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