
Your adult patient is in respiratory arrest due to an opioid overdose. The team is
delivering 1 ventilation every 6 seconds. You administered the recommended dose of
naloxone. How often may this dose be repeated? - Answer-Every 2 to 3 minutes as
needed
You have assessed your patient and recognized that they are in cardiac arrest. You
should begin CPR __________. - Answer-Immediately
The code team has arrived to take over resuscitative efforts. Among the members of the
BLS team, whose role is it to communicate to the code team the patient's status and the
care already provided? - Answer-Team leader
A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. You initiate CPR and correctly
perform chest compressions at which rate? - Answer-100 to 120 compressions per
minute
You suspect that an unresponsive patient has sustained a neck injury. Which technique
should you use to open the patient's airway? - Answer-Modified jaw-thrust maneuver
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
You are alone caring for a 4-month-old infant who has gone into cardiac arrest. Which is
the most effective CPR technique to perform until help arrives? - Answer-Standing or
kneeling at the side of the infant with your hips at a slight angle, provide chest
compressions using the encircling thumbs technique and deliver ventilations with a
pocket mask or face shield.
You are alone and caring for a 9-month-old infant with an obstructed airway who
becomes unresponsive. Which action should you perform first? - Answer-Provide 30
chest compressions.
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.
Which statement about bag-valve-mask (BVM) resuscitators is true? - Answer-A two-
person technique is the preferred methodology for bag-valve-mask (BVM) ventilations
as it provides better seal and ventilation volume.
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.
Your adult patient is in respiratory arrest due to an opioid overdose. The team is
delivering 1 ventilation every 6 seconds. You administered the recommended dose of
naloxone. How often may this dose be repeated? - Answer-Every 2 to 3 minutes as
needed
You have assessed your patient and recognized that they are in cardiac arrest. You
should begin CPR __________. - Answer-Immediately
The code team has arrived to take over resuscitative efforts. Among the members of the
BLS team, whose role is it to communicate to the code team the patient's status and the
care already provided? - Answer-Team leader
A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. You initiate CPR and correctly
perform chest compressions at which rate? - Answer-100 to 120 compressions per
minute
You suspect that an unresponsive patient has sustained a neck injury. Which technique
should you use to open the patient's airway? - Answer-Modified jaw-thrust maneuver
