EMT CPR TEST GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Adult Unconscious From Obstructed Airway - Answer-Activate the Emergency
Response system, begin CPR (exception: after 30 compressions, check for airway for
obstruction). Remove object only if you see it. Continue CPR if still unconscious and no
object is seen.
Child Unconscious from Obstructed Airway - Answer-Activate the Emergency Response
system, begin CPR with exception (after 30 compressions, check for airway for
obstruction), Remove object if only you can see it.
Infant Unconscious from Obstructed Airway - Answer-Begin CPR with exception (after
30 compressions, check for obstruction), remove object ONLY if you see it, activate the
emergency response system.
AED for Adults - Answer-Use Adults pads for 8 years and up.
Use AED when it arrives. Exceptions: EMS Rescuers may consider 1.5-3 minutes of
CPR before AED if arrest was not witnessed.
Asphyxial Arrest- Do 5 cycles of CPR before the AED.
Child AED - Answer-Use Child pads for 1 year- 8years old.
If no child pads are available then use adult pads.
Reasons to STOP CPR - Answer-Helps Arrives.
Exhaustion.
Life Signs (coughing, breathing, movement).
Pronouncement from Physician.
Scene is unsafe.
Time vs. Percentage of Survival. - Answer-CD- Clinically Dead
1 min- 90%
2 min- 80
3 min- 70
4 min- 60
5- 50
6- 40
7- 30
8- 20
9- 10
10- 0%
BD- Biologically Dead
ANSWERS
Adult Unconscious From Obstructed Airway - Answer-Activate the Emergency
Response system, begin CPR (exception: after 30 compressions, check for airway for
obstruction). Remove object only if you see it. Continue CPR if still unconscious and no
object is seen.
Child Unconscious from Obstructed Airway - Answer-Activate the Emergency Response
system, begin CPR with exception (after 30 compressions, check for airway for
obstruction), Remove object if only you can see it.
Infant Unconscious from Obstructed Airway - Answer-Begin CPR with exception (after
30 compressions, check for obstruction), remove object ONLY if you see it, activate the
emergency response system.
AED for Adults - Answer-Use Adults pads for 8 years and up.
Use AED when it arrives. Exceptions: EMS Rescuers may consider 1.5-3 minutes of
CPR before AED if arrest was not witnessed.
Asphyxial Arrest- Do 5 cycles of CPR before the AED.
Child AED - Answer-Use Child pads for 1 year- 8years old.
If no child pads are available then use adult pads.
Reasons to STOP CPR - Answer-Helps Arrives.
Exhaustion.
Life Signs (coughing, breathing, movement).
Pronouncement from Physician.
Scene is unsafe.
Time vs. Percentage of Survival. - Answer-CD- Clinically Dead
1 min- 90%
2 min- 80
3 min- 70
4 min- 60
5- 50
6- 40
7- 30
8- 20
9- 10
10- 0%
BD- Biologically Dead
