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RQI 2025 BLS Healthcare Provider
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You tap and shout to check for responsiveness, but the patient does
not respond. What is your next step after calling for help?
o Wait for the code team to arrive
o Immediately being CPR
o Check for breathing and a pulse
o Turn on the AED
Ans: o Check for breathing and a pulse
After check for breathing and a pulse, you find that the patient is not
breathing normally but has a pulse and needs rescue breathing.
What is the correct ventilation rate?
o 2 breaths every 3-5 seconds, or about 24-40 breaths per minute
o 2 breaths every 6 seconds, or about 20 breaths per minute
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o 1 breath every 3-5 seconds, or about 12-20 breaths per minute
o 1 breath every 6 seconds, or about 10 breaths per minute
Ans: o 1 breath every 6 seconds, or about 10 breaths per minute
After 4 minutes of rescue breathing, no pulse is present during a
pulse check. What immediate actions should be taken?
o Turn on the AED while your colleague attaches the pads to the
patient's chest
o Continue providing rescue breaths and turn on the AED
o Immediately being CPR while your colleague counts compressions
out loud
o Immediately being CPR and turn on the AED
Ans: o Immediately being CPR and turn on the AED
As you are providing CPR, your colleague arrives, turns on the AED,
and follows the prompts. The AED analyses the rhythm and does not
RQI 2025 BLS Healthcare Provider
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
You tap and shout to check for responsiveness, but the patient does
not respond. What is your next step after calling for help?
o Wait for the code team to arrive
o Immediately being CPR
o Check for breathing and a pulse
o Turn on the AED
Ans: o Check for breathing and a pulse
After check for breathing and a pulse, you find that the patient is not
breathing normally but has a pulse and needs rescue breathing.
What is the correct ventilation rate?
o 2 breaths every 3-5 seconds, or about 24-40 breaths per minute
o 2 breaths every 6 seconds, or about 20 breaths per minute
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o 1 breath every 3-5 seconds, or about 12-20 breaths per minute
o 1 breath every 6 seconds, or about 10 breaths per minute
Ans: o 1 breath every 6 seconds, or about 10 breaths per minute
After 4 minutes of rescue breathing, no pulse is present during a
pulse check. What immediate actions should be taken?
o Turn on the AED while your colleague attaches the pads to the
patient's chest
o Continue providing rescue breaths and turn on the AED
o Immediately being CPR while your colleague counts compressions
out loud
o Immediately being CPR and turn on the AED
Ans: o Immediately being CPR and turn on the AED
As you are providing CPR, your colleague arrives, turns on the AED,
and follows the prompts. The AED analyses the rhythm and does not
