CPR TEST REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Describe sudden cardiac arrest? - Answer-heart stops
What is ischemia? - Answer-lack of oxygen to body tissues
What is infarction? - Answer-tissue death
What is a myocardial infarction - Answer-heart attack
What do you look for in a stroke victim? - Answer-FAST (Face drooping, Arm drooping,
speech problems, time)
Where do you push down for CPR? - Answer-lower portion of the sternum
How should you open a person's airway if there is no head or neck injury? - Answer-
head tilt-chin lift
How should you open a person's airway if there IS a head or neck injury? - Answer-jaw
thrust
How many breaths per minute do you give a victim with an advanced airway?
(intubation tube) - Answer-Once every 6 seconds
If you have enough team members, how many hands should the person giving breaths
with a BVM use? - Answer-two
After you check the scene for safety, what do you check next? - Answer-patient
responsiveness (consciousness level)
If you find that a victim is unconscious, what do you do next? - Answer-call for help,
activate EMS, call 911
Can you use adult AED pads on an infant? - Answer-yes
Can you use pediatric AED pads on an adult? - Answer-no
How far down do you compress an adults chest? - Answer-at least 2 inches
How far down do you compress a child's chest? - Answer-2 inches
How far down do you compress an infant's chest? - Answer-1 1/2 inches
CORRECT ANSWERS
Describe sudden cardiac arrest? - Answer-heart stops
What is ischemia? - Answer-lack of oxygen to body tissues
What is infarction? - Answer-tissue death
What is a myocardial infarction - Answer-heart attack
What do you look for in a stroke victim? - Answer-FAST (Face drooping, Arm drooping,
speech problems, time)
Where do you push down for CPR? - Answer-lower portion of the sternum
How should you open a person's airway if there is no head or neck injury? - Answer-
head tilt-chin lift
How should you open a person's airway if there IS a head or neck injury? - Answer-jaw
thrust
How many breaths per minute do you give a victim with an advanced airway?
(intubation tube) - Answer-Once every 6 seconds
If you have enough team members, how many hands should the person giving breaths
with a BVM use? - Answer-two
After you check the scene for safety, what do you check next? - Answer-patient
responsiveness (consciousness level)
If you find that a victim is unconscious, what do you do next? - Answer-call for help,
activate EMS, call 911
Can you use adult AED pads on an infant? - Answer-yes
Can you use pediatric AED pads on an adult? - Answer-no
How far down do you compress an adults chest? - Answer-at least 2 inches
How far down do you compress a child's chest? - Answer-2 inches
How far down do you compress an infant's chest? - Answer-1 1/2 inches
