AMERICAN RED CROSS STUDY SOLVED QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
When is rescue breathing done? - When the victim has a pulse but is not
breathing
✔✔How long do you give rescue breaths for? - ✔✔Two minutes, then stop and re-check
pulse
✔✔How are bag-valve masks (BVMs) operated? - ✔✔MUST be done with two people,
one seals the mask over the airways and the other squeezes the bag
✔✔Are the rescue breaths successful? - ✔✔see if chest rises
✔✔DO NOT DO WHAT IN A HEAD OR SPINAL INJURY - ✔✔move the head
✔✔What is the age of an adult, and how deep do you give CPR compressions? - ✔✔12
or older, at least 2 inches compressions.
✔✔When and how do you perform modified CPR? - ✔✔On an unconscious choking
victim, give 30 chest compressions, check mouth /finger swipe (only if object seen), give
two rescue breaths, repeat
✔✔What are the links in the cardiac chain of survival? - ✔✔1. Early recognition and
early access to EMS system 911
2. Early CPR
3. Early defibrillation
4. Early advanced medical care
✔✔How many compressions per minute for CPR adult/child/infant? - ✔✔110
✔✔If you are the 2nd rescuer on the scene, what questions do you ask the person
giving care? - ✔✔Has 911 been called, do you have an AED/is someone getting one?
✔✔What heart rhythms can an AED recognize/shock? - ✔✔Ventricular fibrillation (v-fib),
ventricular tachycardia (v-tach)
✔✔How does an AED work? - ✔✔Disrupts electrical activity of heart to allow heart to
develop effective rhythm
✔✔What should always be used in combination with CPR? - ✔✔An AED
✔✔How do you treat a drowning victim? - ✔✔Give two rescue breaths first
, ✔✔What is the max amount of time you should spend checking for breathing/pulse? -
✔✔10 seconds
✔✔If you suspect a respiratory emergency, what do you do first? - ✔✔Give two rescue
breaths
✔✔If you give a rescue breath and the chest doesn't rise, what should you do? - ✔✔Re-
tilt the head give another rescue breath
✔✔If you give two rescue breaths and the chest still does not rise, what should you do?
- ✔✔Perform modified CPR
✔✔AED steps - ✔✔turn it on; remove clothing and other obstructions; place pads; let it
analyze, deliver shock
✔✔How many cycles of CPR before switching with a 2 rescuer - ✔✔5 or about 2 minute
✔✔AED pad placement for child and infant? - ✔✔Upper right chest and left side of the
chest OR if pads will touch: one pad in the middle of the chest other pad on back
between shoulder blades
✔✔If a person is conscious and appears to have a partially obstructed airway, what
should you do? - ✔✔Encourage coughing
✔✔If a person (adult or child) is conscious and appears to have a fully obstructed
airway, what should you do? - ✔✔Give 5 back blows btw shoulder blades, then 5
abdominal thrusts
✔✔How to allow chest to recoil - ✔✔take weight off your hands and allow chest to come
back to its norm positions
✔✔How to give mouth to mouth breaths - ✔✔open airway by lifting chin and pinch the
nose and seal the persons mouth
✔✔What happens if you touch victim while aed is delivering shock? - ✔✔you will get
shocked
✔✔AED says no shock advised, what is next step? - ✔✔CPR compressions
✔✔Infant conscious choking what is the position of the infant when giving back blows
and abdominal thrusts? - ✔✔infants head should be lower than his/her chest
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
When is rescue breathing done? - When the victim has a pulse but is not
breathing
✔✔How long do you give rescue breaths for? - ✔✔Two minutes, then stop and re-check
pulse
✔✔How are bag-valve masks (BVMs) operated? - ✔✔MUST be done with two people,
one seals the mask over the airways and the other squeezes the bag
✔✔Are the rescue breaths successful? - ✔✔see if chest rises
✔✔DO NOT DO WHAT IN A HEAD OR SPINAL INJURY - ✔✔move the head
✔✔What is the age of an adult, and how deep do you give CPR compressions? - ✔✔12
or older, at least 2 inches compressions.
✔✔When and how do you perform modified CPR? - ✔✔On an unconscious choking
victim, give 30 chest compressions, check mouth /finger swipe (only if object seen), give
two rescue breaths, repeat
✔✔What are the links in the cardiac chain of survival? - ✔✔1. Early recognition and
early access to EMS system 911
2. Early CPR
3. Early defibrillation
4. Early advanced medical care
✔✔How many compressions per minute for CPR adult/child/infant? - ✔✔110
✔✔If you are the 2nd rescuer on the scene, what questions do you ask the person
giving care? - ✔✔Has 911 been called, do you have an AED/is someone getting one?
✔✔What heart rhythms can an AED recognize/shock? - ✔✔Ventricular fibrillation (v-fib),
ventricular tachycardia (v-tach)
✔✔How does an AED work? - ✔✔Disrupts electrical activity of heart to allow heart to
develop effective rhythm
✔✔What should always be used in combination with CPR? - ✔✔An AED
✔✔How do you treat a drowning victim? - ✔✔Give two rescue breaths first
, ✔✔What is the max amount of time you should spend checking for breathing/pulse? -
✔✔10 seconds
✔✔If you suspect a respiratory emergency, what do you do first? - ✔✔Give two rescue
breaths
✔✔If you give a rescue breath and the chest doesn't rise, what should you do? - ✔✔Re-
tilt the head give another rescue breath
✔✔If you give two rescue breaths and the chest still does not rise, what should you do?
- ✔✔Perform modified CPR
✔✔AED steps - ✔✔turn it on; remove clothing and other obstructions; place pads; let it
analyze, deliver shock
✔✔How many cycles of CPR before switching with a 2 rescuer - ✔✔5 or about 2 minute
✔✔AED pad placement for child and infant? - ✔✔Upper right chest and left side of the
chest OR if pads will touch: one pad in the middle of the chest other pad on back
between shoulder blades
✔✔If a person is conscious and appears to have a partially obstructed airway, what
should you do? - ✔✔Encourage coughing
✔✔If a person (adult or child) is conscious and appears to have a fully obstructed
airway, what should you do? - ✔✔Give 5 back blows btw shoulder blades, then 5
abdominal thrusts
✔✔How to allow chest to recoil - ✔✔take weight off your hands and allow chest to come
back to its norm positions
✔✔How to give mouth to mouth breaths - ✔✔open airway by lifting chin and pinch the
nose and seal the persons mouth
✔✔What happens if you touch victim while aed is delivering shock? - ✔✔you will get
shocked
✔✔AED says no shock advised, what is next step? - ✔✔CPR compressions
✔✔Infant conscious choking what is the position of the infant when giving back blows
and abdominal thrusts? - ✔✔infants head should be lower than his/her chest
