YMCA BLS EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔You are a lone BLS Provider responding to a possible adult cardiac arrest. The
scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. The patient is unresponsive. You
have activated EMS and/or your EAP. Other providers are on the way. You have an
AED. The patient is occasionally gasping. You do not feel a carotid pulse. What should
you do?
1. Immediately start CPR, beginning with chest compressions.
2. Power on the AED. Apply adult pads to the patient's bare chest.
3. Reassess the patient's responsiveness, airway, breathing, and pulse.
4. Open the airway and provide rescue breathing or bag-mask ventilation. - ✔✔Power
on the AED. Apply adult pads to the patient's bare chest.
✔✔You are a lone BLS Provider responding to a possible cardiac arrest. The scene is
safe. You have taken standard precautions. An untrained bystander heard the person
collapse. You have activated EMS and/or your EAP. Other providers are on the way. An
AED is located in the building, about 3 minutes away. The adult 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?
1. Send the bystander to get the AED. Start high-quality CPR.
2. Get the AED. Tell the bystander to stay with the patient.
3. Open the airway and provide rescue breathing with the CPR mask.
4. Reassess the patient's responsiveness, airway, breathing, and pulse. - ✔✔send the
bystander to get the AED. start high quality CPR
✔✔Four BLS Providers have been performing CPR on an adult cardiac arrest patient
for 18 minutes. The last switch in roles was only about a minute ago, but the
compressor says, "I'm exhausted." What should they do?
1. Stop compressions. Continue to ventilate the patient once every 6 seconds.
2. Encourage the compressor to continue to perform high-quality compressions.
3. Stop CPR for about 2 minutes to rest.
4. Switch out the compressor. - ✔✔switch out the compressor
,✔✔You are using a bag-mask device to ventilate a 16-year-old in cardiac arrest who
collapsed suddenly during a soccer game. An endotracheal tube has been placed by an
advanced life support provider on the resuscitation team. Proper ventilation technique in
the situation requires that you:
1. Squeeze the bag to deliver 1 breath every 6 seconds during each pause in
compressions.
2. Squeeze the bag to deliver 1 breath when the AED is analyzing the heart rhythm.
3. Squeeze the bag to deliver 1 breath every 6 seconds.
4. Squeeze the bag to deliver 1 breath every 10 seconds. - ✔✔squeeze the bag to
deliver 1 breath every 6 seconds
✔✔Which of the following best describes the use of naloxone?
1. Naloxone can cause death by slowing, and eventually stopping, a person's breathing.
2. Naloxone is an opioid antagonist; it can reverse and block the effects of opioids.
3. Naloxone can only be administered once because its effects last several hours.
4. Naloxone is effective for any type of illicit drug overdose. - ✔✔naxolone is an opioid
antagonist. it can reverse and block the effects of opioids
✔✔Teamwork in high-performance resuscitation requires the use of
_____________________.
1. An AED
2. Two stopwatches
3. A bag-mask device
4. Clear and effective communication - ✔✔clear and effective communication
✔✔The first link in the out-of-hospital pediatric chains of survival is:
1. Immediate high-quality CPR and defibrillation with an AED.
2. Prompt activation of an emergency action plan and response by medical
professionals.
,3. Prevention of causes of cardiac arrest, respiratory failure, or respiratory arrest.
4. Advanced resuscitation efforts and effective post-cardiac arrest care. - ✔✔Prevention
of causes of cardiac arrest, respiratory failure, or respiratory arrest.
✔✔To locate the femoral pulse:
1. Place two or three fingers in the groove on the patient's neck, between the trachea
and the muscles at the side of the neck.
2. Place two or three fingers midway between the hip bone and pubic bone, just below
the crease where the leg joins the torso.
3. Place two or three fingers on the inside of the upper arm, midway between the elbow
and the shoulder. - ✔✔Place two or three fingers midway between the hip bone and
pubic bone, just below the crease where the leg joins the torso.
