ymca BLS test questions with answers

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The BLS program is intended to:
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1. Replace local protocols or medical direction.
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2. Train BLS providers in resuscitation.
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3. Train BLS providers in the context of your setting.
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4. Train professional responders in advanced life support.
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5. Prepare you to recognize cardiac arrest in patients of all ages.
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- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- train BLS providers in resuscitation
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- prepare you to recognize cardiac arrest in patients of all ages
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what is BLS - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔basic life support
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When the lower chambers of the heart beat too quickly or quiver,
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the heart cannot pump blood. These abnormal heart rhythms, or
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dysrhythmias, are known as ___________________ and |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


_________________________.


1. Stroke, heart attack
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,2. Cardiac arrest, defibrillation
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3. Secondary cardiac arrest, heart attack
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4. Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation
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(VF) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pulseless ventricular tachycardia
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(VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF)
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You are a BLS provider assessing an unresponsive adult. The
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scene is safe, and you have taken standard precautions. When
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you assess for breathing and pulse, you definitely feel a pulse
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and see the person is breathing normally. You should:
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1. Start CPR, beginning with compressions.
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2. Provide rescue breathing.
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3. Maintain an open airway.
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4. Immediately use a nearby AED. - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Maintain an open airway. |\ |\ |\




When chest compressions stop, blood flow ______________________
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significantly.

,1. increases
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2. decreases
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3. improves
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4. circulates - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔decreases
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To open the airway with a jaw thrust, position yourself:
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1. Above the patient's head.
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2. At the side of the patient, below the hips.
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3. At the side of the patient, close to the chest.
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4. At the side of the patient, close to the head. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔above the patients head
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Too many rescue breaths too quickly or breaths that are too large
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is _______________________, which can be harmful.
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1. Respiratory distress
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2. Excessive ventilation
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, 3. Respiratory arrest
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4. Bag-mask ventilation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Excessive
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ventilation


You are a lone BLS Provider responding to a possible adult
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cardiac arrest. The scene is safe. You have taken standard
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precautions. The patient is unresponsive. You have activated EMS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


and/or your EAP. Other providers are on the way. You have an
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AED. The patient is occasionally gasping. You do not feel a
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carotid pulse. What should you do?
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1. Immediately start CPR, beginning with chest compressions.
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2. Power on the AED. Apply adult pads to the patient's bare
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chest. |\




3. Reassess the patient's responsiveness, airway, breathing, and
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pulse. |\




4. Open the airway and provide rescue breathing or bag-mask
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ventilation. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Power on the AED. Apply |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


adult pads to the patient's bare chest.
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You are a lone BLS Provider responding to a possible cardiac
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arrest. The scene is safe. You have taken standard precautions.
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An untrained bystander heard the person collapse. You have
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