American Red Cross CPR-Adult Exam A
Questions and Answers | Latest Version
| 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
Why is allowing full chest recoil important during CPR?
✔✔ It allows the heart to refill with blood between compressions.
What is the proper hand placement for adult CPR?
✔✔ The heel of one hand in the center of the chest on the lower half of the sternum, with the
other hand on top.
What should you do if an adult victim has a pulse but is not breathing?
✔✔ Provide one rescue breath every 5 to 6 seconds.
How long should you check for a pulse before starting CPR?
✔✔ No more than 10 seconds.
What action should you take after each set of 30 compressions?
✔✔ Give two rescue breaths.
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, How do you open an adult’s airway for rescue breaths?
✔✔ Use the head-tilt, chin-lift technique.
What should you do if a rescue breath does not make the chest rise?
✔✔ Reopen the airway and try another breath.
How do you check if an adult is breathing?
✔✔ Look for chest rise, listen for breath sounds, and feel for air movement for at least 5 seconds
but no more than 10 seconds.
What should you do if an adult is unresponsive and not breathing?
✔✔ Begin CPR immediately, starting with chest compressions.
How deep should chest compressions be for an adult?
✔✔ At least 2 inches deep.
What is the correct rate for chest compressions during CPR?
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Questions and Answers | Latest Version
| 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
Why is allowing full chest recoil important during CPR?
✔✔ It allows the heart to refill with blood between compressions.
What is the proper hand placement for adult CPR?
✔✔ The heel of one hand in the center of the chest on the lower half of the sternum, with the
other hand on top.
What should you do if an adult victim has a pulse but is not breathing?
✔✔ Provide one rescue breath every 5 to 6 seconds.
How long should you check for a pulse before starting CPR?
✔✔ No more than 10 seconds.
What action should you take after each set of 30 compressions?
✔✔ Give two rescue breaths.
1
, How do you open an adult’s airway for rescue breaths?
✔✔ Use the head-tilt, chin-lift technique.
What should you do if a rescue breath does not make the chest rise?
✔✔ Reopen the airway and try another breath.
How do you check if an adult is breathing?
✔✔ Look for chest rise, listen for breath sounds, and feel for air movement for at least 5 seconds
but no more than 10 seconds.
What should you do if an adult is unresponsive and not breathing?
✔✔ Begin CPR immediately, starting with chest compressions.
How deep should chest compressions be for an adult?
✔✔ At least 2 inches deep.
What is the correct rate for chest compressions during CPR?
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