✔✔Fewer and shorter interruptions in chest compressions are associated with
_______________.
1. Better outcomes
2. Worse outcomes
3. Closed-loop communication
4. Improved assessment - ✔✔better outcomes
✔✔You are in the airway position of your BLS team providing bag-mask ventilation for a
6-year-old child pulled unresponsive from a swimming pool. A carotid pulse at about
100 beats per minute is definitely felt. Proper bag-mask ventilation requires that you:
1. Give 30 to 40 breaths per minute.
2. Position yourself at the patient's side.
3. Stop ventilating as soon as you see the chest rise.
4. Give a rescue breath by blowing through the valve opening on the mask. - ✔✔stop
ventiliating as soon as you see the chest rise
✔✔Do not apply child pads to patients 8 years of age and older because:
1. The energy level of the shock will be too high.
, 2. The energy level of the shock will be too low.
3. Some pads require a front-and-back position.
4. The energy level of the shock is increased from the standard adult energy setting. -
✔✔the energy level of the shock will be too low
✔✔You are the only BLS Provider responding to witnessed collapse of a 11-year-old
child during a softball game. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions.
The patient is unresponsive and gasping occasionally. You do not feel a carotid pulse.
An AED is within sight. What should you do?
1. Assess for a femoral pulse.
2. Open the airway and provide rescue breathing or bag-mask ventilation.
3. Immediately start high-quality CPR, beginning with chest compressions.
4. Activate EMS and/or your EAP and get the AED. - ✔✔activate EMS and/or your EAP
and get the AED
✔✔When two or more BLS Providers attempt to resuscitate a child, use a compression-
to-ventilation ratio of ______________________.
1. 30 compressions to 2 rescue breaths
2. 30 compressions to 4 rescue breaths
3. 20 compressions to 3 rescue breaths
4. 15 compressions to 2 rescue breaths - ✔✔15 compressions to 2 rescue breaths
✔✔You and another BLS Provider have responded to a call for a 5-month-old infant
with trouble breathing. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. The
infant is unresponsive and gasping. You have activated EMS and/or activate your EAP.
A weak brachial pulse at about 40 beats per minute is felt. Other BLS Providers are a
few minutes away with an AED. What should you do?
1. Start high-quality CPR.
2. Maintain an open airway.
3. Reassess responsiveness, airway, breathing, and pulse.
ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔You are a lone BLS Provider responding to a possible adult cardiac arrest. The
scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. The patient is unresponsive. You
have activated EMS and/or your EAP. Other providers are on the way. You have an
AED. The patient is occasionally gasping. You do not feel a carotid pulse. What should
you do?
1. Immediately start CPR, beginning with chest compressions.
2. Power on the AED. Apply adult pads to the patient's bare chest.
3. Reassess the patient's responsiveness, airway, breathing, and pulse.
4. Open the airway and provide rescue breathing or bag-mask ventilation. - ✔✔Power
on the AED. Apply adult pads to the patient's bare chest.
✔✔You are a lone BLS Provider responding to a possible cardiac arrest. The scene is
safe. You have taken standard precautions. An untrained bystander heard the person
collapse. You have activated EMS and/or your EAP. Other providers are on the way. An
AED is located in the building, about 3 minutes away. The adult 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?
1. Send the bystander to get the AED. Start high-quality CPR.
2. Get the AED. Tell the bystander to stay with the patient.
3. Open the airway and provide rescue breathing with the CPR mask.
4. Reassess the patient's responsiveness, airway, breathing, and pulse. - ✔✔send the
bystander to get the AED. start high quality CPR
✔✔Four BLS Providers have been performing CPR on an adult cardiac arrest patient
for 18 minutes. The last switch in roles was only about a minute ago, but the
compressor says, "I'm exhausted." What should they do?
1. Stop compressions. Continue to ventilate the patient once every 6 seconds.
2. Encourage the compressor to continue to perform high-quality compressions.
3. Stop CPR for about 2 minutes to rest.
4. Switch out the compressor. - ✔✔switch out the compressor
,✔✔You are using a bag-mask device to ventilate a 16-year-old in cardiac arrest who
collapsed suddenly during a soccer game. An endotracheal tube has been placed by an
advanced life support provider on the resuscitation team. Proper ventilation technique in
the situation requires that you:
1. Squeeze the bag to deliver 1 breath every 6 seconds during each pause in
compressions.
