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11/17/2024 10:19 AM
YMCA CPR Exam I Questions And Answers
100% Pass
You are caring for a child who is unresponsive but breathing normally. No trauma is suspected,
and the scene is safe. You want to protect the child's open airway. You have extended the arm
nearest to you up alongside the head, brought the other arm across his chest, and have the
back of his hand against his cheek. What is your next step? - answer✔Grasp the shoulder and
hip and roll the child onto his side.
You and another provider are attending to a 17-year-old boy found unresponsive with
occasional gasps. You are not certain if a pulse is present. What should you do? - answer✔Start
CPR; 30:2 compressions to ventilations.
High-performance CPR includes: - answer✔High-quality CPR skills and an efficient team
approach
You are attending to a person who is unresponsive and is breathing normally. You are alone and
need to leave to activate EMS. Before leaving, what should you do? - answer✔Place the person
in a side-lying recovery position.
You are attending to a person who is unresponsive, not breathing normally, but you can clearly
feel a carotid pulse. What is the determined problem? - answer✔Respiratory arrest
You have been performing CPR on a 9-year-old child for about 4 minutes. An AED has just
arrived. What should you do? - answer✔Attach the AED quickly and follow the voice
instructions.
You respond as an EMS provider to a 51-year-old man found collapsed near a car with its
engine running inside a closed garage. Bystanders have dragged him outside onto the lawn. He
is unresponsive and does not appear to be breathing normally. You cannot feel his carotid
pulse. What is the indicated care? - answer✔Perform CPR with effective rescue breaths.
A roofer was electrocuted when his aluminum ladder contacted an energized power line. The
scene has been made safe and you have determined he is in cardiac arrest. The AED has
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11/17/2024 10:19 AM
YMCA CPR Exam I Questions And Answers
100% Pass
You are caring for a child who is unresponsive but breathing normally. No trauma is suspected,
and the scene is safe. You want to protect the child's open airway. You have extended the arm
nearest to you up alongside the head, brought the other arm across his chest, and have the
back of his hand against his cheek. What is your next step? - answer✔Grasp the shoulder and
hip and roll the child onto his side.
You and another provider are attending to a 17-year-old boy found unresponsive with
occasional gasps. You are not certain if a pulse is present. What should you do? - answer✔Start
CPR; 30:2 compressions to ventilations.
High-performance CPR includes: - answer✔High-quality CPR skills and an efficient team
approach
You are attending to a person who is unresponsive and is breathing normally. You are alone and
need to leave to activate EMS. Before leaving, what should you do? - answer✔Place the person
in a side-lying recovery position.
You are attending to a person who is unresponsive, not breathing normally, but you can clearly
feel a carotid pulse. What is the determined problem? - answer✔Respiratory arrest
You have been performing CPR on a 9-year-old child for about 4 minutes. An AED has just
arrived. What should you do? - answer✔Attach the AED quickly and follow the voice
instructions.
You respond as an EMS provider to a 51-year-old man found collapsed near a car with its
engine running inside a closed garage. Bystanders have dragged him outside onto the lawn. He
is unresponsive and does not appear to be breathing normally. You cannot feel his carotid
pulse. What is the indicated care? - answer✔Perform CPR with effective rescue breaths.
A roofer was electrocuted when his aluminum ladder contacted an energized power line. The
scene has been made safe and you have determined he is in cardiac arrest. The AED has
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