BLS EXAM | PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+ |LATEST 2025/2026
GUIDE
All of the following are signs and symptoms of respiratory distress
except:
- signs of airway obstruction or swelling
- chest pain
- irregular breathing
- Cyanosis of fingernails and around lips
- Correct Answer - chest pain
Which of the following lists, in the correct order, the links in the chain of
survival for in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA)?
- Activation of emergency response, high-quality CPR, defibrillation,
advanced resuscitation, post-cardiac arrest care, recovery
- High-quality CPR, early recognition and prevention, activation of
emergency response, defibrillation, post-cardiac arrest care, recovery
- Early recognition and prevention, activation of emergency response,
high-quality CPR, defibrillation, post-cardiac arrest care, recovery
- Activation of emergency response, high-quality CPR, advanced
resuscitation, defibrillation, post-cardiac arrest care, recovery
- Correct Answer - Early recognition and prevention, activation of
emergency response, high-quality CPR, defibrillation, post-cardiac arrest
care, recovery
, All of the following are common mistakes people make when performing
rescue breathing and CPR except:
- breathing too fast or forcefully
- completing CPR cycles too slowly
- performing chest compressions with straight arms
- performing chest compressions with the hands too low on the sternum
- Correct Answer - performing chest compressions with straight arms
All of the following are examples of non-classic symptoms of a heart
attack that women may experience except:
- unexplained nausea
- generalized weakness
- General sense of not feeling well
- Burning sensation in chest or throat
- Correct Answer - Burning sensation in chest or throat
On which of the following patients should you perform the Heimlich
manoeuvre?
- Responsive adult with a severe airway obstruction
- Unresponsive child with a severe airway obstruction
- Responsive adult with a mild airway obstruction
- Unresponsive infant with a severe airway obstruction
- Correct Answer - Responsive adult with a severe airway obstruction
After performing chest compressions on an unresponsive adult with an
airway obstruction, you should:
- attempt to ventilate.
ANSWERS RATED A+ |LATEST 2025/2026
GUIDE
All of the following are signs and symptoms of respiratory distress
except:
- signs of airway obstruction or swelling
- chest pain
- irregular breathing
- Cyanosis of fingernails and around lips
- Correct Answer - chest pain
Which of the following lists, in the correct order, the links in the chain of
survival for in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA)?
- Activation of emergency response, high-quality CPR, defibrillation,
advanced resuscitation, post-cardiac arrest care, recovery
- High-quality CPR, early recognition and prevention, activation of
emergency response, defibrillation, post-cardiac arrest care, recovery
- Early recognition and prevention, activation of emergency response,
high-quality CPR, defibrillation, post-cardiac arrest care, recovery
- Activation of emergency response, high-quality CPR, advanced
resuscitation, defibrillation, post-cardiac arrest care, recovery
- Correct Answer - Early recognition and prevention, activation of
emergency response, high-quality CPR, defibrillation, post-cardiac arrest
care, recovery
, All of the following are common mistakes people make when performing
rescue breathing and CPR except:
- breathing too fast or forcefully
- completing CPR cycles too slowly
- performing chest compressions with straight arms
- performing chest compressions with the hands too low on the sternum
- Correct Answer - performing chest compressions with straight arms
All of the following are examples of non-classic symptoms of a heart
attack that women may experience except:
- unexplained nausea
- generalized weakness
- General sense of not feeling well
- Burning sensation in chest or throat
- Correct Answer - Burning sensation in chest or throat
On which of the following patients should you perform the Heimlich
manoeuvre?
- Responsive adult with a severe airway obstruction
- Unresponsive child with a severe airway obstruction
- Responsive adult with a mild airway obstruction
- Unresponsive infant with a severe airway obstruction
- Correct Answer - Responsive adult with a severe airway obstruction
After performing chest compressions on an unresponsive adult with an
airway obstruction, you should:
- attempt to ventilate.
