BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS) CERTIFICATION TEST QUESTIONS
WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1) What do you do if a child has a pulse but is not breathing? -- Answer ✔✔ give
breaths, one breath every 3-5 seconds (rescue breaths)
2) What is the compression-ventilation ratio for one rescuer adult, child, and infant
CPR? -- Answer ✔✔ 30:2
3) Why is it important to compress the chest to the appropriate depth during CPR?
-- Answer ✔✔ to provide enough blood flow
4) What is the recommended rate of compressions for victims of all ages? --
Answer ✔✔ 100-120 per minute
5) What is the recommendation for preventing gastric inflammation during bag-mask
ventilation? During breaths using a mask or face shield? -- Answer ✔✔ don't
breath too forcefully, too much, or too hard; give air just until the chest raises
, 6) What are the guidelines for using an AED on a child? -- Answer ✔✔ use the
AED as soon as it is available, use adult pads, and place them according to the
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7) What are the roles of each of the rescuers during 2-rescuer CPR? -- Answer ✔✔
rescuer one accesses the victim and starts CPR, and rescuer two gets the AED
and does bag mask breaths
8) What are the steps for using an AED? -- Answer ✔✔ turn it on and follow the
instructions
9) What is the correct hand placement when providing compressions on an adult? -
- Answer ✔✔ the heel of the hand on center of the breastbone, middle of the
nipple line
10) What should you do after the AED delivers a shock? -- Answer ✔✔ resume
compressions
11) What is the compression-ventilation ratio for 2-rescuer adult, child, and infant
CPR? -- Answer ✔✔ 30:2 for children and adults, 15:2 for infants
12) What is the recommended rate of breaths when a child has a pulse? -- Answer
✔✔ one breath every 3-5 seconds
13) How should you provide chest compressions to an infant during 2-rescuer CPR?
-- Answer ✔✔ the two-thumbs encircling technique
14) What is the sequence of steps for an infant who is choking? Child? Adult? --
Answer ✔✔ infant: five back slaps, then five chest compressions
child & adult: chest compressions
WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1) What do you do if a child has a pulse but is not breathing? -- Answer ✔✔ give
breaths, one breath every 3-5 seconds (rescue breaths)
2) What is the compression-ventilation ratio for one rescuer adult, child, and infant
CPR? -- Answer ✔✔ 30:2
3) Why is it important to compress the chest to the appropriate depth during CPR?
-- Answer ✔✔ to provide enough blood flow
4) What is the recommended rate of compressions for victims of all ages? --
Answer ✔✔ 100-120 per minute
5) What is the recommendation for preventing gastric inflammation during bag-mask
ventilation? During breaths using a mask or face shield? -- Answer ✔✔ don't
breath too forcefully, too much, or too hard; give air just until the chest raises
, 6) What are the guidelines for using an AED on a child? -- Answer ✔✔ use the
AED as soon as it is available, use adult pads, and place them according to the
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7) What are the roles of each of the rescuers during 2-rescuer CPR? -- Answer ✔✔
rescuer one accesses the victim and starts CPR, and rescuer two gets the AED
and does bag mask breaths
8) What are the steps for using an AED? -- Answer ✔✔ turn it on and follow the
instructions
9) What is the correct hand placement when providing compressions on an adult? -
- Answer ✔✔ the heel of the hand on center of the breastbone, middle of the
nipple line
10) What should you do after the AED delivers a shock? -- Answer ✔✔ resume
compressions
11) What is the compression-ventilation ratio for 2-rescuer adult, child, and infant
CPR? -- Answer ✔✔ 30:2 for children and adults, 15:2 for infants
12) What is the recommended rate of breaths when a child has a pulse? -- Answer
✔✔ one breath every 3-5 seconds
13) How should you provide chest compressions to an infant during 2-rescuer CPR?
-- Answer ✔✔ the two-thumbs encircling technique
14) What is the sequence of steps for an infant who is choking? Child? Adult? --
Answer ✔✔ infant: five back slaps, then five chest compressions
child & adult: chest compressions