2. Squeeze the bag to deliver 1 breath when the AED is analyzing the heart rhythm.
3. Squeeze the bag to deliver 1 breath every 6 seconds.
4. Squeeze the bag to deliver 1 breath every 10 seconds. - ✔✔squeeze the bag to
deliver 1 breath every 6 seconds
✔✔Which of the following best describes the use of naloxone?
1. Naloxone can cause death by slowing, and eventually stopping, a person's breathing.
2. Naloxone is an opioid antagonist; it can reverse and block the effects of opioids.
3. Naloxone can only be administered once because its effects last several hours.
4. Naloxone is effective for any type of illicit drug overdose. - ✔✔naxolone is an opioid
antagonist. it can reverse and block the effects of opioids
✔✔Teamwork in high-performance resuscitation requires the use of
_____________________.
1. An AED
2. Two stopwatches
3. A bag-mask device
4. Clear and effective communication - ✔✔clear and effective communication
✔✔The first link in the out-of-hospital pediatric chains of survival is:
1. Immediate high-quality CPR and defibrillation with an AED.
2. Prompt activation of an emergency action plan and response by medical
professionals.
,3. Prevention of causes of cardiac arrest, respiratory failure, or respiratory arrest.
4. Advanced resuscitation efforts and effective post-cardiac arrest care. - ✔✔Prevention
of causes of cardiac arrest, respiratory failure, or respiratory arrest.
✔✔To locate the femoral pulse:
1. Place two or three fingers in the groove on the patient's neck, between the trachea
and the muscles at the side of the neck.
2. Place two or three fingers midway between the hip bone and pubic bone, just below
the crease where the leg joins the torso.
3. Place two or three fingers on the inside of the upper arm, midway between the elbow
and the shoulder. - ✔✔Place two or three fingers midway between the hip bone and
pubic bone, just below the crease where the leg joins the torso.
✔✔Fewer and shorter interruptions in chest compressions are associated with
_______________.
1. Better outcomes
2. Worse outcomes
3. Closed-loop communication
4. Improved assessment - ✔✔better outcomes
✔✔You are in the airway position of your BLS team providing bag-mask ventilation for a
6-year-old child pulled unresponsive from a swimming pool. A carotid pulse at about
100 beats per minute is definitely felt. Proper bag-mask ventilation requires that you:
1. Give 30 to 40 breaths per minute.
2. Position yourself at the patient's side.
3. Stop ventilating as soon as you see the chest rise.
4. Give a rescue breath by blowing through the valve opening on the mask. - ✔✔stop
ventiliating as soon as you see the chest rise
✔✔Do not apply child pads to patients 8 years of age and older because:
1. The energy level of the shock will be too high.
, 2. The energy level of the shock will be too low.
3. Some pads require a front-and-back position.
4. The energy level of the shock is increased from the standard adult energy setting. -
✔✔the energy level of the shock will be too low
✔✔You are the only BLS Provider responding to witnessed collapse of a 11-year-old
child during a softball game. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions.
The patient is unresponsive and gasping occasionally. You do not feel a carotid pulse.
An AED is within sight. What should you do?
1. Assess for a femoral pulse.
2. Open the airway and provide rescue breathing or bag-mask ventilation.
3. Immediately start high-quality CPR, beginning with chest compressions.
4. Activate EMS and/or your EAP and get the AED. - ✔✔activate EMS and/or your EAP
and get the AED
✔✔When two or more BLS Providers attempt to resuscitate a child, use a compression-
to-ventilation ratio of ______________________.
1. 30 compressions to 2 rescue breaths
2. 30 compressions to 4 rescue breaths
3. 20 compressions to 3 rescue breaths
4. 15 compressions to 2 rescue breaths - ✔✔15 compressions to 2 rescue breaths
✔✔You and another BLS Provider have responded to a call for a 5-month-old infant
with trouble breathing. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions. The
infant is unresponsive and gasping. You have activated EMS and/or activate your EAP.
A weak brachial pulse at about 40 beats per minute is felt. Other BLS Providers are a
few minutes away with an AED. What should you do?
1. Start high-quality CPR.
2. Maintain an open airway.
3. Reassess responsiveness, airway, breathing, and pulse.
