You perform a rapid assessment and determine that your patient is experiencing
cardiac arrest. On the basis of your assessment findings, you begin CPR to
improve the patient's chances of survival. Which term refers to clearly and
rationally identifying the connection between information and actions?
Critical thinking
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, "Go get the
AED!" Which response by the medical assistant demonstrates closed-loop
communication?
"I'll go get the AED."
During a resuscitation, the team leader assigns team roles and tasks to each
member. You recognize that a task has been overlooked. Which is the most
appropriate action?
Alert the team leader immediately and identify for them what task has been overlooked.
The code team has arrived to take over resuscitative efforts. Among the members
of the BLS team, whose role is it to communicate to the code team the patient's
status and the care already provided?
Team leader
You have assessed your patient and recognized that they are in cardiac arrest.
You should begin CPR __________.
Immediately
You enter Ms. Evers's room and notice she is slumped over in her chair and
appears unresponsive and cyanotic. You do not see signs of life-threatening
bleeding. Which is the next appropriate action?
Check for responsiveness.
,You are preparing to deliver ventilations to an adult patient experiencing
respiratory arrest. You should give 1 ventilation every:
6 seconds
After immediately initiating the emergency response system, what is the next link
in the Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of Survival?
Early high-quality CPR
You are providing care for Mrs. Bove, who has an endotracheal tube in place.
How does this affect compressions and ventilations?
The team should provide ventilations at a rate of 1 ventilation every 6 seconds without
pausing compressions.
You and two nurses have been performing CPR on a 72-year-old patient, Ben
Phillips. When Mr. Phillips shows signs of ROSC, where should you perform the
pulse check?
At the carotid or femoral artery
You suspect that an unresponsive patient has sustained a neck injury. Which
technique should you use to open the patient's airway?
Modified jaw-thrust maneuver
You are alone performing high-quality CPR when a second provider arrives to
take over compressions. When switching roles, you should minimize
interruptions in chest compressions to less than how many seconds?
10 seconds
Which statement about bag-valve-mask (BVM) resuscitators is true?
A two-person technique is the preferred methodology for BVM ventilations as it provides
better seal and ventilation volume
A well-organized team response when performing high-quality CPR includes
ensuring that providers switch off performing compressions every _____ minutes
2
You are working in an OB/GYN office when your patient, Mrs. Tribble, suddenly
goes into cardiac arrest. She is 28 weeks pregnant and her fundus is above the
umbilicus. Which statement is true regarding resuscitation for a pregnant
patient?
, Providers should perform high-quality CPR and continuous left uterine displacement
(LUD). They should perform continuous LUD until the infant is delivered, even if ROSC
is achieved.
What is the correct rate of ventilation delivery for a child or infant in respiratory
arrest or failure?
1 ventilation every 2 to 3 seconds
How is a child defined in terms of CPR/AED care?
Someone from the age of 1 to the onset of puberty
You are providing compressions on a 6-month-old who weighs 17 pounds. Which
compression depth is appropriate for this patient?
About 1½ inches
A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. You initiate CPR and
correctly perform chest compressions at which rate?
100 to 120 compressions per minute
You are providing high-quality CPR on a 6-year-old patient who weighs 44
pounds. The AED arrives. It does not have a pediatric setting and includes only
adult AED pads. What should you do?
Use the adult AED pads.
You are alone caring for a 4-month-old infant who has gone into cardiac arrest.
Which is the most effective CPR technique to perform until help arrives?
Standing to the side of the infant with your hips at a slight angle, provide chest
compressions using the encircling thumbs technique and deliver ventilations with a
pocket mask or face shield.
You and your colleagues are performing CPR on a 6-year-old child. What is the
compression-to-ventilation ratio during multiple-provider CPR?
15:2
The nurse assesses a responsive adult and determines she is choking. Which
intervention should the nurse implement?
Cycles of 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts.
