AHA BLS EXAM RATED A+ | 50+ STUDY
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
| 2025/2026 GUIDE
For what age victims is the thumb-encircling technique recommended
when 2 or more rescuers are present?
a. A child younger than 3 years
b. A child older than 3 years
c. An infant older than 1
d. An infant younger than 1 - Correct Answer - D - you won't be able to
do the thumb-encircling technique on anyone bigger
What should you do when using an AED on an infant or a child less than
8 years of age?
a. Never use adult AED pads
b. Use adult AED pads
c. Use adult AED pads if AED does not have child pads
d. Use adult AED pads, but cut them in half - Correct Answer - C - use
adult AED pads but don't let them overlap
What is important to remember about placing AED pad on infants?
a. Ensure pads overlap
,b. Place only 1 adult pad
c. Place 1 pad on the chest and the other on the back
d. If child pads are not available, do not use the AED - Correct Answer -
C - it will tell you where to place them on the AED pads as well
Which victim would need only rescue breathing?
a. Agonal gasping with no pulse
b. Breathing with weak pulse
c. No breathing and a pulse
d. No breathing and no pulse - Correct Answer - C - if a pulse is found
but no breathing is present start rescue breaths only
How often should rescue breaths be given an infants and children when
pulse is present?
a. 1 breath every 2-3 seconds
b. 1 breath every 3-5 seconds
c. 1 breath every 5-6 seconds
d. 1 breath every 8-10 seconds - Correct Answer - B - 1 breath every 3-5
seconds
Which is an example of a mild foreign body airway obstruction?
a. Cyanosis.
b. High-pitched noise while inhaling
, c. Inability to speak or cry
d. Wheezing between coughs - Correct Answer - D - wheezing between
coughs
Which victim of a severe airway obstruction should receive abdominal
thrusts?
a. Average sized 27-year-old male
b. A woman who is pregnant
c. An obese 50 year old
d. An average sized 9-month-old - Correct Answer - A - an average
sized 27 year old
Your 27 year old roommate uses opioids. You find him unresponsive
with no breathing, but a strong pulse. You suspect an opioid associated
life-threatening emergency. A friend is phoning 911 and is looking for a
naloxone auto injector. What action should you take?
a. Remain with your roommate until naloxone arrives and administer it
b. Begin CPR, starting with chest compressions
c. Provide rescue breathing, 1 breath every 5 to 6 seconds
d. Provide rapid defib with an AED - Correct Answer - C - do rescue
breaths at a rate of 1 every 5-6 seconds. His pulse is strong he doesn't
need compressions
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
| 2025/2026 GUIDE
For what age victims is the thumb-encircling technique recommended
when 2 or more rescuers are present?
a. A child younger than 3 years
b. A child older than 3 years
c. An infant older than 1
d. An infant younger than 1 - Correct Answer - D - you won't be able to
do the thumb-encircling technique on anyone bigger
What should you do when using an AED on an infant or a child less than
8 years of age?
a. Never use adult AED pads
b. Use adult AED pads
c. Use adult AED pads if AED does not have child pads
d. Use adult AED pads, but cut them in half - Correct Answer - C - use
adult AED pads but don't let them overlap
What is important to remember about placing AED pad on infants?
a. Ensure pads overlap
,b. Place only 1 adult pad
c. Place 1 pad on the chest and the other on the back
d. If child pads are not available, do not use the AED - Correct Answer -
C - it will tell you where to place them on the AED pads as well
Which victim would need only rescue breathing?
a. Agonal gasping with no pulse
b. Breathing with weak pulse
c. No breathing and a pulse
d. No breathing and no pulse - Correct Answer - C - if a pulse is found
but no breathing is present start rescue breaths only
How often should rescue breaths be given an infants and children when
pulse is present?
a. 1 breath every 2-3 seconds
b. 1 breath every 3-5 seconds
c. 1 breath every 5-6 seconds
d. 1 breath every 8-10 seconds - Correct Answer - B - 1 breath every 3-5
seconds
Which is an example of a mild foreign body airway obstruction?
a. Cyanosis.
b. High-pitched noise while inhaling
, c. Inability to speak or cry
d. Wheezing between coughs - Correct Answer - D - wheezing between
coughs
Which victim of a severe airway obstruction should receive abdominal
thrusts?
a. Average sized 27-year-old male
b. A woman who is pregnant
c. An obese 50 year old
d. An average sized 9-month-old - Correct Answer - A - an average
sized 27 year old
Your 27 year old roommate uses opioids. You find him unresponsive
with no breathing, but a strong pulse. You suspect an opioid associated
life-threatening emergency. A friend is phoning 911 and is looking for a
naloxone auto injector. What action should you take?
a. Remain with your roommate until naloxone arrives and administer it
b. Begin CPR, starting with chest compressions
c. Provide rescue breathing, 1 breath every 5 to 6 seconds
d. Provide rapid defib with an AED - Correct Answer - C - do rescue
breaths at a rate of 1 every 5-6 seconds. His pulse is strong he doesn't
need compressions
