American Red Cross Final Exam BLS
1. Stop CPR, check for breathing and a pulse and monitor Mr. Sauer until the
advanced cardiac life support team takes over.: You and your colleagues have
been providing high-quality CPR for and using the AED on Mr. Sauer. While providing
ventilations, you notice that Mr. Sauer moves and appears to be breathing. What is
the correct course of action?
2. Early CPR: Upon entering Mr. Cohen's room, you find him on the ground, unre-
sponsive. After immediately initiating the emergency response system, what is your
next action according to the Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of Survival?
3. Assess, Recognize, Care: The systematic and continuous approach to providing
emergent patient care includes which three elements?
4. Modified jaw-thrust maneuver: You suspect that an unresponsive patient has
sustained a neck injury. Which technique should you use to open the patient's
airway?
5. AED use is safe for pregnant patients. Ya'll better know that.: You are working
in an OB/GYN office when your patient, Mrs. Tribble, suddenly goes into cardiac
arrest. While preparing the AED, your colleague reminds you that Mrs. Tribble is 28
weeks pregnant. Which statement is true regarding the use of an AED on a pregnant
patient?
6. In both children and infants, the compression-to-ventilation ratio is 30:2
during single-provider CPR and 15:2 during multiple-provider CPR.: You and
your colleagues are performing CPR on a 6-year-old child. What is the compres-
sion-to-ventilation ratio during multiple-provider CPR?
7. Check for responsiveness: You enter Ms. Evers's room and notice her lunch
splattered on the floor. She is slumped over the bedside table and does not appear
to be breathing. You perform a visual survey and determine that the scene is safe.
Which is the next appropriate action?
8. 100 to 120 per minute.: A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. You
initiate CPR and correctly perform chest compressions at which rate?
9. Alert the team leader immediately and identify for them what task has been
overlooked.: 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?
10. "I'll go get the AED.": While orienting a new medical assistant to the facility,
you find a patient who is unresponsive in the exam room. You yell to the medical
assistant, "Go get the AED!" Which response by the medical assistant demonstrates
closed-loop communication?
11. The patient is in a wheelchair.: What is a reason you would choose to perform
chest thrusts instead of abdominal thrusts for an adult with an obstructed airway?
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1. Stop CPR, check for breathing and a pulse and monitor Mr. Sauer until the
advanced cardiac life support team takes over.: You and your colleagues have
been providing high-quality CPR for and using the AED on Mr. Sauer. While providing
ventilations, you notice that Mr. Sauer moves and appears to be breathing. What is
the correct course of action?
2. Early CPR: Upon entering Mr. Cohen's room, you find him on the ground, unre-
sponsive. After immediately initiating the emergency response system, what is your
next action according to the Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of Survival?
3. Assess, Recognize, Care: The systematic and continuous approach to providing
emergent patient care includes which three elements?
4. Modified jaw-thrust maneuver: You suspect that an unresponsive patient has
sustained a neck injury. Which technique should you use to open the patient's
airway?
5. AED use is safe for pregnant patients. Ya'll better know that.: You are working
in an OB/GYN office when your patient, Mrs. Tribble, suddenly goes into cardiac
arrest. While preparing the AED, your colleague reminds you that Mrs. Tribble is 28
weeks pregnant. Which statement is true regarding the use of an AED on a pregnant
patient?
6. In both children and infants, the compression-to-ventilation ratio is 30:2
during single-provider CPR and 15:2 during multiple-provider CPR.: You and
your colleagues are performing CPR on a 6-year-old child. What is the compres-
sion-to-ventilation ratio during multiple-provider CPR?
7. Check for responsiveness: You enter Ms. Evers's room and notice her lunch
splattered on the floor. She is slumped over the bedside table and does not appear
to be breathing. You perform a visual survey and determine that the scene is safe.
Which is the next appropriate action?
8. 100 to 120 per minute.: A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. You
initiate CPR and correctly perform chest compressions at which rate?
9. Alert the team leader immediately and identify for them what task has been
overlooked.: 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?
10. "I'll go get the AED.": While orienting a new medical assistant to the facility,
you find a patient who is unresponsive in the exam room. You yell to the medical
assistant, "Go get the AED!" Which response by the medical assistant demonstrates
closed-loop communication?
11. The patient is in a wheelchair.: What is a reason you would choose to perform
chest thrusts instead of abdominal thrusts for an adult with an obstructed airway?
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