BLS Exam 2024-2025
1. A 65-year-old male is on a short ladder changing a light a. Call
911/EMS.
and suddenly collapses. He is unresponsive.
What is the next step?
a. Call 911/EMS.
b. Begin CPR.
c. Begin mouth-to-mouth ventilation.
d. Check pulse
2. What method should be used to open his airway in the b. Jaw thrust
case with neck injury?
a. Chin-lift
b. Jaw thrust
c. Head-tilt/chin-lift
d. Head-tilt
3. CPR is initiated and the person's pulse returns, b. 1 breath per 6 sec
but he is not breathing. What ventilation rate
should be used for this person?
a. 6-8 breaths per minute
b. 1 breath per 6 sec
c. 18-20 breaths per minute
d. Depends on his color
4. What does AED stand for? c. Automated
a. Automatic Energy Delivery External De-
b. Automated External Device fibrillator
c. Automated External Defibrillator
d. Autonomous Energy Defibrillator
5. A 49-year-old female suffers a witnessed
cardiac ar- rest. She has a known cardiac d. You should
history per her family. You notice a bulge in avoid plac- ing pads
the upper left chest under the over the bulge.
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skin. There is a healed incision overlying that
bulge. Which is true of AED use?
a. AED cannot be used in this person.
b. You should put a magnet over the bulge
before using the AED.
c. You should place pads over the bulge.
d. You should avoid placing pads over the bulge
6. A 49-year-old female suffers a witnessed a. Clear the
cardiac ar- rest. She has a known cardiac person and deliver
history per her family. The AED indicates the shock.
"Shock." What is the next step?
a. Clear the person and deliver the shock.
b. Deliver two additional minutes of CPR before
deliv- ering the shock.
c. Ventilate while shock is delivered.
d. Assume error and do not deliver shock.
7. A 49-year-old female suffers a witnessed c. Resume CPR starting
cardiac ar- rest. She has a known cardiac with chest
history per her family. After delivering a shock, compressions.
what is the next step in caring for this person?
a. Reassess for a pulse.
b. Do chest compressions only.
c. Resume CPR starting with chest
compressions.
d. Do ventilation only.
8. What age is considered an infant for BLS a. Under one year
purposes?
a. Under one year
b. Two years
c. Three years
d. Four years
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1. A 65-year-old male is on a short ladder changing a light a. Call
911/EMS.
and suddenly collapses. He is unresponsive.
What is the next step?
a. Call 911/EMS.
b. Begin CPR.
c. Begin mouth-to-mouth ventilation.
d. Check pulse
2. What method should be used to open his airway in the b. Jaw thrust
case with neck injury?
a. Chin-lift
b. Jaw thrust
c. Head-tilt/chin-lift
d. Head-tilt
3. CPR is initiated and the person's pulse returns, b. 1 breath per 6 sec
but he is not breathing. What ventilation rate
should be used for this person?
a. 6-8 breaths per minute
b. 1 breath per 6 sec
c. 18-20 breaths per minute
d. Depends on his color
4. What does AED stand for? c. Automated
a. Automatic Energy Delivery External De-
b. Automated External Device fibrillator
c. Automated External Defibrillator
d. Autonomous Energy Defibrillator
5. A 49-year-old female suffers a witnessed
cardiac ar- rest. She has a known cardiac d. You should
history per her family. You notice a bulge in avoid plac- ing pads
the upper left chest under the over the bulge.
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skin. There is a healed incision overlying that
bulge. Which is true of AED use?
a. AED cannot be used in this person.
b. You should put a magnet over the bulge
before using the AED.
c. You should place pads over the bulge.
d. You should avoid placing pads over the bulge
6. A 49-year-old female suffers a witnessed a. Clear the
cardiac ar- rest. She has a known cardiac person and deliver
history per her family. The AED indicates the shock.
"Shock." What is the next step?
a. Clear the person and deliver the shock.
b. Deliver two additional minutes of CPR before
deliv- ering the shock.
c. Ventilate while shock is delivered.
d. Assume error and do not deliver shock.
7. A 49-year-old female suffers a witnessed c. Resume CPR starting
cardiac ar- rest. She has a known cardiac with chest
history per her family. After delivering a shock, compressions.
what is the next step in caring for this person?
a. Reassess for a pulse.
b. Do chest compressions only.
c. Resume CPR starting with chest
compressions.
d. Do ventilation only.
8. What age is considered an infant for BLS a. Under one year
purposes?
a. Under one year
b. Two years
c. Three years
d. Four years
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