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Basic life support UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
you perform a rapid assessment & determine that your patient is experiencing cardiac arrest. on
the basis of your assessment findings, you begin CPR to improve the patient's chances of
survival. which term refers to clearly & rationally identifying the connection between
information & actions?
a. critical thinking
b. problem solving
c. communication
d. teamwork - CORRECT ANSWER - critical thinking
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?
a. "i'll go get the AED."
b. "ok."
c. "i'll call 9-1-1."
d. "begin CPR, I'll gather the equipment." - CORRECT ANSWER - "i'll go get the AED."
during a resuscitation, the team leader assigns team roles & tasks to each member. you recognize
that a task has been overlooked. which is the most appropriate action?
a. take on the responsibility of the task, as long as you can maintain your own responsibilities.
b. alert the team leader immediately & identify for them what task has been overlooked.
c. assign the overlooked task to another team member.
d. do the task you were assigned; wait for the team leader to realize what was overlooked. -
CORRECT ANSWER - alert the team leader immediately & identify for them what task
has been overlooked
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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 & the care already provided?
a. team leader
b. timer/recorder
c. the most senior-level team member
d. compressor - CORRECT ANSWER - team leader
the systematic & continuous approach to a life-threatening emergency includes which three
elements?
a. approach, recognize, care
b. assess, respond, care
c. approach, respond, care
d. assess, recognize, care - CORRECT ANSWER - assess, recognize, care
you enter ms. evers's room & notice her lunch splattered on the floor. she is slumped over the
bedside table & does not appear to be breathing. you perform a visual survey & determine that
the scene is safe. which is the next appropriate action?
a. check for responsiveness
b. perform abdominal thrusts
c. open the airway
d. simultaneously check breathing & pulse - CORRECT ANSWER - check for
responsiveness
you are preparing to deliver ventilations to an adult patient experiencing respiratory arrest. you
should give 1 ventilation every:
Basic life support UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
you perform a rapid assessment & determine that your patient is experiencing cardiac arrest. on
the basis of your assessment findings, you begin CPR to improve the patient's chances of
survival. which term refers to clearly & rationally identifying the connection between
information & actions?
a. critical thinking
b. problem solving
c. communication
d. teamwork - CORRECT ANSWER - critical thinking
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?
a. "i'll go get the AED."
b. "ok."
c. "i'll call 9-1-1."
d. "begin CPR, I'll gather the equipment." - CORRECT ANSWER - "i'll go get the AED."
during a resuscitation, the team leader assigns team roles & tasks to each member. you recognize
that a task has been overlooked. which is the most appropriate action?
a. take on the responsibility of the task, as long as you can maintain your own responsibilities.
b. alert the team leader immediately & identify for them what task has been overlooked.
c. assign the overlooked task to another team member.
d. do the task you were assigned; wait for the team leader to realize what was overlooked. -
CORRECT ANSWER - alert the team leader immediately & identify for them what task
has been overlooked
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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 & the care already provided?
a. team leader
b. timer/recorder
c. the most senior-level team member
d. compressor - CORRECT ANSWER - team leader
the systematic & continuous approach to a life-threatening emergency includes which three
elements?
a. approach, recognize, care
b. assess, respond, care
c. approach, respond, care
d. assess, recognize, care - CORRECT ANSWER - assess, recognize, care
you enter ms. evers's room & notice her lunch splattered on the floor. she is slumped over the
bedside table & does not appear to be breathing. you perform a visual survey & determine that
the scene is safe. which is the next appropriate action?
a. check for responsiveness
b. perform abdominal thrusts
c. open the airway
d. simultaneously check breathing & pulse - CORRECT ANSWER - check for
responsiveness
you are preparing to deliver ventilations to an adult patient experiencing respiratory arrest. you
should give 1 ventilation every:
