BLS 4 EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ VERIFIED| LATEST UPDATES 2024/25 APPROVED| /

BLS 4 EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ VERIFIED/ Your adult patient is making abnormal gasping, snoring sounds. You definitely feel a carotid pulse. What should you do? - -You should provide rescue breathing or bag-mask ventilation to an adult patient with a pulse felt but who is not breathing normally. If rescue breathing is not provided during respiratory arrest, the patient's heart will stop within minutes. When assessing an unresponsive adult, child, or infant, you should take no longer than ___ seconds to simultaneously assess breathing and pulse. - -you should take no longer than 10 seconds to simultaneously assess breathing and pulse. To open the airway with a jaw thrust, position yourself: - -position yourself above the patient's head. This technique may be useful for larger infants or when the BLS provider has difficulty compressing the appropriate depth. - -The Heel of One Hand technique Allow ________________ between chest compressions so the heart can refill. - -complete chest recoil You and another BLS provider are giving CPR to a 7-year-old child when the AED arrives. You turn on the AED, switch the AED to pediatric energy levels, and apply the pads. The other BLS provider should: - -should continue high-quality compressions while the AED is charging You are a lone BLS provider responding to a possible adult cardiac arrest. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. An untrained bystander heard the person collapse. You have activated EMS or your occupational emergency action plan. Other providers are on the way. An AED is located in the building, about 3 minutes away. The patient is unresponsive and making gurgling sounds. You do not feel a carotid pulse. You have a CPR mask with a one-way valve. What should you do? - -You should send the bystander to get the AED and immediately star