Basic life support UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
How is a child is fine in terms of CPR/ AED care? - CORRECT ANSWER - A child is
defined as someone from the age of one to the onset of puberty as evidenced by breast
development and girls and under arm hair development and boys
You and two nurses have been performing CPR on a 72 year old patient then Phillips when Mr.
Phillips shows signs of ROS see where should you perform the pulse check - CORRECT
ANSWER - At the carotid or femoral artery
You are alone performing high-quality CPR when a second provider arrives to take over
compression when switching roles you should minimize interruptions in chess compressions to
less than how many seconds? - CORRECT ANSWER - 10 seconds
You perform a rapid assessment and 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 and rationally identifying the connection between
information and actions? - 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 tell the medical assistant go get the AED which response by the medical
assistant demonstrates closed loop communication? - CORRECT ANSWER - "I'll go get
the AED."
During a resuscitation, the team leader assigns team roles and tasks to each member. You
recognize that a task has been overlooked. Which is the most appropriate action? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Alert the team leader immediately and identify for them what task has been
overlooked.
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? - CORRECT ANSWER - Team leader