YMCA BLS Test 2025/2026 Exam
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The BLS program is intended to:
1. Replace local protocols or medical direction.
2. Train BLS providers in resuscitation.
3. Train BLS providers in the context of your setting.
4. Train professional responders in advanced life support.
,5. Prepare you to recognize cardiac arrest in patients of all ages. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔- train BLS providers in resuscitation
- prepare you to recognize cardiac arrest in patients of all ages
what is BLS - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔basic life support
When the lower chambers of the heart beat too quickly or quiver, the heart
cannot pump blood. These abnormal heart rhythms, or dysrhythmias, are
known as ___________________ and _________________________.
1. Stroke, heart attack
2. Cardiac arrest, defibrillation
3. Secondary cardiac arrest, heart attack
4. Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF) - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation
(VF)
,You are a BLS provider assessing an unresponsive adult. The scene is
safe, and you have taken standard precautions. When you assess for
breathing and pulse, you definitely feel a pulse and see the person is
breathing normally. You should:
1. Start CPR, beginning with compressions.
2. Provide rescue breathing.
3. Maintain an open airway.
4. Immediately use a nearby AED. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Maintain an open
airway.
When chest compressions stop, blood flow ______________________
significantly.
1. increases
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3
, 2. decreases
3. improves
4. circulates - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔decreases
To open the airway with a jaw thrust, position yourself:
1. Above the patient's head.
2. At the side of the patient, below the hips.
3. At the side of the patient, close to the chest.
4. At the side of the patient, close to the head. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔above the
patients head
Questions and Verified Answers |
Already Graded A+
The BLS program is intended to:
1. Replace local protocols or medical direction.
2. Train BLS providers in resuscitation.
3. Train BLS providers in the context of your setting.
4. Train professional responders in advanced life support.
,5. Prepare you to recognize cardiac arrest in patients of all ages. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔- train BLS providers in resuscitation
- prepare you to recognize cardiac arrest in patients of all ages
what is BLS - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔basic life support
When the lower chambers of the heart beat too quickly or quiver, the heart
cannot pump blood. These abnormal heart rhythms, or dysrhythmias, are
known as ___________________ and _________________________.
1. Stroke, heart attack
2. Cardiac arrest, defibrillation
3. Secondary cardiac arrest, heart attack
4. Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF) - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation
(VF)
,You are a BLS provider assessing an unresponsive adult. The scene is
safe, and you have taken standard precautions. When you assess for
breathing and pulse, you definitely feel a pulse and see the person is
breathing normally. You should:
1. Start CPR, beginning with compressions.
2. Provide rescue breathing.
3. Maintain an open airway.
4. Immediately use a nearby AED. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Maintain an open
airway.
When chest compressions stop, blood flow ______________________
significantly.
1. increases
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
3
, 2. decreases
3. improves
4. circulates - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔decreases
To open the airway with a jaw thrust, position yourself:
1. Above the patient's head.
2. At the side of the patient, below the hips.
3. At the side of the patient, close to the chest.
4. At the side of the patient, close to the head. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔above the
patients head