You are alone and caring for a 9-month-old infant with an obstructed airway who
becomes unresponsive. Which action should you perform first?
cardiac arrest. On the basis of your assessment findings, you begin CPR to
improve the patient's chances of survival. Which term refers to clearly and
rationally identifying the connection between information and actions?
Critical thinking
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, "Go get the
AED!" Which response by the medical assistant demonstrates closed-loop
communication?
"I'll go get the AED."
During a resuscitation, the team leader assigns team roles and tasks to each
member. You recognize that a task has been overlooked. Which is the most
appropriate action?
Alert the team leader immediately and identify for them what task has been overlooked.
The code team has arrived to take over resuscitative efforts. Among the members
of the BLS team, whose role is it to communicate to the code team the patient's
status and the care already provided?
Team leader
You have assessed your patient and recognized that they are in cardiac arrest.
You should begin CPR __________.
Immediately
You enter Ms. Evers's room and notice she is slumped over in her chair and
appears unresponsive and cyanotic. You do not see signs of life-threatening
bleeding. Which is the next appropriate action?
Check for responsiveness.
,You are preparing to deliver ventilations to an adult patient experiencing
respiratory arrest. You should give 1 ventilation every:
6 seconds
After immediately initiating the emergency response system, what is the next link
in the Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Chain of Survival?
Early high-quality CPR
You are providing care for Mrs. Bove, who has an endotracheal tube in place.
How does this affect compressions and ventilations?
The team should provide ventilations at a rate of 1 ventilation every 6 seconds without
pausing compressions.
You and two nurses have been performing CPR on a 72-year-old patient, Ben
Phillips. When Mr. Phillips shows signs of ROSC, where should you perform the
pulse check?
At the carotid or femoral artery
You suspect that an unresponsive patient has sustained a neck injury. Which
technique should you use to open the patient's airway?
Modified jaw-thrust maneuver
You are alone performing high-quality CPR when a second provider arrives to
take over compressions. When switching roles, you should minimize
interruptions in chest compressions to less than how many seconds?
10 seconds
Which statement about bag-valve-mask (BVM) resuscitators is true?
A two-person technique is the preferred methodology for BVM ventilations as it provides
better seal and ventilation volume
A well-organized team response when performing high-quality CPR includes
ensuring that providers switch off performing compressions every _____ minutes
2
You are working in an OB/GYN office when your patient, Mrs. Tribble, suddenly
goes into cardiac arrest. She is 28 weeks pregnant and her fundus is above the
umbilicus. Which statement is true regarding resuscitation for a pregnant
patient?
, Providers should perform high-quality CPR and continuous left uterine displacement
(LUD). They should perform continuous LUD until the infant is delivered, even if ROSC
is achieved.
What is the correct rate of ventilation delivery for a child or infant in respiratory
arrest or failure?
1 ventilation every 2 to 3 seconds
How is a child defined in terms of CPR/AED care?
Someone from the age of 1 to the onset of puberty
You are providing compressions on a 6-month-old who weighs 17 pounds. Which
compression depth is appropriate for this patient?
About 1½ inches
A 7-year-old patient goes into sudden cardiac arrest. You initiate CPR and
correctly perform chest compressions at which rate?
100 to 120 compressions per minute
You are providing high-quality CPR on a 6-year-old patient who weighs 44
pounds. The AED arrives. It does not have a pediatric setting and includes only
adult AED pads. What should you do?
Use the adult AED pads.
You are alone caring for a 4-month-old infant who has gone into cardiac arrest.
Which is the most effective CPR technique to perform until help arrives?
Standing to the side of the infant with your hips at a slight angle, provide chest
compressions using the encircling thumbs technique and deliver ventilations with a
pocket mask or face shield.
You and your colleagues are performing CPR on a 6-year-old child. What is the
compression-to-ventilation ratio during multiple-provider CPR?
15:2
The nurse assesses a responsive adult and determines she is choking. Which
intervention should the nurse implement?
Cycles of 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts.
You are alone and caring for a 9-month-old infant with an obstructed airway who
becomes unresponsive. Which action should you perform first?
