BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS) REVIEW (MULTIPLE CHOICE
REVIEW) WITH ALL CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Once clinical death occurs, how long does it usually take for biological death to begin to occur to your
patient? ✔Correct Answer-10 Minutes
In the "C-A-B" sequence of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the "A" stands for what? ✔Correct
Answer-airway
In the "C-A-B" sequence of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the "C" stands for what? ✔Correct
Answer-compression
To determine if an adult or a child (over a year old) is pulseless, the EMT should check for a pulse at
which artery? ✔Correct Answer-carotid
To determine pulselessness in an infant, the EMT should use which artery? ✔Correct Answer-
brachial
You are alone and so not have an AED. After determining unresponsiveness in an adult patient, the
next thing you should do before starting CPR is: ✔Correct Answer-activate EMS
When an unconscious patient's head flexes forward, what could cause a partial airway obstruction?
✔Correct Answer-tongue
The head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver should not be used on a... ✔Correct Answer-diving accident
victim
The recommended maneuver for EMTs to open the airway of a patient with possible cervical-spine
injury is the ✔Correct Answer-jaw-thrust maneuver
After opening the airway in a patient who requires rescue breathing, the EMT should inflate the
patient's lungs with... ✔Correct Answer-two breaths, 1 second each
You are treating a 59-your-old female who was found unresponsive by her husband in their home.
You have completed a set of compressions and now your initial two ventilations are not resulting in
chest rise. Your next step is to... ✔Correct Answer-perform the steps of CPR
A common problem in the resuscitation of infants and children caused by improper head position or
too quick ventilations is... ✔Correct Answer-gastric distention
Adult rescue breathing should be provided as a rate of how many breaths per minute? ✔Correct
Answer-10-12
You are ventilating an infant who was found to be not breathing. Infants should be ventilated at the
rate of one breath every how many seconds? ✔Correct Answer-3
When you arrived on the scene, bystanders were already performing ventilations on the patient. if a
patient has a distended abdomen due to air being forced into the stomach, the EMT should do what?
✔Correct Answer-be prepared to suction should the patient vomit
REVIEW) WITH ALL CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Once clinical death occurs, how long does it usually take for biological death to begin to occur to your
patient? ✔Correct Answer-10 Minutes
In the "C-A-B" sequence of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the "A" stands for what? ✔Correct
Answer-airway
In the "C-A-B" sequence of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the "C" stands for what? ✔Correct
Answer-compression
To determine if an adult or a child (over a year old) is pulseless, the EMT should check for a pulse at
which artery? ✔Correct Answer-carotid
To determine pulselessness in an infant, the EMT should use which artery? ✔Correct Answer-
brachial
You are alone and so not have an AED. After determining unresponsiveness in an adult patient, the
next thing you should do before starting CPR is: ✔Correct Answer-activate EMS
When an unconscious patient's head flexes forward, what could cause a partial airway obstruction?
✔Correct Answer-tongue
The head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver should not be used on a... ✔Correct Answer-diving accident
victim
The recommended maneuver for EMTs to open the airway of a patient with possible cervical-spine
injury is the ✔Correct Answer-jaw-thrust maneuver
After opening the airway in a patient who requires rescue breathing, the EMT should inflate the
patient's lungs with... ✔Correct Answer-two breaths, 1 second each
You are treating a 59-your-old female who was found unresponsive by her husband in their home.
You have completed a set of compressions and now your initial two ventilations are not resulting in
chest rise. Your next step is to... ✔Correct Answer-perform the steps of CPR
A common problem in the resuscitation of infants and children caused by improper head position or
too quick ventilations is... ✔Correct Answer-gastric distention
Adult rescue breathing should be provided as a rate of how many breaths per minute? ✔Correct
Answer-10-12
You are ventilating an infant who was found to be not breathing. Infants should be ventilated at the
rate of one breath every how many seconds? ✔Correct Answer-3
When you arrived on the scene, bystanders were already performing ventilations on the patient. if a
patient has a distended abdomen due to air being forced into the stomach, the EMT should do what?
✔Correct Answer-be prepared to suction should the patient vomit
